Production Planner

Overview

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Production Planner.

The Production Planner prepares, coordinates, and approves the master production and delivery schedule of all products through the complete production and customer delivery cycle. This role interfaces with operations, purchasing, engineering, sales, marketing and management to assure successful execution of projects. The Production Planner analyzes and confirms activity planning data to calculate start dates and sequence activities to meet timeline target dates.

• Work with Project Management, access reports, schedules, planning boards and various system files to acquire a detailed understanding of project plans, activity timelines, and target dates.
• Attend and/or lead regular planning/scheduling meetings according to the work center's scheduling requirements.
• Initiate direct communication with project management, planning, and manufacturing groups to assure a complete understanding and communication of manufacturing plans, activity schedules, and target dates.
• Review specific activity planning data to assure practical and cost-effective execution and recommend alternatives as needed.
• Prepare and monitor delivery reports and prioritize to meet management directives.
• Review activity requests, action notices, and other documents describing activities and target dates to be scheduled.
• Assign activities to appropriate staff, work centers and/or machines.
• Confirm and document activity durations and calculate start dates required to meet timeline target dates.
• Ensure planned activity start dates lead to on-time completion.
• Create, post, and maintain work center and/or machine activity schedules to support successful execution of all scheduled projects.
• Initiate daily interaction with the work center activity manager and staff to ensure understanding and acknowledgement of planned schedules.
• Monitor activity progress against schedules and notify managers when meeting target dates may be jeopardized.
• Review schedule issues with the activity manager to establish corrective action plans and provide planning input for re-scheduling options.
• Confirm with planners, schedulers, and project managers that schedule issues are identified and resolved to meet target dates.
• Additional duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Manufacturing, Engineering, Production or related fields preferred but not required.
• 5+ years of previous production scheduling experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Travel locally, nationally, and/or internationally may be required.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite, Outlook & Internet applications.
• Strong analytical, prioritizing, interpersonal, problem-solving, presentation, budgeting, project management, planning skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills (including analysis, interpretation, & reasoning).
• Solid understanding and application of mathematical concepts.
• Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships across the organization and with internal and external clients.
• Ability to work autonomously and in a team within a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment.
• Ability to influence peers and management; self-motivated with attention to detail and deadlines.

• Regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and to talk, hear and see.
• Regularly/Occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Vision requirements include close, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Exposure to wet/humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, extreme temperatures, risk of electrical shock, and chemicals.
• Noise level is usually low/moderate.

Matthews Memorialization is a leader in the memorialization industry focused on design and manufacture of advanced combustion systems. Matthews International is the parent company (MATW).

Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment is decided on qualifications, merit, and business need. Matthews International provides equal opportunities to applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities. If you require an accommodation, please contact our Human Resources team.

Office location:
Orlando, FL