Production Planner

Dart Container•Stonecrest, GA

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Dart Container is seeking a Production Planner who excels in creating and maintaining short and long-term production and finite line schedules to meet shipping dates according to sales forecasts and customer orders. This role will provide accurate raw material signals across the material resource planning (MRP) to support production planning and schedule requirements.

Requirements

High school diploma with four (4) years related experience, or Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business or related field with related coursework or internship in production planning and scheduling
Ability to identify issues, compare data, investigate and resolve discrepancies
Ability to calculate, analyze, and interpret information and recommend solutions
Excellent verbal and written skills used to communicate to internal customers
Experience using Microsoft Office, including the ability to create reports, documents, presentations and spreadsheets in MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint
Strong attention to detail and accuracy
Organizational skills including the ability to prioritize workload to meet deadlines
Ability to perform root cause analysis to determine corrective actions
Demonstration of minimum proficiency with the English language in order to ensure effective new hire training and on-going communications about safety and quality issues.

Nice To Haves

APICS certification
Experience utilizing ERP / SAP Supply Chain Management (SCM) experience

Responsibilities

Follow and commit to meet Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) for safety, quality, production, efficiency, and service requirements
Follow practices and processes intended to provide safe products that comply with appropriate laws and regulations, meet the company quality standards
Follow and commit to safety and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices)
Create, track, review, validate and manage finite schedule and supply plans while considering Rough Cut Capacity Plan (RCCP), finished goods, Work in Process (WIP), forecasted demand, customer orders, dependent demand, replenishment orders, plant capacity, cycling plans, manufacturing efficiencies and various other dependencies
Create, review and maintain raw material signals across the MRP planning horizon which supports production planning and scheduling
Prioritize customer orders and revise production schedules as necessary
Utilize Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) application and tools to facilitate the efficient use of resources
Identify, analyze and anticipate required resources, materials and changes to meet unforeseen conditions, schedule variances, delays or other changes
Communicate and collaborate with internal departments as needed
Track and maintain appropriate documentation
Create, compile, review, update and deliver required reports
Develop and communicate contingency plans and priorities
Promptly investigate and respond to requests