Production Planner

Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics • Wichita, KS

13d • $60,000 - $80,000 • Onsite

About The Position

As a Production Planner, you will be responsible for developing and coordinating production schedules to accurately plan and ensure efficient production capacity and meet on-time delivery and required inventory levels. To be successful in this role, you will identify opportunities to improve processes and control costs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration or related field
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in manufacturing planning/scheduling
• Experience with Material Requirements Planning (MRP) information systems
• Proficient with Microsoft Office
• Strong attention to detail
• Organized, focused, and results oriented
• Problem-solver with critical thinking and prioritizing skills
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

Nice To Haves

• Experience with manufacturing drawings

Responsibilities

• Review customer orders and sales requirements for attainability
• Develop and analyze schedules in accordance with sales forecast and create production orders to meet customer and stocking needs
• Manage production resources to ensure actionable and efficient production schedules
• Facilitate Engineering Change Order implementation for purchasing, material control and production
• Review forecasted production orders and adjust schedules as needed to address production issues or changing priorities
• Coordinate with Purchasing, Operations and Sales to ensure that minimum inventory levels are met to support customer requirements
• Implement and monitor workflow and production activity within the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system to meet production deadlines

Benefits

• Above-market pay
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Frequent events (food drive, food truck fest appreciation day, monthly fruit/donut day, employee luncheons, wellness challenges with incentives, ticket raffles for local sporting and cultural events)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level