Production Planning Supervisor (Rail Car)

Responsibilities

• Supervise, implement and coordinate the activities and performance of personnel engaged in creating and maintaining production and inventory plans, production schedules and regulatory processes
• Create and implement a plan to develop employee skills and knowledge and ensure training of employees to meet production demand and company growth
• Create, evaluate and update standardized best practices to meet department and/or production goals
• Manage manpower for specific area and develop labor standards
• Work closely with Research and Development team for new products
• Manage all levels of customer service within facility
• Be the contact representative for Kawasaki within customer service area
• Provide technical support to operate equipment and specified designs, understand industry packaging and shipping, as well as improve data collection
• Analyze various information in order to manage customer demand and system parameters to improve efficiencies, support cost down efforts, provide customer service and to determine opportunities for improvement
• Promote safety and quality within area
• May manage and direct activity for trade compliance

Qualifications

• High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED)
• Must be able to display appropriate proficiency with computers and computer applications
• 4-6 years of scheduling or planning experience managing projects and 1 year of management experience preferred
• Must be a critical thinker, decision-maker, and manage and direct and evaluate the job duties of department personnel to ensure department responsibilities are performed accurately, effectively and timely
• Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, cost and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods
• Able to be able to promote automation within the area
• Able to research and identify specialized resources inside or outside of the organization that will effectively meet the needs of the situation
• Able to communicate clear expectations to the resource; monitor deliverable, evaluate and record results, contact information and other data for future use