PRODUCTION PLANNER 2

DANIEL DEFENSE LLC•Black Creek, GA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Production Planner 2 owns execution of Daniel Defense's Master Production Schedule by translating the production build plan into executable manufacturing schedules that maximize factory productivity, material flow, and customer delivery performance. This role partners closely with Operations, Procurement, Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, and the Planning & SIOP Manager to develop production schedules that balance manufacturing capacity, material availability, customer demand, and New Product Development priorities. The Production Planner serves as the operational steward of schedule stability, production readiness, and factory flow while providing realistic production commitments that support both customer expectations and operational excellence.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering with 2-4 years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience necessary to fulfill the requirements of the position.
Demonstrated ability to recognize and work within our Company Values.

Responsibilities

Execute the Master Production Schedule (MPS) established by the Planning & SIOP Manager through detailed production and interval scheduling.
Develop production schedules that maximize equipment utilization, minimize changeovers, improve throughput, and support manufacturing productivity.
Firm planned orders in accordance with the approved production build plan and release work orders to Manufacturing.
Monitor schedule execution and adjust production priorities to address operational constraints while protecting schedule stability.
Manage late work orders and recovery plans to maintain customer commitments and production objectives.
Partner with Procurement to monitor material shortags, supplier constraints, and production readiness.
Consolidate production constraints and material shortages into actionable recovery plans while communicating risks to the Planning & SIOP Manager.
Ensure production schedules reflect material availability, engineering changes, quality holds, tooling readiness, and manufacturing constraints.
Coordinate production readiness activities across Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Procurement, and Quality.
Partner with Operations to align production schedules with demonstrated manufacturing capacity, labor availability, and equipment utilization.
Lead routine production planning cadences that review schedule execution, manufacturing constraints, shortages, and recovery actions.
Monitor work-in-process (WIP), production queues, and interval scheduling to improve manufacturing flow and reduce bottlenecks.
Balance production priorities to optimize throughput while minimizing unnecessary schedule disruption.
Evaluate requested customer delivery dates against available manufacturing capacity and provide realistic production commitments that protect existing customer schedules.
Support Customer Service and Sales by providing achievable production completion dates based on manufacturing capacity and material readiness.
Reserve and coordinate manufacturing capacity supporting prototype builds, pilot production, engineering validation, and New Product Development activities.
Balance customer expedites, production priorities, and New Product Development requirements while maintaining schedule integrity.
Monitor production schedule adherence, manufacturing productivity, work order aging, and planning performance.
Identify opportunities to improve planning processes, ERP utilization, interval scheduling, and manufacturing flow.
Support planning parameter accuracy, reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Partner with the Planning & SIOP Manager to improve planning discipline, schedule stability, and production execution across the organization.
Conform to and operate within the framework of all applicable operator work instructions, SOPs, quality, safety procedures, and any items deemed necessary by your supervisor or leadership.
Participates in the company’s efforts to continuously improve in Safety, 6S, Quality, Delivery and Productivity.
Expected to be a contributor to the company standards on high integrity, safety, fair and equitable treatment and a positive work environment.
Other responsibilities as deemed appropriate or necessary by management.