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Production Planner
Reference #30951
Toronto, Ontario
About the Role
We are seeking a highly skilled, detail-oriented and proactive Production Planner to join our team. This advanced-level role is responsible for leading complex production planning activities, driving continuous improvement initiatives and ensuring efficient manufacturing operations while aligning with broader business objectives. The ideal candidate demonstrates intense ownership, meticulous attention to detail, and strong accountability, along with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and mentor junior planners.
Production Planning role establishes and maintains the strategic plan for their assigned product line which translates firm and forecast demand, as well as changes to same, into the time-bound action plans that our Supply Chain and Operations organizations execute against. This strategic plan ensures that we are buying and building the correct items at the correct times to ensure On-Time Delivery to Customer Contract Dates, On-Plan Revenue Recognition, and Inventories maintained at acceptable levels.
What You’ll be Doing
Analyze and act on Material Availability reports, ensuring on-time WO start and completion
Open, release and close manufacturing Work Orders with high accuracy and traceability
Oversee Kanban planning processes, identifying opportunities for optimization and standardization
Provide strategic input into factory scheduling and ensure planning alignment with business priorities
Provide strategic updates to the Master Scheduler, flagging risks to customer deliveries and recommending recovery plans
Lead reporting on schedule performance (e.g., WO completion metrics, root cause analysis) and present findings to leadership
Facilitate strong workflow communication across production, supply chain, quality and engineering teams Contribute scheduling insights to daily Operations Status meetings and support scenario planning as needed
Ensure MRP system updates are accurate, timely, and fully reflect the impact of product transitions and inventory consumption.
Generate and analyze weekly metrics related to on-time WO completions to drive improvement
Lead root cause investigations for scheduling misses and implement process or system-level corrective actions
Own and continuously improve planning documentation
Mentor and support junior planners, sharing best practices
Assist the work center supervisor with capacity planning for assigned work orders and feedback information to the Master Schedulers for consistent improvement in factory scheduling
Education and Experience s We Seek
OR 8+ years of…
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