Production Planner

PCC Talent Acquisition Portal•South Gate, CA

About The Position

The Production Planner schedules and coordinates the flow of work through front-end operations, including forging, heat treating, and grinding, to expedite production. The role reviews the master production schedule and job orders, establishes customer-order priorities, and revises schedules based on traveler specifications and the availability or capability of workers, parts, materials, machines, and equipment. The position also supports production control when the supervisor is unavailable and helps track incoming travelers and workload in the ERP system. The Production Planner coordinates with department supervisors and other operations, process control, and engineering personnel to monitor progress and communicate changes in processing methods. The role manages outside-vendor quotations and purchase orders, follows up on outsourced work, and may review and approve vendor invoices. It also compiles production and downtime reports, schedules material transfers between departments, maintains daily production reporting, and creates metrics and charts from project and production data. The position schedules and manages departmental forklift operators and drivers and carries out managerial duties such as performance reviews, disciplinary actions, employee training, investigations, and timecard administration. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, and other documents.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Ability to speak effectively before groups of supervisors or employees.
Ability to calculate figures and amounts, including proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
Ability to apply basic algebra and geometry.
Ability to solve practical problems involving a variety of concrete variables and limited standardization.
Ability to interpret written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule-form instructions.
Familiarity with operational equipment capabilities, obtaining purchasing quotations, and a manufacturing plant environment.
Intermediate proficiency with PC programs, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, and Excel.
Bachelor’s degree in business administration or a similar field, or manufacturing experience in lieu of a degree.
Two to three years of planning experience in manufacturing.
Experience with ERP systems.

Responsibilities

Review the master production schedule and job orders with production control and supervisory personnel, and establish priorities for specific customer orders.
Oversee production control functions when the supervisor is unavailable.
Revise schedules based on traveler specifications, priorities, and the availability or capability of workers, parts, materials, machines, and equipment.
Support auditing and tracking incoming travelers in the ERP backlog/workload.
Update and lead the ship-call backlog daily.
Confer with department supervisors and attend production meetings to determine work progress and share information about processing-method changes.
Obtain quotations from outside vendors for work processed outside the plant, prepare purchase orders, follow up on returned parts, and may review and approve vendor invoices.
Compile reports on work progress and downtime caused by machine and equipment failures.
Review completed department travelers and schedule move tags to transfer material to the next department operation.
Ensure operators or designees update Daily Production Reports.
Enter data from Lean Projects, Daily Production Reports, and downtime sheets, and create metrics and charts.
Schedule and manage departmental forklift operators and drivers.
Conduct performance reviews, disciplinary actions, employee training, investigations, and timecard administration.
Perform other duties as assigned.