Production Planner

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About the role

Trane Technologies is hiring a Production Planner in Hastings, NE. In this role, you will establish, manage, and maintain the production schedule for a selected group of products. You will act as the single point of contact for all customer accounts, managing the entire order life cycle to ensure orders are processed on time. You will collaborate with other functional teams to meet customer expectations and requirements. The position reports to the Master Scheduler.

This is an on-site role requiring 5 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Establish production manufacturing priorities for customer demands consistent with master scheduling requirements, inventory objectives, and service level goals.
• Perform order entry for configure-to-order business model and complete order closure and invoicing activity when orders are shipped.
• Reconcile all order discrepancies and order changes.
• Communicate with customers, sales offices, engineering, purchasing, operations, and marketing 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 complex escalations/issues, providing documentation throughout the process.
• Establish and communicate revised production schedules based on weekly PSI meetings.
• Manage rejected and rework product/order planning, rescheduling, and invoicing.
• Coordinate manufacturing activities and monitor schedule performance against plan.
• Participate in customer service-related projects such as Strategy A3, Projects, and 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.
• Perform 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.
• Oracle/ERP experience preferred.
• APICS Certification in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) preferred.
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook) required. Advanced Excel skills preferred.

Skills

• Ability to make effective decisions with limited time and information, determining decision-making criteria based on priorities.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across multiple departments.
• Detail-oriented with strong attention to small particulars when working on tasks or projects.
• Strong analytical capabilities, personal skills, and independent problem resolution.
• Data access/retrieval skills with experience in data analysis and manipulation using MS Excel and/or other tools, as well as working knowledge of ERP systems.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment as well as independently.
• Ability to identify problems, create solutions, and make recommendations.

Pay

Annual base salary range: $66,816.66 - $93,309.99. This is a salaried position and is not eligible for incentives or sales commissions.

Compensation is tailored to factors such as seniority, merit, geographic location, education, experience, travel requirements, and union designation. The range provided is based on the national average for the country.

Benefits

We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits and programs. Benefits may vary depending on region, business alignment, union involvement, and employee status.

This is a safety-sensitive role, which may require passing additional drug screening.