Production Planner

Major Areas of Accountability

• Responsible for developing, implementing, monitoring, and maintaining summary schedules to meet customer demand.
• Acts as primary information conduit between operations and commercial departments.
• Performs schedule analysis such as critical path identification, schedule risk identification, and variance investigation.
• Performs capacity monitoring and analysis to identify and resolve capacity constraints using proven industry best-practices such as level-loading, expediting, and outsourcing.
• Proactively identifies and manages the resolution of critical schedule issues.
• Leads resolution of urgent product manufacturing issues to support master schedule
• Integrates, maintains and analyzes primary data related to project backlog and history.
• Compiles and analyzes Key Performance and Visual Management Indicators.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Bachelor's Degree in Operations, Business, or similar; or equivalent work experience.
• Demonstrated competency strength in initiative, problem solving, customer service, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Three to Five years experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Comfortable with Microsoft Office products (focus on Excel), proficiency preferred.
• Familiar with MRP software, SAP strongly preferred.

Physical Requirements

• Work is performed in both an office and manufacturing environment. Requires the ability to routinely move throughout the office and manufacturing facility to perform work.
• Requires the ability to routinely lift up to 15 lbs.
• Requires the ability to ascend and descend stairs daily to reach all areas of the manufacturing facility.

Pay

$65,000 to $75,000
Will compensate with experience. Position is full-time.