Production Planner - Lincoln Ave, Utica, NY

Indium Corporation•City of Utica, NY

5d•$18 - $29•Onsite

About The Position

The Production Planner analyzes, interprets, and converts customer order information into manufacturing production work orders through cross-referencing. The role plans, reviews, and reports customer order input rates, order error rates, departmental and site delivery performance, scheduled product workload volumes, and planning actions related to changes in component and finished-goods inventory levels. The Production Planner also supports departmental supervision in communicating order rescheduling between sales and manufacturing, including expediting materials through purchasing when needed. This position is based at 1676 Lincoln Ave, Utica, NY, and works Monday through Friday on the first, daytime shift. The posted salary range is $17.50–$28.50 per hour ($36,500–$59,000 annually); actual compensation varies based on factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, education, and internal equity. The company describes additional total rewards components including insurance, paid time off, retirement, volunteer opportunities, paid holidays, and overtime opportunities.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED required; an equivalent combination of education and related work experience may be considered.
At least 1 year of related work experience.
Experience in product configuration and familiarity with manufacturing processes.
Proficiency with intermediate math applications.
Proficient PC skills and intermediate Microsoft Excel skills.
Highly analytical and detail-oriented.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Provide own transportation for local or day travel, including travel between Indium Corporation facilities.

Nice To Haves

Associate's degree in Business Management, Accounting, or a related field.
APICS Planning certification.

Responsibilities

Analyze and interpret customer order documentation to create manufacturing work orders for production builds through cross-referencing.
Organize and manage work to provide feedback to sales and manufacturing supervision, including error reports, projected workload volumes, and product and component inventory information.
Provide departmental reporting input to supervision to confirm product lead-time scheduling information for sales.
Access, navigate, research, and enter data using Outlook, Excel, SharePoint, and the enterprise resource planning system.
Research, suggest, and document production scheduling and inventory changes for supervision based on production capacity and supply availability.
Plan, adjust, monitor, and report required production inventories; create and expedite purchase orders in coordination with departmental supervision to optimize customer order completion.
Perform mathematical calculations using basic math functions, unit conversions, and product-related formulas.
Ensure work is accurate and documented according to quality management system standards.
Collaborate with sales, engineering, quality, and other Indium Corporation departments to provide or obtain information and evaluations.
Attend training as needed or assigned.
Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.