Production Planner

Textron•New Orleans, LA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

A Production Planner will work in the capacity of a Factory Planner, Material Planner, or Production Control Analyst depending on the business need. A Production Planner ensures that production requirements are met daily through analysis and reporting of production status, material supply/ demand alignment, and forecasting impacts. This individual will work with the management team to ensure that deadlines and schedules are met thereby preventing line stoppages and delays.

Requirements

Three (3) plus years of manufacturing, inventory/warehousing control, production control/planning or scheduling experience.
Demonstrated working knowledge and understanding of fabrication processes with ability to formulate fabrication sequences and instructions from engineering data.
Strong written and verbal communications skills.
Self-starter with ability to work in a fast-paced deadline driven environment.
Demonstrated ability to plan, organize and manage multiple priorities efficiently (able to multi-task) to meet changing deadlines.
Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of multi-level Bill of Material Structure.
Proficient in MS Office software (i.e., Word, Excel, etc.).
Demonstrated analytical and attention to detail skills.

Nice To Haves

Oracle system knowledge preferred

Responsibilities

Create, release, and update Discrete Jobs (DJs) based on analysis of Production needs, capacity, schedule, and sequencing, including regularly scheduled work and emergent requirements.
Review material availability and perform necessary steps required to maintain schedule, including material transfers and purchase requisitions (PRs).
Continuously review DJ start/stop dates and update as necessary.
Plan, review and maintain production progress, to include supporting and facilitating production teams to meet daily and weekly production requirements.
Create/maintain Production Control Boards for each craft.
Recommend corrective action needed to maintain production schedule.
Work closely with other departments, (i.e., Production, Warehouse, Supply Management) to manage the product flow to meet deadlines and prevent line stoppages and delays.
Makes sure that required parts or assemblies reach the installation point at the proper time in the proper sequence and in sufficient quantity, in keeping with the schedule.
Assess and determine reasons for delays in delivery of parts and recommends possible corrective action.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned by management