PRODUCTION PLANNER

SMITH & LOVELESS•Lenexa, KS

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Smith & Loveless is seeking a Production Planner to work with its production control team. The role is primarily responsible for scheduling, loading, and reviewing manufacturing orders for job sub-assemblies; coordinating shop completion; implementing revisions and substitutions; checking and expediting materials; coordinating backorders; and monitoring manufacturing-order reporting for assigned jobs. The position also processes jobs and revisions, coordinates information and materials across departments, supports shop personnel, handles forecasting and job documentation, and maintains completed job files.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED equivalent.
Three to five years of experience in an MRP manufacturing environment, preferably in expediting.
Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with multiple departments, sub-vendors, and individuals.
Experience reading general ledgers (MRP), bills of materials, and drawings.
Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
Ability to sit, stand, and walk; use hands to handle objects, tools, or controls; stoop, bend, pull, push, and reach; talk and hear consistently; occasionally lift, carry, or drag up to 25 pounds; distinguish the nature of objects using vision; and ascend and descend two flights of stairs.

Nice To Haves

Some college.
Experience with Epicor Kinetic software.
Two years of accounting and industrial engineering experience.

Responsibilities

Process jobs received from Application Engineering and send them to Design Engineering when complete.
Process Application Engineering revisions, including customer-requested changes.
Implement revisions, substitutions, and backorders accurately and efficiently, coordinating and following up with involved departments.
Monitor open orders to ensure timely material receipt and prevent production delays.
Assist and advise shop personnel with order expediting, in-process problems, and material delays.
Print Travelers and distribute them with drawings to appropriate warehouse personnel, with special attention to hot items.
Handle receipts of submittals and orders for forecasting.
Complete forecasting on time and with minimal errors for assigned product codes.
Break down and send jobs to be scanned into microfilm for jobs shipped each week.
Maintain completed job files for three months as a backup.
Perform other duties as assigned by the Production Control Manager.

Benefits

401(k) retirement plan with automatic enrollment and employee-directed investment options.
Discretionary 401(k) match based on performance, 100% vested after three years.
Annual profit-sharing bonus.
Employer-paid benefits, including life insurance and disability coverage.
Paid time off, including 10 paid holidays, two weeks of vacation (three weeks after five years), and six paid sick/personal days annually.
Medical plans, including PPO and high-deductible options.
Dental insurance with preventative care covered at 100%.
Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
Company-paid group life and AD&D insurance.
Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
Health Savings Account (HSA) for high-deductible health plan participants.
Voluntary life and AD&D coverage for employees and dependents.