Production Planning Coordinator

National Safety Apparel•Cleveland, OH

89d•$19 - $20

About The Position

The Production Planning Coordinator helps meet customer expectations by ensuring orders ship on time. The role supports production planning, coordinates work between departments, lines up work for work centers, helps locate orders when necessary, moves completed orders to shipping, and tracks cancelled or modified orders. Supervisors assign work to teams. The coordinator assists the Order Fulfillment Manager and supervisors, and must be able to run the daily production meeting when the Production Planning Manager is absent. The role also supports production organization and order tracking, including reviewing invoiced orders with open shop orders and ensuring those shop orders are properly closed. This is a full-time, non-exempt position reporting to the Production Planning Manager, with no direct reports. Training is provided on the job as required.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED equivalent.
At least one year of experience working in a manufacturing facility.
Demonstrated ability to complete work efficiently and in an organized manner.
Strong sense of urgency and ability to multitask.
Ability to quickly shift priorities based on need.
Excellent attention to detail and follow-through.
Proactive, self-starting approach and ability to work with little supervision.
Strong teamwork skills and commitment.
Fluent spoken, written, and reading English.
Computer skills, including using email to communicate in a timely, accurate, and thorough manner.
Ability to run, process, and understand NSA reports, including Orders by WC, WC capacity, and Open Orders by various categories.
Ability to review daily incoming orders to ensure they are entered correctly.
Ability to walk extensively during the day and move orders from cart to cart to organize and prioritize work.

Responsibilities

Support on-time delivery, which is tracked through NSA’s Quality Objective Data Report and reviewed twice a year by management; customer accounts may also evaluate on-time delivery through surveys, fines, and their own metrics.
Assist the Order Fulfillment Manager in any capacity.
Run the daily production meeting when the Production Planning Manager is not present.
Assist supervisors in expediting order shipments.
Organize, file, and pull cutting markers; review markers that have not been cut; and plan ahead to give sewing adequate time.
Line up work for each TSS work center according to order due dates and/or priorities.
Gather finished TSS orders and take them to shipping.
Review reports of invoiced orders with open shop orders and return them to supervisors so the shop orders are properly closed by each team.
Track cancelled or modified orders to prevent unnecessary work.
Perform other duties as assigned.