Production Planner

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About the role

This role will not offer sponsorship. The Production Planner establishes, manages, and maintains the production schedule for a selected group of products. Acting as the single point of contact with the plant for all customer accounts, you will manage the entire order life cycle to ensure orders are processed on time and collaborate with other functional teams to meet customer expectations and requirements. The position reports to the Master Scheduler.

Responsibilities

• Establish production manufacturing priorities for customer demand consistent with master scheduling requirements, inventory objectives, and service level goals.
• Perform order entry for configure-to-order business model.
• Reconcile all order discrepancies and order changes.
• Communicate with sales offices, engineering, purchasing, and operations to ensure customer priorities are met and leverage common processes, tools, and information systems.
• Assist in the development of weekly and monthly metrics, including on-time shipment %, productivity, shipment goals, past due backlog, and assembly production.
• Request support from the next appropriate level of customer support for escalations/issues, providing documentation throughout the process.
• Establish and communicate revised production schedules based on weekly PSI meetings.
• Coordinate manufacturing activities and monitor schedule performance against plan.
• Participate in customer service-related projects such as Strategy A3, Projects & MDI (daily meetings).
• Assist in and support the development of process improvements and continuous learning.
• Attend/host daily standup meetings in production environments.
• Host meetings for production coordination.
• Other duties as assigned by the master scheduler.

Requirements

• Associate or bachelor’s degree preferred, or 4+ years of relevant work experience in lieu of a degree. High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum of 1-2 years of experience in a manufacturing environment or customer service.
• Experience with production scheduling preferred.
• Oracle/ERP experience preferred.
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook) required. Advanced Excel skills preferred.

Skills

• Ability to effectively make decisions with limited time and information and determine decision-making criteria based on priorities.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across multiple departments.
• Strong analytical capabilities.
• Data access/retrieval skills with experience in data analysis and manipulation using MS Excel and/or other tools.
• Ability to identify problems, make recommendations, and recognize when to alert others.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment as well as independently.

Pay

Annual Base Salary Range: $56,300.00 - $101,394.99. This is a salaried position and is not eligible for incentives or sales commissions.

Benefits

Benefits kick in on DAY ONE for you and your family, including:

• Health insurance and holistic wellness programs with generous incentives.
• Family-building benefits, including fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
• 401K match up to 6%, plus an additional 2% core contribution (total up to 8% company contribution).
• Paid time off: 15 vacation days, 9 paid holidays, 3 floating holidays, sick leave, and additional options for volunteer and parental leave.
• Educational and training opportunities through company programs, along with tuition assistance and student debt support.

Note: Benefit offerings may vary depending on Collective Bargaining Agreements and local/state regulations.

Schedule

This is an on-site role requiring 5 days per week. The role is designated as safety-sensitive, which may require passing additional drug screening.