Production Planner

Contech Engineered Solutions LLC•Topeka, KS

8d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Production Planner, you will play a crucial role in coordinating raw materials, purchasing, production scheduling, and shipping, ensuring a seamless production process that aligns with our customer's needs. This role is for local candidates only.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Experience with inventory control, loading, and shipping procedures.
Ability to read shop drawings.
Strong computer skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
A team player with the ability to work effectively in a dynamic and collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

Receive orders from sales offices and customers, ensuring accuracy, and setting delivery dates based on material availability, customer requirements, and production schedules.
Establish production plans and priorities in line with customer demands; creating daily work schedules for hourly personnel to optimize production efficiency.
Identify the best prices and services from carriers, coordinate customer shipments, determine efficient routes, and expedite deliveries as needed to meet customer requirements. Plan daily loading schedules and prepare loading combinations for shipping finished products.
Place orders for raw material and miscellaneous inventory items, securing the best possible pricing while adhering to specifications. Prepare bill of materials from prints/drawings to fulfill complete projects. Maintain material inventory levels within predefined objectives, removing shipped material from records, and maintain inventory records.
Coordinate interplant transfers of materials and keep sales and plant personnel informed about material availability, production, shipping schedules, and all relevant information. Manage order changes in production scheduling and shipping and resolve daily issues related to these changes.
Prepare material and product certificates, coordinate inspections, and oversee material sampling as required by various representative agencies.