Production Planner - Elk Grove Village, IL

Job Description

The Production Planner is responsible for creating & maintaining an optimized, executable production schedule. Handle master data to ensure accurate capacity planning and lead times for assigned orders.

• Schedule production lines based on customer demand and capacity constraints.
• Work cross functionally with replenishment and procurement teams to ensure schedule can be attained.
• Investigate, analyze, and initiate bills of material, and perform necessary systems maintenance.
• Execute, document, and distribute reports daily, to be used as tools for decision making by production personnel and manufacturing analyst/schedulers.
• Develop and maintain optimized sequencing to minimize planned downtime for the production team.
• Support overall manufacturing workflow visibility by providing planning and coordination of product movement throughout manufacturing process.
• Proactively work with other functional leaders across the site(s) to create synergies and maintain effective workflow.
• Leads weekly operational meetings with internal and/or external production teams to discuss the current production plan, required staff, sets priorities, and overcomes obstacles encountered.
• Makes required scheduling changes as needed based on measures and monitoring production floor output/performance.
• Responds to demand and supply changes in a timely and accurate manner to minimize production downtime and maintain efficiencies.
• Monitors packaging needed to support schedule and communicates with vendors regarding packaging that might be needed.
• Develop Production KPI’s and work with operation and maintenance (Capacity Utilization, Standard operating efficiency, OOE – Overall Operating Efficiency, OEE – Overall equipment effectiveness, downtime, inventory turns).

Requirements

• BS or Associates degree in Supply Chain or related field highly preferred.
• 3-5 years capacity planning experience in a production environment required.

Qualifications

• Ability to adapt to change in the workplace.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Extensive knowledge in Microsoft applications required.
• Knowledge of WMS and D365; Strong understanding of inventory control.
• Knowledge of bills of materials required.

Benefits

• 15 holidays with an end of year holiday refresh break
• Health, Vision and Dental Insurance
• 401K Plan program
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Be Positively Excellent well-being program.
• Term Life Insurance Plan
• Standard Disability Plan

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