Production Planner

POSITION SUMMARY

The Production Planner's primary responsibilities are ensuring all products required by internal and external customers are manufactured, shipped, and delivered on-time.

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Production Planning

• Develop production planning forecasts
• Use & maintain production planning software as the primary tool
• Plan, schedule, release, & control production orders based on MRP requirements
• Review sales orders & collaborate with sales, marketing, production, & other groups
• Ensure information is current & accurate
• Evaluate forecast results & coordinate cross-functionally to reconcile variances, resolve potential schedule interruptions, & refine forecast

Inventory

• Provide input into development of inventory strategies on current, new, and to-be-obsoleted items
• Manage raw materials, WIP, & finished goods inventory levels to align with business objectives and requirements
• Develop & maintain safety stock strategy
• Investigate inventory discrepancies, identify root cause, & initiate corrective actions to prevent future variances

Purchasing

• Purchase standard and non-standard services to support production & customer needs
• Follow up on late orders, & expedite as needed
• Maintain supplier material certification database

SKIILS & QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors Degree or High school diploma
• Working knowledge of MS Office & ERP systems
• Excellent communication skills to work cross-functionally
• Highly organized with strong time management & prioritization skills
• Strong math & statistics background

COMPANY VALUES

• Honorable
• Professional
• Loving
• Quality Minded
• Customer Focused
• Hardworking

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Duties are primarily performed in an office environment while sitting at a desk or computer terminal. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, stand walk, talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; and reach with hands and arms. Duties may take the incumbent onto the shop floor for extended periods of time to resolve issues or locate/coordinate orders. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.