Production Planner

Overview

The responsibilities include planning production, schedule manufacturing orders, and coordinate the flow of work and materials to meet delivery expectations of forecasted and actual sales. They will be closely monitoring the production processes and regularly providing production status updates to management and facilitating the timely delivery of products to customers. The planner will reflect demand changes in our planning systems to ensure high accuracy of inventory availability and ensure accuracy in inventory records, item usage history, and forecasting files.

• Develop production and inventory management plans to support both material and finished good requirements.
• Identify current and potential product shortages, develop, and execute recovery plans.
• Release manufacturing orders based on material requirements planning (MRP) and coordinate the flow of material throughout the production cycle.
• Execute the development, implementation, analysis, and coordination of the production schedule.
• Utilize Material Requirements Planning system (MRP) to ensure data is accurate and up to date.
• Modifies and adapts production schedules and issues order changes to accommodate revisions, cancellations, expedites or priority changes.
• Analyze data and collaborate with Plant Manager to determine and apply appropriate ordering, inventory, and replenishment policies.
• Understand and highlight capacity constraints and work collaboratively with manufacturing teams on resolution.
• Facilitate cross-functional (e.g. Quality, Engineering, Sourcing) and multi-level discussions impacting operations. This includes working with QC on product holds and nonconforming issues impacting production.
• Other duties as assigned

• Minimum 3-5 years professional experience in subcontract manufacturing planning.
• Knowledge and experience with sales & operations planning.
• Strong understanding and experience with ERP/MRP systems required. (M2M, Vertance Navigator)
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel (Pivot Tables, V-Lookups), Teams, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to work independently and make sound decisions while working with changing priorities and competing demands.
• Outstanding planning and organizational skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to effectively present information, data, and recommendations to all organizational levels.
• Bias for Action:
  Evaluates, acts, and communicates in a timely manner. Decisive, makes timely practical, effective decisions. Takes initiative without being asked.
• Critical Thinking:
  Ability to analyze information objectively and evaluate sources such as data, facts, observable phenomena, and research to make a reasoned judgment.
• Problem Solving: ability to identify problems as they arise, gather quantitative and qualitative data, and bring forth a recommendation toward a solution.
• Manages Systems and Processes:
  Effectively uses systems and processes to measure, monitor, manage, and impact performance.