Production Planning Coordinator

About Crown

CROWN Cork & Seal USA, Inc., a wholly owned company of Crown Holdings, Inc. is a global leader in the design, manufacture and sale of packaging products for consumer goods. At Crown, we are passionate about helping our customers build their brands and connect with consumers around the world. With operations in 39 countries employing over 23,000 people and net sales of $12 billion, we bring best practices in quality and manufacturing to drive local and global business.

The Production Planning Coordinator will assist with all production planning activities for the Sugar Land / Fort Bend manufacturing operation that is part of the North American Beverage Division. This individual will serve as a liaison with customers on planning matters and advocate production planning best practices and standardization at the plant level.

• Assist in developing Master Schedule requirements from demand forecast, plant capacity, and historical data.
• Assist in interacting with production and sales personnel to update and advise of progress and new developments.
• Assist in managing volume and manufacturing location changes between factories as needed to meet customer requirements.
• Assist in monitoring inventories in an effort to minimize costs and achieve plant inventory goals.
• Assist in overseeing development and maintenance of tools that enhance production planning capability for the division.
• Assist in maintaining accurate needs attention and obsolete inventory and implement measures for improvement.
• Assist in tracking, analyzing data and producing required reports.
• Assist in updating and maintaining the planning production system.
• Interface with manufacturing personnel, purchasing personnel, etc. on material status and production planning issues.
• Coordinate with the manufacturing floor to actively manage the production schedule.
• Follow and audit production orders through the production process to ensure the proper schedule is followed.
• Monitor manufacturing system transactions for accuracy and work with leaders to correct discrepancies and eliminate fundamental causes of problems.
• Coordinate material delivery with inventory to support manufacturing schedule. May examine material delivered to production to verify conformance to specifications.
• Compile records such as material inventory, in‑process production reports, and status and location of materials.
• Perform system transactions to report movement of material between manufacturing operations and into finished goods.
• Monitor daily progress of manufacturing orders.
• Monitor quality, service, and delivery issues and issue corrective actions as needed.
• Plan and schedule production orders based on established priorities and the availability of required materials and capacity. Follow up to determine actual performance versus estimates.
• Assemble work order packets complete with work order router, completion dates, and instructions for subsequent operations.
• Maintain the capacity report so that it can be used as a tool in the planning and scheduling process.
• Maintain monthly and yearly inventory levels.
• Maintain additional metric reports for the Manager.

• Associate’s degree.
• 1–3+ years of experience in a production planning / logistics / materials handling role.

• Bachelor’s degree in business, logistics management or a related area.
• Knowledge of AS400.
• Certificates in APICS, CPSM, Six Sigma, and Lean Manufacturing are highly desired.
• Experience in manufacturing, operational, and customer‑driven environments.
• Proven proficiency in Microsoft Office with emphasis on Excel, Access, and Word.
• Ability to develop processes, train end users, and implement projects to completion.

• Detail oriented.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment as well as working independently and self‑directed.
• Effective oral and written communications.
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Outlook.

Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands, reach with hands and arms, and may be required to balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. May lift and/or move up to 10…