Planner III

Production Planner Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure departments have the supplies and inventory needed to function according to schedule.
• Communicate with supply teammates about the status of components.
• Solve problems to reduce the impact of delayed materials and convey delays to management.
• Build plan for a large volume production facility.
• Validate work order integrity.
• Ensure production line balance.
• Release work orders for material pull and production.
• Ensure all planning reports are accurate and up-to-date.
• Daily correspondence with Manufacturing Operations and Material Supply.
• Able to work across multiple departments: Inventory Control, Material Supply, Program Management, Manufacturing Operations, and Quality.
• Tracks and reports daily/weekly build plans, order status, and demand forecast.
• Provides timely responses to program management regarding customer prioritization requests.
• Identifies and escalates issues related to meeting production schedules.

Qualifications

• 2 years technical school preferred, or 2 years of related production planning experience.
• At least five years of experience in production environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite, with emphasis on high-level experience with Excel.
• Detail-oriented, emphasizing data-driven communication and retention.
• Ability to learn and understand the processes/capabilities/limitations of internal planning system (MPS).
• Ability to coordinate and work cooperatively with various departments and personnel to meet customer commitments.
• Ability to work in standard office settings, including continuous sitting, standing, keyboarding.
• Ability to work as business needs require, which may include long days, occasional evenings and weekends, and occasional travel for business meetings or training.

Physical Requirements

• Bending, reaching, lifting, carrying and moving materials and objects.
• Occasionally to frequent standing and sitting at computer.

Core Competencies

• Accuracy;
• Communication skills;
• Mathematical skills;
• Record keeping skills;
• Research skills;

Education

• Typically requires 2-4+ years of related experience.
• High School diploma or GED equivalent.
• Associate degree in Computer/Electrical or equivalent is preferred.