Production Planner

Location: Ochlocknee, GA or Taft, CA
Work Model: Onsite (Monday – Friday)

About the Role

The Production Planner is responsible for developing, maintaining, and communicating production schedules for assigned manufacturing facilities in support of customer demand, replenishment requirements, and finished goods inventory objectives. This role evaluates production capacity, material availability, labor resources, warehouse constraints, customer delivery requirements, and product-specific parameters to establish effective and attainable production plans. Working closely with operations, materials planning, procurement, logistics, customer service, and other internal stakeholders, the Production Planner helps ensure timely product availability while responding to changing production and customer needs.

The Opportunity

• Own production planning and scheduling activities for assigned manufacturing facilities
• Partner with operations, supply chain, procurement, logistics, and customer service teams
• Balance customer demand, production capacity, inventory objectives, and material availability
• Support operational efficiency while maintaining service levels and finished goods inventory targets
• Help drive planning decisions that directly impact plant performance and customer satisfaction
• Join a stable manufacturing organization where your work has visible impact across the business

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and communicate production schedules for assigned manufacturing locations
• Coordinate with operations leadership to determine production timing, sequencing, and resource requirements needed to meet finished goods demand
• Evaluate equipment availability, seasonal demand patterns, labor capacity, material availability, warehouse capacity, and customer delivery requirements when preparing production schedules
• Manage production plans to support finished goods inventory targets while helping minimize downtime, changeovers, and overtime requirements
• Monitor sales orders, forecasted demand, unforecasted demand, and finished goods safety stock requirements to support customer service objectives
• Assess changes in demand or supply requirements and adjust plans for customer promotions, seasonal shifts, holidays, weather-related impacts, and logistical constraints
• Perform purchasing support activities as needed, including purchase order entry, supplier delivery monitoring, and follow-up on ordered materials
• Review sales and demand trends to support planning for product runouts, discontinued items, packaging changes, and related lifecycle events
• Participate in cross-functional meetings with supply chain, operations, and business leadership to identify planning efficiencies and service-level improvements
• Support special projects and facility initiatives, including supplier review surveys and historical or projected material movement and usage analysis

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Supply Management, Business, Operations Management, or a related field
• 2–5 years of experience in production planning, materials planning, supply chain, manufacturing operations, or a related discipline
• Experience using ERP systems such as JD Edwards, Oracle, SAP, or similar platforms for production planning, purchasing, scheduling, or material tracking activities
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams, and PowerPoint
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate schedules, materials, inventory, and customer demand in a manufacturing or supply chain environment
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and respond appropriately to changing business priorities

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a manufacturing environment
• APICS CPIM certification or progress toward certification
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including data analysis, reporting, pivot tables, and lookup functions
• Experience supporting purchasing and supplier coordination activities

Work Conditions

This position is based at an active mine site and requires daily onsite presence. Work conditions may include uneven terrain, climbing ladders, navigating steps, and exposure to varying weather conditions such as heat, rain, or mud.

Pay

Competitive pay and annual bonus (California applicants: $70,000–$90,000)

Benefits

• 401(k) with 6% company match
• Paid parental leave, generous PTO, and paid holidays
• Employer-supported health and dental coverage
• Fitness and wellness reimbursement
• Annual merit increase opportunity
• Career growth with exposure to cross-functional leadership and business operations

About Oil-Dri

Oil-Dri Corporation of America is a leading specialty minerals manufacturer serving consumer and business-to-business markets. We offer the stability of an established manufacturing company with the visibility, ownership, and direct impact of a more closely connected organization. Our teammates help Create Value From Sorbent Minerals every day.