Production Planner

Sensient•St. Louis, MO

21d•Onsite

About The Position

The Production Planner oversees production planning and scheduling for the Cosmetics, Food, and Pharma groups at Sensient’s St. Louis, Missouri, and Kingston, Ontario, facilities. This is an individual-contributor role with a high degree of autonomy, focused on executing and administering activities that ensure products are produced on time and meet customer specifications. The planner is accountable for production planning, scheduling, raw material availability, and customer care activities at the St. Louis and Kingston operations. The position involves establishing efficient manufacturing schedules, maintaining material planning parameters and supply-and-demand data in JD Edwards (JDE), coordinating with production supervisors, and following up on open work orders and deliveries. The planner also communicates changes in lead-time policies to relevant operations, customer service, and sales stakeholders.

Requirements

Experience in purchasing, inventory management, supply chain, or a related operational role.
Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to build effective relationships with suppliers and internal teams.
Strong attention to detail and experience maintaining accurate records and documentation.
Analytical problem-solving skills, including the ability to investigate issues and identify process improvements.

Nice To Haves

Experience with production planning, material planning, or enterprise resource planning systems.

Responsibilities

Order raw materials to establish efficient manufacturing schedules, considering customer delivery requirements, manpower, machine capability, tooling, purchased materials, and quality requirements.
Set up MRP parameters according to product life cycle and maintain MRP parameters for intermediates and finished products.
Review JDE-generated MRP messages for production and procurement daily.
Set the weekly production schedule and meet with Production Supervisors daily to monitor progress.
Follow up on and expedite deliveries of open work orders.
Inform the Director, Operations and Supply Chain, Customer Service Representatives, and Sales Director of changes in lead-time policies.
Maintain accurate supply-and-demand data in JDE to provide reliable customer service information.
Meet regularly with production supervisors to discuss issues affecting schedule feasibility and overtime planning.