Production Planner
Job in
Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, 21701, USA
Listed on 2026-06-27
Listing for:
Stulz
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-06-27
Job specializations:
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Manufacturing / Production
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Create and maintain the manufacturing production plan and create manufacturing orders per plan
- Optimize production schedules in accordance to customer demand and available capacity
- Accountable for downstream replenishment and timely release of manufacturing orders
- Identify and address short-term supply constraints within the weekly process (long-term constraints within monthly process); analyze daily supply/demand alerts and address or escape accordingly
- Interface with QA and warehouse staff regarding rejected/defective materials, making the necessary arrangements with operations or procurement to ensure prompt replacement
- Participate in Supply Plan development and in establishing planning time fences for aggregate Supply Plans and for detail Master Plans
- Translate the Production Plan into a schedule for producing or acquiring components, materials and services
- Maintain and provide valid lead time data to sales and marketing organization to guard against over‑committing company resources and/or parts and materials
- Identify and resolve conflicts with supply and demand, and availability of capacity in conjunction with Operations Leadership
- Demonstrated experience creating and managing feasible and balanced supply plans, in accordance with demand, to support targets consistent with customer requirements for short, medium and long‑term capacity planning
- Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships and collaboration with key stakeholders
- Ability to proactively diagnose and address potential issues in supply shortage or customer service interruption (e.g. resource requirements planning constraints)
- Possess a 'customer‑first' mindset to understand customer needs and exceed customer expectations
- Possess a strong understanding and awareness of the principles of extended Supply Chain management and fundamentals of Supply Chain design and strategy
- Data mining reporting skills through MS-Excel; specifically V‑lookup and Pivot tables
- Ability to drive continuous process improvements and lead small scale projects
- Experience proactively seeking to leverage existing IS capabilities to improve current and future Supply Chain performance (e.g., systems, reports or metrics)
- Ability to apply appropriate process improvement tools, techniques and Supply Chain metrics to measure, analyze, diagnose and improve future performance
- Must have a strong attention to detail: efficient, accurate, timely and thorough, with focus and attention to detail
- A strong understanding of a range of production planning and execution systems
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience required. Preferably in Supply Chain Management, Business, Industrial distribution, or similar field
- 3-5+ years production/planning/scheduling work experience in a manufacturing supply chain
- Strong ERP systems and computer software experience (e.g. SAP, S4/HANA, JDE, Excel, etc.)
- Manufacturing Planning experience with high‑customization, high‑mix, low‑volume manufacturing
- Proficiency in MS Office, Word
- APICS CPIM certification
- Ability to read and understand English instructions
- Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division
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