Production Planner

Responsibilities

• Participates in system or process improvement initiatives to ensure the function has the best tools
• Reviews and revises production and fulfillment plans as required by changes in the manufacturing schedules
• Acts as a liaison between Manufacturing, Customer Care, Sales and Product Management, communicating and troubleshooting issues, problems, and concerns
• Analyzes production plans and inventory reports, availability / requirements for long lead time items to provide production guidance to the manufacturing sites
• Affords assistance in the expediting finished goods, when necessary, to support customer order fulfillment
• Recommends and implements production and transportation actions when products are in out-of-stock or allocation situations
• Partners with management/departments on matters related to production or fulfillment planning
• Utilizes Oracle to view material movements, quantities on order, and the current balance on hand to ensure materials needed by the manufacturing plants are available and uses this information to analyze trends and plan for future orders

Requirements

• Maintains a well-balanced focus between external and internal customer requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in an analytical field
• 3+ years’ experience in manufacturing, production management or production planning
• American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) certification (preferred)
• Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) (preferred)
• Knowledge of and experience in Oracle, planning, production scheduling, and shipping functionality and processes
• Knowledge of and experience in the master data (such as BOMs Routings, Item Master Attributes, etc.) that drives the forecasting, planning, production scheduling, and shipping functionality in Oracle
• Knowledge of and experience in inventory management principles
• Knowledge of and experience in production scheduling principles
• Knowledge of and experience in mathematics and statistical data

Benefits

• Full range of medical, financial, and other benefits

Schedule

• Full-time

Pay

The salary for this role will range from 70,180 USD to 91,300 USD annual based on full-time employment. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including but not limited to location, relevant skills, training, experience, education, etc. Certain roles may be eligible for performance-based incentive compensation and/or long-term incentives. Incentives could be discretionary or non-discretionary depending on the plan.