Production Planning Specialist II

About the role

As a member of our team, you will work in a dynamic and collaborative environment where your ideas and contributions will be valued and respected. The Production Planner is responsible for planning and maintaining appropriate material levels to support the production schedule and meet customer-requested delivery dates. This role coordinates the introduction of new products into the factory and schedules production orders to achieve optimal levels of customer service, inventory efficiency, and asset utilization. The Production Planner also provides consumption and forecast analysis for their assigned area and uses this data to optimize inventory levels and key delivery performance metrics.

Responsibilities

• Analyze MRP reports and take appropriate action
• Create and release production orders on a daily basis to achieve the production plan and customers’ requested delivery date
• Create purchase requisitions on a daily basis to achieve the production plan and meet customers’ requested delivery date
• Interact and provide feedback with engineering and production teams on upcoming work and potential issues due to material availability
• Schedule and re-schedule production orders to mitigate changes
• Plan new product materials and schedules
• Perform required functions within SAP to ensure inventory accuracy
• Modify safety stock as required
• Analyze on a continuous basis the product lead-time and lot size
• Level load the work centers whenever possible; communicate under/over load conditions to the shop floor supervisors and manager
• Based on current build schedule, escalate material short issues to Supply Chain
• Consumption and forecast analysis
• Management and calculation of KPIs

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree with one year of work experience required; if no degree, 10 years of relevant work experience required
• APICS Certification preferred

Skills

• SAP experience required
• Manufacturing work experience required
• Analytical skills
• Microsoft Office advanced skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Travel requirement: minimal