Production Planner Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma required.
• Demonstrated experience in shop scheduling within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with production planning, production order management, material planning, or supply chain coordination.
• Strong problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify constraints, assess tradeoffs, and coordinate timely corrective action.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with production, purchasing, supply chain, inventory, customer care, shipping, and other stakeholders.
• Clear and proactive written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and adjust schedules in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, follow-through, and data accuracy.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing processes, production workflows, material availability, and capacity constraints.

Nice To Haves

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in supply chain, operations, business, or a related field.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365).

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and communicate shop schedules based on customer demand, production capacity, labor availability, material readiness, and business priorities.
• Print, review, and release production orders to the shop floor according to the approved schedule and established planning parameters.
• Monitor open production orders from release through completion, identify schedule risks, and coordinate corrective actions.
• Partner with production supervisors and shop teams to confirm priorities, sequence work, address execution barriers, and support timely order completion.
• Review material availability, identify potential shortages, and coordinate with purchasing, supply chain, inventory control, and production to resolve constraints.
• Reschedule or reprioritize work as conditions change, balancing customer commitments, operational capacity, and material availability.
• Communicate schedule status, order priorities, shortages, recovery plans, and delivery risks to relevant stakeholders.
• Coordinate with customer care, sales, shipping, and warehouse teams to support accurate delivery commitments and on-time order fulfillment.
• Analyze planning and execution issues, determine root causes, and drive cross-functional solutions.
• Maintain accurate planning data and production order status in the enterprise system.
• Support inventory planning, production performance, and on-time delivery objectives.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen scheduling discipline, material flow, production execution, and customer service.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, AD&D, and life insurance
• Matching 401(k) contribution
• Health Savings Account
• Up to 3 weeks of starting vacation, which may increase with tenure
• 12 paid holidays
• Annual bonus eligibility
• Educational reimbursement
• Matching Gift Program
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with company stock available at a discount