Planner I

Job Purpose

Under minimal supervision, plans, coordinates and controls production and capacity priorities in all manufacturing locations to meet plant and corporate objectives; maintains raw material and finished goods inventory stock levels to support the Master Production Schedule contributing to minimum inventory, maximum customer service levels and company profitability.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develops, updates, and maintains stocking levels of all finished goods and sub-assemblies in all manufacturing locations to achieve weekly production schedules
• Reviews stocking levels of injection molding, metal-stamped parts and Mexican-produced sub-assemblies to support sub-assembly and finished goods production requirements
• Creates and maintains spreadsheets, charts, graphs for scheduling and reporting in weekly MPS meetings
• Maintains integrity of the database; records additions, deletions and changes to the Item Master File
• Participates in special projects such as Forecast and Safety Stock Reviews, maintenance, changes in bills of materials, etc.
• Assists in maintaining a safe and healthy condition on company property to achieve the best working environment possible for all employees and visitors
• Performs duties in compliance with company policies and procedures
• Maintains regular and predictable attendance
• Performs other assignments as requested or as business needs require

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with 5 to 7 years’ related manufacturing experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Computer proficiency and APICS certificate required
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where some standardization exists
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, and diagram or schedule form
• Read, analyze, and interpret common business journals
• Write reports, business correspondence and present information, orally and in writing, to supervisory and executive management as well as to customers and other employees
• Addition, subtraction, multiplication and the division of numbers including decimals and fractions; checking of reports, forms, records and comparable data where interpretation is required involving basic skills knowledge

Working Conditions

Very good working conditions. Disagreeable elements are absent.

Physical Requirements

• Regularly stand, walk, hear, reach with hands and arms, stoop and bend
• Seldom lift and/or move more than 25 pounds
• Close vision, depth perception, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus required

Qualifications

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.