Production Planner

Steffes•Dickinson, ND

About The Position

The Production Planner executes the short-term production plan to support customer demand, inventory targets, and operational efficiency across assigned manufacturing areas or sites. The role monitors daily and weekly planning queues in the ERP system, maintains accurate order release and prioritization, and coordinates with production, procurement, and inventory teams to ensure material and capacity readiness. The Production Planner supports schedule stability by following established planning parameters and escalating exceptions that may affect delivery, inventory, or resource utilization. The position also supports standardized planning processes, multi-site coordination, new-part setup and planning attributes through the ECO process, and planning improvements. It requires collaboration with customers, suppliers, coworkers, and management, and contributes to the company's strategic, quality, and safety objectives. The role involves substantial walking, sitting, or standing; lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds; pushing or pulling up to 20 pounds; climbing ladders or stairs; and stooping, crouching, kneeling, bending, handling, feeling, and gripping. Visual acuity is needed to inspect completed work. The position may involve internal and external environmental conditions and requires learning and remembering processes, maintaining focus, working independently, making timely workflow decisions, communicating with visitors, and completing tasks under speed or productivity quotas.

Responsibilities

Review and execute ERP planning suggestions.
Firm, release, and maintain production jobs in alignment with planning priorities.
Identify and resolve material shortages within defined planning rules.
Monitor production plan adherence and communicate potential risks or constraints.
Create, audit, organize, and maintain Kanban signals.
Communicate schedule risks, shortages, and priority conflicts when identified.
Support multi-site coordination when shared resources or intercompany demands exist.
Follow standardized planning processes across all sites.
Assist with new-part setup and planning attributes in ERP through the ECO process, as needed.
Support implementation of planning improvements as directed.
Maintain a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating collaboratively with customers, suppliers, coworkers, and management.
Help the company meet its strategic, quality, and safety objectives.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Perform work in compliance with EHS training and identified procedures or standard work, report EHS incidents or concerns to a supervisor, and contribute to the EHS program.
Participate in job-specific training and complete work according to standard work, processes, and procedures; notify a supervisor when work cannot be completed as required.
Demonstrate and support the Steffes Code of Conduct, policies, and procedures, maintaining professionalism, quality, a positive company image, and timely attendance.