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About The Position

Requirements

• 2–5 years of production planning, line scheduling, or material requirements planning (MRP) experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Maintenance planning experience is also considered relevant.
• Hands-on proficiency navigating the Plex ERP system, specifically PRP workflows and workstation tracking.
• Intermediate to advanced user of Microsoft Excel (VLOOKUPs, pivot tables, data modeling) for data extraction and schedule analysis.
• Proven experience balancing production schedules against capacity-constrained lines and tight customer deadlines.
• Strong agility to react quickly and adapt schedules proactively in response to raw ingredient shortfalls or sudden order revisions.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills to negotiate schedules and align across Procurement, Sales, and Shop Floor Operations, including setting customer expectations.
• Comfort operating in a high-volume, transaction- and revision-heavy environment while maintaining accuracy under pressure.
• High school diploma or equivalent required.

Nice To Haves

• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Business, or a related field.
• Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) certifications, such as CPIM (Certified in Planning and Inventory Management).
• Food or beverage manufacturing experience, with familiarity in metrics like Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and shelf-life constraints.
• Conversational Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Own the production plan across a weeks-to-months horizon — deciding what to make, how much, and on which lines to meet customer commitments.
• Allocate factory capacity, personnel, and machine resources across lines, leveling load against constraints to maximize throughput.
• Review the incoming order book and demand signals to anticipate needs, smooth peaks, and keep the plan realistic and achievable.
• Partner with the Planning Manager on planning rates, yields, and inventory inputs that drive the plan.
• Monitor incoming order workflows, review new orders and revision requests, and approve or reject them based on line availability and capacity.
• Communicate alternative dates to customers when orders cannot be accommodated as submitted.
• Determine job quantities, assign the appropriate line and assets, and translate PRPs into executable jobs within the ERP system to maximize plant efficiency.
• Manage a high volume of transactions and revisions across multiple lines, keeping pace as priorities shift throughout the day.
• Sequence jobs to run lines efficiently — minimizing allergen changeover washes and avoiding conflicting work-center assignments.
• Balance customer due dates against run rules, capacity, and changeover time to maximize throughput.
• Create and schedule every job, and manage all revisions from intake through completion.
• Serve as the central point of contact for customer-related scheduling questions.
• Keep production schedules and ERP data current — closing out completed jobs promptly and keeping the schedule free of stale data.
• Actively monitor jobs in progress to ensure on-time, in-full completion.
• Proactively surface risks and flag potential conflicts before they impact fulfillment.
• Coordinate daily with the Planning Manager, Procurement, Sales, and Operations to keep the schedule aligned with the plan and surface supply risks before they impact delivery dates.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance