Planner, Production

Masco Corporation • Vista, CA

22h • Onsite

About The Position

We are hiring a Production Planner to join our Production Control team! As Production Planner, you will be responsible for planning, scheduling, and tracking the inventory of several production lines, from receipt of sales order to shipment, for our industry-leading Endless Pools®, Hot Spring® Spas, Caldera® Spas, Freeflow Spas®, and Fantasy Spas®. You will use analytical and quantitative methods to ensure production lines in our multi-plant environment are planned in accordance with lean manufacturing and our company objectives. You will act as a hub between various internal departments, such as Customer Service, Purchasing, Product Management, and Production, performing on-the-fly analysis and ad hoc requests. You will also confer with department supervisors to determine the status of assigned projects and will work directly with our production staff to accurately report production data. Planning and preparing multi-level production schedules in our fast-paced, high-volume manufacturing environment will require excellent business agility. As part of these duties, you will draw up daily schedules to establish sequence and lead time to meet shipping dates according to sales forecasts and customer orders. You will perform various functions in our MRP/ERP system, such as creating, processing, and back-flushing production orders, performing inventory adjustments, tracking serial numbers, maintaining order parameters on items, and running reports. We’ll rely on you to monitor inventory levels of WIP and finished product to enable sustained shipments and support the shipment and inventory plan.

Requirements

• Minimum 1-3 years’ supply chain or related experience required.
• Proficient user in MS Office suite, specifically Excel.
• Must be able to prepare reports, worksheets, charts, schedules, and other data as necessary.
• Ability to present information to a group of co-workers, supervisors, managers or higher-level executives.
• Ability to successfully work independently and in a team environment.
• Willingness and ability to periodically travel to our facilities in Tijuana, MX.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) preferred
• ERP system experience a plus

Responsibilities

• Planning, scheduling, and tracking the inventory of several production lines, from receipt of sales order to shipment.
• Using analytical and quantitative methods to ensure production lines in our multi-plant environment are planned in accordance with lean manufacturing and company objectives.
• Acting as a hub between various internal departments, such as Customer Service, Purchasing, Product Management, and Production, performing on-the-fly analysis and ad hoc requests.
• Conferring with department supervisors to determine the status of assigned projects.
• Working directly with production staff to accurately report production data.
• Drawing up daily schedules to establish sequence and lead time to meet shipping dates according to sales forecasts and customer orders.
• Performing various functions in our MRP/ERP system, such as creating, processing, and back-flushing production orders, performing inventory adjustments, tracking serial numbers, maintaining order parameters on items, and running reports.
• Monitoring inventory levels of WIP and finished product to enable sustained shipments and support the shipment and inventory plan.

Benefits

• The Watkins Way (always Ethical, endeavors to be Transparent, embraces Inclusion, welcomes Diverse backgrounds and perspectives, Accommodating, believes in Work-Life Balance, puts Safety First, Accountable, values Relationships, Passionate, Team Player, and Goal Driven).

What This Job Offers

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