Production Planner/Scheduler (Contract Role)

Gracious Living Corporation•Vaughan, ON

9d•CA$70,000 - CA$73,000

About The Position

The production planner/scheduler is responsible for developing and executing production plans that optimize manufacturing capacity, inventory investments and customer service performance across injection molding and extrusion operations. This role collaborates closely with Customer service, Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics, Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, Tooling and Warehouse teams to ensure production schedule aligns with customer demands, material availability, labor resource, tooling constraints and equipment capacity. Balance demand and supply while driving schedule adherence, inventory accuracy, manufacturing efficiency and continuous improvement throughout the production planning process.

Requirements

Minimum of 3-5 years of production planning, scheduling or supply chain planning experience within high volume manufacturing environment
Experience in manufacturing plastics, including injection molding and/or extrusion environment is strongly preferred
Working knowledge of material requirement planning (MRP), Master production scheduling (MPS), sales & operations planning (S&OP) and capacity planning principles
Experience utilizing ERP/MRP systems (IQMS, SAP or similar manufacturing ERP systems
Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel including pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, formulas and data analysis.
Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail
Demonstrate ability to prioritize multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with ability to influence cross functional teams
Strong understanding of inventory management, production flow, manufacturing constraints and scheduling methodologies
Knowledge of lean manufacturing principles, continuous improvement, and waste reduction initiatives is an asset.

Nice To Haves

Working towards certification in CPIM an asset.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules that support customer demand while maximizing manufacturing efficiency.
Create finite production schedules considering machine capacity, tooling availability, labour resources, raw material availability, changeovers, and production priorities.
Maintain and adjust schedules in response to changing customer requirements, production constraints, equipment downtime, and material shortages.
Monitor schedule adherence and proactively resolve issues impacting production performance.
Balance production capacity across multiple manufacturing cells, presses, and extrusion lines.
Translate customer forecasts, sales orders, and demand signals into executable production plans.
Collaborate with Customer Service and Sales to prioritize customer orders and maintain targeted service levels.
Partner with Procurement to ensure raw materials, packaging, and purchased components are available to support production schedules.
Review inventory levels and recommend production quantities that optimize inventory turns while minimizing stockouts and excess inventory.
Support inventory optimization initiatives through effective planning and demand management.
Generate and release production work orders in accordance with the master production schedule.
Ensure data integrity within the ERP system to support accurate planning and reporting.
Work closely with Manufacturing, Maintenance, Tooling, Engineering, Quality, Warehouse, and Procurement to ensure production readiness.
Participate in daily production meetings to communicate schedule priorities, capacity constraints, and recovery plans.
Coordinate outside processing, subcontracting, and secondary operations as required.
Support new product launches, engineering changes, and production transitions by ensuring planning data is updated.
Monitor finished goods, work-in-process, and raw material inventory levels.
Identify slow-moving and obsolete inventory and provide recommendations for disposition.
Support physical inventory counts and cycle counting activities as required.
Maintain inventory levels that support customer service objectives while minimizing working capital investment.
Prepare and monitor key performance indicators including: Schedule Attainment, On-Time Delivery (OTD), Customer Service Level, Production Schedule Adherence, Inventory Turns, Capacity Utilization, Manufacturing Efficiency, Backorder Performance, MRP Exception Management, Production Throughput.
Provide regular reporting and analysis to management, identifying risks, trends, and recommendations for corrective action.