Production and Inventory Planner

At High Steel Service Center, we don't just move metal, we move industries forward. As a leading Mid-Atlantic processor and distributor of carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum, we deliver precision-cut products, just-in-time solutions, and unmatched customer service from our 200,000-square-foot facility.

But what really sets us apart is our people. Build on trust, craftsmanship, and a shared commitment to getting it right the first time, our team drives the quality and reliability our customers count on. Looking to build a career with strength, stability, and purpose? Join High Steel Service Center, where precision meets pride.

We are actively searching for a Production & Inventory Planner to join our team at High Steel Service Center located in Lancaster, PA!

The Production and Inventory Planner position is responsible for planning the production and inventory requirements needed to maximize production efficiency, minimize inventory investment, and meet customer service expectations. This role will plan, schedule, release, and track the flow of material requirements from Purchasing and Sales through Production to Shipping.

This position functions as a critical liaison between the production, purchasing, demand management, and sales functions. It is a focal point among all departments to effectively communicate and help meet company goals and customer requirements, but specifically provides direction to the work center functions as it relates to production schedules.

This is a 1st shift in office role.

• Establish mutually-agreed capacities at each work center or constraint by working with Production, Purchasing, and Sales.
• Establish inventory requirements at SKU level based on forecast and usage data.
• Monitor, analyze and report on schedule execution and inventory performance results.
• Ensure timely execution of all schedule requirements.
• Prepare an executable forward-scheduled production plan built upon a foundation of constraint management and finite capacity.
• Develop and articulate potential solutions to scheduling problems created by changing conditions.
• Understands and can articulate tradeoffs of potential solutions to senior management.
• Attend daily production meeting for input and general knowledge concerning daily production plan.
• Proactively engage appropriate key Supervisors or Managers to act upon opportunities and problems as they arise.
• Notify appropriate Sales personnel if production schedule will not meet customer schedule requirements. At the time of such notification, expectation is that Production and Inventory Planner will also advise of appropriate recovery plan.
• Identify current planned level of demand, then create production plans and manage inventory as needed to meet the identified customer demand.
• Responsible for resolving conflicts that inhibit schedule execution.
• Interpret system generated action messages and make necessary changes to production and/or inventory plans.
• Effectively manage a portion of capacity in MPS for unplanned events.
• Create and maintain bills of materials and routings for standard stock items in our product offering.
• Determine available capacity before planned orders are released.
• Establish, measure, monitor, and adjust capacity levels to execute all manufacturing schedules.
• Measures schedule attainment.
• Responsible for allocation of inventory to all production orders.
• Minimize scrap and side cuts by combining like gauges or sizes with compatible processing.
• Track, count and reconcile finished goods and raw material inventories.
• Achieve optimal fulfillment, forecast and inventory turn results through the alignment of the appropriate processes, systems and people.
• Ensure an adequate supply of product to service customer needs while…