Production Planner

About GAF

GAF is the North American leader in residential roofing materials. We are honored to be constructing our newest shingle manufacturing facility in Newton, KS and hiring is underway as we build our initial plant leadership team.

New Plant, New Opportunities

We are looking for a Production Planner who will be responsible for the finite scheduling of all Master Schedules provided by Corporate Supply Planning Group. The Incumbent will build and organize an efficient finite production schedule on a weekly to bi-weekly basis that maximizes production efficiency while minimizing raw material and work-in-process inventory, changeover costs and satisfies customer demand and honors scheduled ship dates.

Job Summary

We are looking for a Production Planner who will be responsible for the finite scheduling of all Master Schedules provided by Corporate Supply Planning Group. The Incumbent will build and organize an efficient finite production schedule on a weekly to bi-weekly basis that maximizes production efficiency while minimizing raw material and work-in-process inventory, changeover costs and satisfies customer demand and honors scheduled ship dates.

Essential Duties

• Create and maintain Plant's finite production schedules on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis that balances production efficiency, raw materials and WIP inventory, and customer service.
• Maintain communication with Production, Shipping, Purchasing, Corporate Supply Planning, to provide a free exchange of information and ideas about scheduling plans so that necessary changes can be made smoothly to meet overall objectives.
• Maintain ongoing communications with supervisors, unloading employees Stillyard operations, Supply Planning, and Buyer regarding schedule changes.
• Maintain required raw materials inventories and order quantity with the most economical costs of delivery, storage and obsolescence while ensuring timely delivery adequate supplies are on site.
• Perform or assist with physical inventory counts of raw material and finished product as needed.
• Participate in planning and establishing overall production objectives based on customer demand and sales forecasts.
• Lead weekly meetings to review planned schedule.
• Initiate discussions with vendors concerning plan forecast material needs to ensure adequate manufacturing and delivery lead time for suppliers.
• Trace and expedite shipments to ensure Plant operations are not impacted by delayed shipments.
• Monitor and coordinate shipments in such a way that railroad demurrage and the cost penalty associated with truck delivery is kept to a minimum.
• Order and maintain inventories of production and office supplies staying within expense budgets.
• Assist Accounting with month-end inventory counts for all raw materials and finished products.
• Resolve issues when needed.
• Entry of Raw Materials Receipts and verification of accuracy of receipts.
• Resolve discrepancies from amount ordered to amount received.
• May create monthly TNRCC Emission Report and Waste Manifest: collecting required documents, and file.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) coupled with 2 - 4 years of demonstrated experience in production planning in a high volume manufacturing operation.
• Demonstrated advanced communication and analytical skills along with organizational skills; intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office and experience with an ERP system.
• Certified in Logistics, Transportation, and Distribution (CLTD)-APICS would be preferred.

Benefits

• Health insurance options that include medical, dental, and vision for you and your family.
• Family-Building benefits support the many different journeys to fertility and parenthood.
• A robust 401K plan includes an employer match contribution with your pre-tax and/or Roth contributions.
• Professional growth and development are very important to us! We offer internal training programs and courses, as well as a generous tuition reimbursement program.
• Many opportunities for employees to connect with one another, including through our Employee Resource Groups who focus on education and allyship for all of our employees.
• Competitive salary, benefits, 401k, and vacation packages for all full time permanent positions.

How We Protect What Matters Most

• We offer a wide range of health insurance options that include medical, dental, and vision for you and your family.
• We offer Family-Building benefits support the many different journeys to fertility and parenthood.
• We offer a robust 401K plan includes an employer match contribution with your pre-tax and/or Roth contributions.
• We offer professional growth and development are very important to us! We offer internal training programs and courses, as well as a generous tuition reimbursement program.
• We offer many opportunities for employees to connect with one another, including through our Employee Resource Groups who focus on education and allyship for all of our employees.
• We offer competitive salary, benefits, 401k, and vacation packages for all full time permanent positions.