Planner

General Description

The Production Planner is responsible for planning, scheduling, and monitoring production activities to ensure the timely completion of customer and manufacturing work orders in a high-volume manufacturing environment. This role works closely with Production Supervisors, Team Leads, Inventory Control, Warehouse personnel, Purchasing, and Manufacturing Associates to maintain accurate inventory levels, identify and resolve material shortages, and ensure production schedules are executed efficiently.

Serves as a key liaison between the production floor and supporting departments, proactively addressing work order discrepancies, inventory variances, and scheduling conflicts to minimize downtime and maximize operational performance.

Job Requirements

• Develop, maintain, and execute daily and weekly production schedules to meet customer demand and business objectives.
• Release, prioritize, and monitor work orders to ensure on-time completion.
• Cookordination production schedules with manufacturing capacity, labor availability, and material constraints.
• Investigate and resolve work order discrepancies, including incorrect material consumption, missing transactions, and production reporting errors.
• Track and report schedule attainment, work order completion rates, and production performance metrics.
• Maintain appropriate inventory levels to support production while minimizing excess inventory.
• Manage outside processing vendors, ensuring on-time completion of purchase orders.
• Manage a strong presence on the production floor to ensure production priorities are clearly understood and executed.
• Collaborate daily with supervisors, team leads, and associates to identify and resolve issues impacting production schedules.
• Work closely with Inventory Control, Purchasing, and Warehouse teams to ensure material availability.
• Participate in lean manufacturing, inventory reduction, and productivity improvement initiatives.
• Assist in developing and implementing standard operating procedures related to planning and inventory processes.

Educational and Experience Requirements

• Affiliate degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Business, or a related field preferred.
• Equivalent combination of education and relevant manufacturing planning experience may be considered.
• 3–5 years of production planning, scheduling, inventory control, or supply chain experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment preferred.
• Proficiency with ERP/MRP systems and Microsoft Excel.
• Excellent organizational and time management abilities.
• Experience supporting fast-paced manufacturing operations with multiple product lines preferred.
• Strong sense of urgency and commitment to meeting production and customer requirements.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively across all organizational levels.

Physical Demands

While performing the responsibilities of the Production Planner job, the associate is required to talk and hear. The associate is often required to sit and use his or her hands and fingers to handle or feel. The associate is required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Close vision is required for this job. Lifting up to 45lbs may be required at times.

Work Environment

While performing the responsibilities of the job, the associate is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and vehicles. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

About the Role

We are the ASSA ABLOY Group. Our people have made us the global leader in access solutions. In return, we open doors for them wherever they go. With nearly 63,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries, we help billions of people experience a more open world. Our innovations make all sorts of spaces – physical and virtual – safer, more secure, and easier to access.

As an employer, we value results – not titles, or backgrounds. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions – supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally.

As we welcome new people on board, it’s important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.