Production Planner
About The Position
The Production Planner analyzes component availability and value stream workload to assign accurate delivery dates for customized products, optimize production schedules, and monitor progress. The role coordinates with buyers, operations, planning, and other partners to resolve issues, respond to customer inquiries, contribute to sales and operations planning, and keep operations and management informed of critical situations. The planner maintains accurate records, reviews forecasts, processes order changes and cancellations, and addresses excess or obsolete inventory. The role develops strategies to improve planning efficiency, coordinates component availability and lead times, establishes executable production schedules and sequencing, and supports successful, on-time new product launches. The position also identifies and resolves capacity, material, equipment, and quality issues; improves promise-date accuracy; develops contingency plans when schedules cannot be executed; and investigates production attainment misses to drive future improvements.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of experience in production planning, scheduling, materials, or supply.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Experience with conflict resolution and project management.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, or a related field; a combination of education and experience will be considered.
- Experience with JD Edwards ERP or other ERP systems.
- CPIM certification through ASCM.
Responsibilities
- Analyze component availability and value stream workload to assign accurate delivery dates for customized products, optimize production schedules, and monitor progress.
- Work cross-functionally with buyers, operations, and planning to resolve issues, handle customer inquiries, and provide input to sales and operations planning.
- Solicit feedback, initiate corrective action, coordinate issue resolution, and keep operations and management informed of critical situations.
- Lead and provide daily direction and prioritization with operations, program management, procurement, customer service, engineering, SIOP, and other partners in alignment with the published production plan.
- Maintain accurate records, review forecasts, and process order changes and cancellations.
- Identify excess and obsolete inventory, determine root cause and disposition, and take corrective action.
- Develop and implement strategies to improve efficiency and minimize human involvement.
- Collaborate with buyers and partner plants on component availability and lead times, and work with the production planning team to establish production schedules and optimal sequencing for an executable plan.
- Support and take action to drive new product implementation and successful, on-time program launches.
- Identify and resolve capacity/load issues and material constraints, address equipment and quality problems, and initiate corrective action.
- Drive improvements in promise-date accuracy for orders across multiple value streams.
- Develop production schedule scenarios and contingency plans when issues prevent schedule execution.
- Determine root causes of daily and weekly production attainment misses and develop action plans for future improvement.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Flexible spending accounts.
- Short-term and long-term disability benefits.
- Critical illness and accident insurance.
- Life insurance.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
- Employee stock purchase plan with company match.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Caregiver, personal, and parental leave.
- Back-up care services.
- Paid time off, including volunteer time.
- Well-being program.
- Legal and identity theft protection.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
