Senior Planner

The Panther Group is seeking an experienced Senior Planner for a direct-hire opportunity with our client. This role is responsible for coordinating manufacturing schedules, planning production activities, monitoring order progress, and ensuring customer delivery requirements are met. The ideal candidate has manufacturing planning experience, a strong understanding of Material Requirements Planning (MRP), and the ability to coordinate across production, purchasing, quality assurance, and customer service teams to keep operations running efficiently.

• Review and develop manufacturing plans and manage forecast updates.
• Review and release customer orders to the Shipping Department daily.
• Review new sales orders for spare parts and items.
• Partner with Customer Service to respond to customer inquiries, develop lead times, and expedite orders through the manufacturing process.
• Use MRP systems to analyze requirements and develop weekly production plans in coordination with production supervisors.
• Monitor production schedules and ensure work is prioritized appropriately.
• Manage planning activities, MRP analysis, and scheduling for raw machine shop items.
• Coordinate the movement and tracking of materials requiring outside processing.
• Work with Purchasing and Quality Assurance to expedite and prioritize parts as needed.
• Facilitate inventory movements through established hard-card processes.
• Provide backup support for the print room.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

• 3–5 years of manufacturing planning experience required.
• Previous experience using Material Requirements Planning (MRP) systems required.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and meet deadlines.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with production, purchasing, quality, and customer service teams.

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Operations, or a related field.
• Experience with Great Plains (GP) software.
• Warehouse Management System (WMS) experience.
• Capacity planning experience.
• Experience supporting or implementing business systems.

Combination of office-based computer work and time spent on the manufacturing floor. Requires periods of standing and walking throughout the facility. Occasional lifting of materials weighing up to 25 pounds. Some areas of the facility may not be climate controlled.

This is an opportunity for an experienced manufacturing planner to play an important role in production scheduling, material coordination, and on-time customer delivery. The position offers a consistent weekday schedule, competitive annual compensation, and a direct-hire opportunity.

Salary $80,000-$90,000 per year DOE