Production Planner-Scheduler
Gaishin Manufacturing Inc•Benton Harbor, MI
•Onsite
About The Position
Responsible for forecasting, analyzing and converting customer demand into production schedules. The role requires aligning cross-functionally to create an efficient schedule that ensures performance meets customer requirements. Production scheduling supports all machine work centers across the Gaishin network, which includes 3 sites.
Requirements
- Computer and technical aptitude – thorough knowledge of office products and ERP
- Data driven with ability to analyze and report on data
- Process & accountability driven
- Clear communicator & excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to understand technical specifications / bill of materials
- Ability to identify improvement opportunities
- Production planning experience
- Detail oriented and extremely organized
- Root cause analysis & problem solving (continuous improvement)
Nice To Haves
- Associates or Bachelors degree preferred
Responsibilities
- Analyze customer demand requirements and schedule production jobs accordingly
- Forecast future demand, capacity and throughput requirements
- Produce and analyze data to solve future capacity and throughput bottlenecks (long-term enterprise planning)
- Balance workflow to honor lead times, hit commitments and ensure efficiency
- Engage with operations, quality and engineering to understand and remove bottlenecks
- Ensure capacity aligns with throughput needs and material availability
- Produce on-time delivery metrics
- Identify contributing factors that limit performance via data analysis
- Engage cross-functionally to align key data inputs and close gaps
- Align with customer service to proactively identify at-risk orders
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1-10 employees
