Production Planner - Food Manufacturing

About the role

Taylor Fresh Foods, Inc. is dedicated to being North America’s favorite maker of salads and healthy fresh foods. Our “Taylor Family” is an enterprise full of team members who are passionate about making high quality, great tasting products for families across North America. As we continue to rapidly grow, we have a career opportunity available for a talented and motivated individual to join our Taylor Farms Arizona team located in Tolleson.

The production scheduler plans the work schedule of all production departments using work order information and available inventory quantities. Works closely with Plant Management to reduce production costs by streamlining the production flow to reach maximum efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Ability to perform quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervision
• Regular attendance to ensure production requirements are met
• Strong decision making and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Must be well organized and able to prioritize multiple tasks simultaneously
• Ability to work individually as well as with others as a team at all levels
• Intermediate math skills (addition, subtraction, division, multiplication)
• Ability to complete work requests in English for the correction of defects and improvements
• Create the plant’s manufacturing schedule and monitors it daily
• Makes changes to the schedule when necessary
• Informs management when resources are not available to complete production numbers
• Assists management in conducting matrix and production flow systems to reach maximum efficiency
• Forecasts future needs and communicates changes in usage accordingly
• Reports and analyzes monthly deviations from plan