Production Master Planner

Tri Tool, Inc.•Rancho Cordova, CA

1d•$40 - $55

About The Position

The Production Master Planner owns the master production schedule for Tri Tool’s portable machining equipment, including standard products built to stock, custom and engineered orders built to customer requirements, and field repair work. The role determines what will be built, when, and where, while aligning the shop, Purchasing, and Sales around a realistic plan. In a high-mix, low-volume environment where schedules change weekly, the planner anticipates issues, provides achievable customer ship dates, and helps prevent late orders. The planner maintains the master schedule in NetSuite, improves planning data for high-volume standard products, and leads a weekly production meeting with Operations, Purchasing, Engineering, Quality, and Sales. The role establishes and improves on-time delivery and schedule-adherence reporting, provides reliable lead times and ship dates to Sales, runs MRP and releases work orders, plans materials and capacity, publishes shop-floor priorities, and keeps planning parameters accurate. The position works closely with Operations leadership and has a meaningful role in decisions about production priorities and what ships.

Requirements

Current APICS (ASCM) certification; CPIM is preferred and CSCP is considered.
At least 5 years of experience in production planning, scheduling, or master scheduling in manufacturing.
Hands-on experience with MPS, MRP, and capacity planning in an ERP system.
Experience in high-mix, low-volume, make-to-order, or engineer-to-order manufacturing.
Ability to read bills of materials, routings, and engineering drawings.
Strong Excel skills.
Clear, direct communication with machinists, supervisors, buyers, engineers, and salespeople.
Confidence in making production priority decisions and standing behind them.

Nice To Haves

NetSuite experience.
Machining or CNC shop background.
Experience with nuclear, aerospace, defense, or other regulated customers.
Lean or continuous improvement experience.
Degree in supply chain, operations, industrial engineering, or business.

Responsibilities

Own and maintain the master production schedule in NetSuite as the production plan used by the shop.
Balance customer orders, forecasts, and standard-product stocking levels against actual capacity.
Clean up and maintain bills of materials, routings, lead times, safety stock, and other planning parameters.
Run MRP, release work orders, and provide Purchasing with sufficient time to procure materials.
Plan capacity for CNC machining, assembly, and testing; identify bottlenecks and recommend overtime, outsourcing, or resequencing.
Publish clear daily and weekly shop-floor priorities for supervisors and machinists.
Commit ship dates to Sales and Customer Service and communicate schedule changes early.
Lead a weekly production meeting with Operations, Purchasing, Engineering, Quality, and Sales.
Establish and improve on-time delivery and schedule-adherence reporting.
Provide Sales with dependable lead times and ship dates.
Make production priority decisions and communicate them across the relevant teams.