Production Planner LPCT
Listed on 2026-09-12
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Supply Chain/Logistics
Logistics Coordination, Operations Management, Inventory Control & Analysis
Country:
United States of America
State / County:
Oregon
City:
Portland
Division:
Structurals
Company: LPC
Function:
Operations
Workplace Type:
On-Site
Position type:
Full Time
Opportunity
Job Description MissionTo assist the Master Scheduler in maintaining a valid and realistic Master Production Schedule supporting the Business Unit Sales, and customer orders. To insure effective communication on schedules is coordinated with Sales, Planning, Manufacturing and Engineering. The main purpose of this job is to assist in meeting on time delivery to the customer, process router changes, fix delivery dates based on span changes and modify Bill of Materials.
Individuals assigned to the Alloy Service Center (ASC) will be responsible for shipping, receiving and managing all inventory required to support production.
1. Master
Schedule:
Objective:
To assist the Master Scheduler in maintaining and adhering to the Master Schedule, supporting the Business Unit plan and meeting customer delivery.
Activities:
- Weekly review of master schedule with the Master Scheduler including Manufacturing and Engineering. Identify areas which require modification in shipping dates based on process router changes and lot specific changes.
- Insures that changes on process router are properly entered in Visibility.
- Insures that Bill of Materials is amended due to changes in process router.
- May Initiate and maintain the requisition of Assembled Wax Patterns to vendors.
- Works with Expeditors to change routers on the floor. (Individuals working for the ASC will work as an expeditor.)
Objective:
To regularly communicate to the Master Scheduler, Planners, Manufacturing and Engineering regarding changes in process routers including span time and cost.
Activities:
- Maintains and updates process router lo sheet using Excel Spreadsheet. Communicates any issues with Planning, Manufacturing, and Engineering.
- Represents Planning in meetings with Finance, Manufacturing, and Engineering regarding process routers.
- Insures that process routers are correctly marked by the initiating Engineers before entering in Visibility.
- Monitors outside process delivery commitments, establishes delivery measurements for vendors, and distributes monthly report (scoring) for vendors.
Objective:
To regularly enter changes in process routers in Visibility for efficiency in span time and cost.
Activities:
- Works with Engineers in initiating changes in process routers.
- Insures that delivery dates are properly modified due to changes in the master router or lot specific changes.
- May maintain and publish throughput reports for the Alloy Service Center and the Outside processing of Ti revert.
Objective:
Assist the Master Scheduler in putting together weekly, monthly and quarterly shipments plans. Takes a proactive role in helping to meet customer delivery requirements.
Activities:
- Constructs and maintains weekly, monthly and quarterly shipping plans using Excel spreadsheet.
- Identifies issues early in the quarter and works in a manner to remove shipping barriers.
- Communicates issues to the Master Scheduler on a daily basis regarding router and span changes which affects shipping dates.
Objective:
Ship, receive and manage all inventory for the Alloy Service Center
- Transacts all incoming and outgoing material in the Vis MRP system.
- Monthly and quarterly fiscal inventory audit requirements as well as cycle count responsibility.
- Associate (two year) degree preferred, but will consider those with equivalent work experience.
- Minimum four years related professional experience with at least two of those years related to a Planner/Scheduler/Analyst position.
- Demonstrated good oral and written presentation skills.
- Highly self motivated and able to work independently.
- Demonstrated good organizational skills.
- Must be proficient in MS Word, Excel, and Visibility.
- Positive mental attitude and ability to work well in a team environment.
This position requires use of information or access to production processes subject to national security controls under U.S. export control laws and regulations (including, but not limited to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)). To comply with those regulations, this position may require applicants to be U.S. Persons…
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