Manufacturing Planner

Department:
Manufacturing / Production Control

FLSA Classification:
Exempt

Employment Type:

Full-Time

Work Location:

Onsite

Travel Required:

None

Velocity transforms authentic American classic vehicles from the ground up for modern driving. Our Re-Engineered Classics™ combine proven engineering, meticulous craftsmanship, and personalized design to preserve the original character while delivering modern performance, comfort, and reliability.

Creating a Velocity vehicle requires precision and collaboration across every stage from initial design and engineering through production, testing, delivery, and long-term customer support. Our team works to exacting standards to create exceptional vehicles and an elevated ownership experience for discerning clients. Together, we are setting a new standard for iconic American vehicles and building a company defined by quality, innovation, and passion.

Success at Velocity requires a "whatever it takes" mentality. We embody grit, demonstrating perseverance, resilience, and unwavering determination in the face of challenges. We are adaptable, embracing change, adjusting to new circumstances, and continuously seeking ways to improve processes and outcomes- because growth does not come from comfort.

We take ownership, assuming full responsibility for tasks, decisions, and outcomes, whether successes or setbacks, without shifting blame. "That's not my job" is not in our vocabulary; when one part of our team falls short, we all do.

Finally, our ambition fuels our drive to excel, improve, and uphold the highest standards for both personal and professional growth. This mindset defines who we are and ensures our continued success.

The Production Planner builds and owns the executable annual, rolling, and weekly production schedules for every Velocity vehicle by build number and station. This role translates the approved production plan into realistic labor and equipment loading, material readiness, and manufacturing orders (MOs), including separate build-to-stock MOs for internally fabricated, machined, assembled, and finished components.

This is a dedicated planning and production control role - not a BOM specialist, buyer, shop supervisor, or all-purpose expediter. The Planner works closely with Engineering/Process, BOM specialists, Procurement, Warehouse & Inventory, Quality, Finance, and Sales to keep the schedule realistic and visible.

Individual Contributor

Director of Production

None

Days 1-30:
Audit schedule, station routing/standard-hour data, staffing assumptions and open MOs; map current internal-order workflow; present baseline and first weekly capacity dashboard.

Days 31-60:
Publish rolling master schedule and controlled frozen weekly schedule; implement build-to-stock internal MOs and electronic ownership/date tracking; start daily readiness and weekly variance reviews.

Days 61-90:
Demonstrate accurate weekly manpower loading and station variance reporting; reliable internal MO completion/receipts; SOP and backup coverage; corrective actions for top planning/root-cause misses.

• Build and maintain a 12-month rolling schedule by build number, model, approved options, major milestones, required finish date, and station flow; coordinate changes with Sales and leadership.
• Maintain an 8-12-week finite-capacity lookahead and a controlled 1-2-week execution schedule by vehicle and station; publish a weekly frozen plan with change-approval rules.
• Use approved routings and standard labor hours, plus productive staffing availability, skill constraints, absenteeism, WIP, tooling, equipment, and outside processing, to identify over- and under-loading.
• Show required versus available productive hours by station and week; flag bottlenecks and recommend sequencing, overtime, or staffing changes for leadership decision.
• Walk the floor daily to reconcile reported versus actual vehicle status and elevate gaps early.

• Create, sequence, release, monitor, and close vehicle MOs and their station operations from the frozen, approved base and option configuration.
• Create separate, demand-driven build-to-stock and build-to-order MOs for parts requiring internal machining, fabrication, powder coating, subassembly, or other processing before receipt into inventory.
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