Planner - Production-Acupac Business Dev. SGA

Planner - Production

Evaluates customer order requirements, then plans, prepares and initiates production schedules for manufacturing and assembly to meet scheduled delivery commitments in conjunction with department and plant goals.

Responsibilities:

• Updates the daily production schedule.
• Prepares the daily and monthly production plan for finish goods, factory WIPs, and bulk.
• Attends daily production meeting, coordinates and communicates priorities to support groups.
• Prepares weekly assembly and people goal schedule and, when business trend warrants, a monthly goal schedule.
• Reviews RCCP and S&OP for upcoming trends and challenges.
• On new orders, establishes manufacturing date and assigns order completion date based on scheduling availability, and customer requested delivery, confirm all sales orders.
• Prepares monthly forecast based on booked orders.
• Communicates with manufacturing and assembly supervisors to insure an efficient operating schedule.
• Communicates with Purchasing, Inventory Control, Quality Control and Order Department both on information received and required to schedule orders on time.
• Creates Risk Mitigation action plans based on what-if scenario analyses.
• Communicates standard sale order due dates.

Responsibilities continued:

• Routinely assesses packaging and manufacturing equipment capacity against customer order utilization. Proactively recommends alternatives to labor, shifts, equipment, etc. to meet customer order commitments.
• Evaluates open order backlog to identify equipment, work center or manpower capacity constraints. Recommends adjustments to equipment, and/or manpower, production goals to produce quality product on time at the least possible cost.
• Works closely with Business Development and Purchasing to maximize inventory turns and to meet inventory goals.
• Prepares status reports as required by Production.
• Contacts CSR's to update delivery and changes of sales order.
• Request all batch cards necessary for sales order.
• Responsible for bulk inventory disposition/liability.
• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• High School diploma plus college degree preferred.
• Combined working experience including supervision of section/group for 1-2 years for which planning function will be performed.
• Good logic, mathematic and writing skills.
• Well organized and capable of working under pressure.
• Capable of setting priorities for projects and re-arranging same to meet the production schedule.
• Proficient with MRP, demand planning, capacity planning and Excel spreadsheet software/systems.

Competitive Benefits Package

We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support the health, well-being, and financial security of our employees. Benefits include, but are not limited to:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Coverage
• Life Insurance
• Paid Vacation Time
• Paid Sick Leave
• Paid Holidays
• Performance-Based Annual Bonus

Eligibility and benefit offerings may vary based on employment status and company policy.