Production Planner

Job Description

If you are a Production Planner professional looking for an opportunity to grow your career, this role at Emerson’s Edgewood, Long Island, New York facility offers a meaningful path to do so. As a Production Planner, you will play a key role in aligning demand and supply, optimizing production schedules, and supporting operational excellence. You will collaborate across functions to ensure efficient material flow, on‑time delivery, and continuous improvement, directly contributing to Emerson’s commitment to innovation, integrity, collaboration, and inclusion.

• Develop and maintain production schedules that balance customer demand, capacity, and inventory targets.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, procurement, logistics, and customer service teams to ensure alignment and timely execution.
• Monitor material availability and coordinate with supply chain partners to mitigate shortages or delays.
• Analyze demand forecasts and production data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Optimize inventory levels while maintaining service levels and minimizing waste.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance planning processes, systems, and overall efficiency.
• Communicate proactively with stakeholders regarding schedule changes, risks, and mitigation plans.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, quality standards, and safety requirements.

You consistently make sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. You build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives, valuing diverse perspectives and contributions. You plan and prioritize work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals, demonstrating strong attention to detail and follow-through. You adapt your approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations, maintaining resilience and focus in a dynamic environment.

• Minimum of 3 years demonstrated experience in production planning, scheduling, or supply chain coordination within a manufacturing or operations environment.
• Ability to analyze data, interpret trends, and make informed decisions.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across functions.
• Familiarity with planning tools, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, or similar technologies.
• A proactive, solution‑orientated mindset with the ability to prioritize tasks in a fast‑paced setting.
• Commitment to quality, safety, and continuous improvement.
• Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now and in the future.

• Experience in a highly regulated or high‑mix manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing principles or continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience in using Oracle.
• Comfort working with cross‑cultural or global teams.
• Curiosity and a growth mindset, with a willingness to explore new tools, processes, and ideas.

This is an on‑site, nonexempt, hourly position based in Long Island, New York. Standard schedule is Monday through Friday, first shift, with occasional overtime as business needs require.

The starting salary for this role is $50,000 – $60,000 annually (approximately $24.04 – $28.85 per hour), commensurate with the skills, talent, capabilities, and experience each candidate brings to the role.

• Medical insurance plans, with dental and vision coverage.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Profit‑sharing retirement plan.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Employee resource groups, recognition programs, and more.
• Flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation, and holiday leave.

Emerson will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F‑1 (including those with OPT or CPT), H‑1, H‑2, L‑1, B, J or TN, or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future are not eligible for hire.

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