Production Planner

About the role

Ingersoll Rand operates a mission-critical manufacturing and service environment where every schedule drives real production outcomes—and uptime is the expectation, not the goal. This is a fast-moving, highly interconnected operation supporting industrial customers who depend on precision-built components and compressed air solutions to keep their own production lines running. Nothing here is static—priorities shift, demand moves, and execution speed matters every single day.

Responsibilities

• Create the production schedule to establish build sequence and ensure delivery commitments are met based on customer promised delivery dates
• Work directly with Production Planners and Material Planners to determine inventory levels that support firm sales orders and the customer promised delivery dates
• Proactively discuss risks to production and plan accordingly
• Maintain levels of purchased and manufactured parts to accurately and timely meet customer promised delivery dates
• Monitor lead time and actively control variation that can cause a negative impact to our customers and ability to achieve the monthly plan
• Perform SAP operations such as cutting production orders, printing sales shop copies, putting units to stock, issuing parts, and closing/settling work orders
• Work directly with Material Planners regarding needs to create a plan that ensures customer promised delivery dates are protected
• Work directly with other areas of business to ensure customer promised delivery dates are met and/or any needs of the customer are supported
• Lead by example through active team participation and behaviors
• Identify opportunities for improvement and develop solutions

Requirements

• A High School Diploma or GED
• 3+ years of experience in material planning, inventory management, purchasing, or related supply chain role
• 2+ years of experience scheduling production in a manufacturing environment supporting the production floor
• 1+ years of experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, JDE)

Core Competencies

• Detail-oriented & organized: Maintains high accuracy in planning data, priorities, and execution details to ensure smooth production flow
• Ownership / self-starter: Proactively manages workload, anticipates issues, and drives tasks through completion with minimal oversight
• Communication: Communicates clearly and consistently across functions to align priorities, resolve issues, and keep production on track
• Adaptability / change agility: Responds quickly to shifting priorities and production changes while maintaining stability in execution
• Planning & scheduling execution: Builds and maintains production schedules by sequencing work orders, managing capacity, and ensuring on-time execution to meet production and delivery targets
• Supply continuity focus: Ensures material availability, inventory accuracy, and uninterrupted production through disciplined, forward-looking planning

Preferences

• Bachelor Degree
• SAP PP module Purchasing, material planning, or buying background is relevant