Production Planner

Position Summary

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.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and communicate production schedules for assigned manufacturing locations
• Cook up 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
• Absess 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

Candidate Profile

• 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 Experience

• 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

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive pay and annual bonus (California applicants: $70,000–$90,000)
• 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 both consumer and business-to-business markets. Our products support the pet care, animal health, fluids purification, agricultural, sports field, industrial, and automotive industries. With mining and manufacturing operations across the United States, Oil-Dri combines the stability of an established organization with the visibility and impact of a closely connected business.

Our teammates help fulfill our mission to Create Value From Sorbent Minerals every day. Oil-Dri is committed to providing equal opportunity for all teammates and qualified candidates without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, mental or physical disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Accordingly, all employment decisions and personnel actions or programs such as hiring, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, transfers, reductions in workforce, and training will be consistent with the principle of equal employment opportunity.