Senior Manufacturing Production Planner

Duties/Responsibilities

• Reviews customer order requirements, bills of material and inventory using an online MRP system to schedule raw material melts, and subsequent materials manufacturing processing operations.
• Makes sure customer ship dates are met for customer orders.
• Schedules work centers for each shift of a specified production area using the ERP system and job order production plan.
• Creates confirmed ship dates for internal and customer orders.
• Directs the creation and release of shop orders and generates purchase requisitions for needed material to meet job order schedule.
• Follows up on work in process to ensure adherence to set schedules, proper material movement, and adjusts for changes in capacity and/or customer requirements.
• Initiates and tracks order expedites as needed.
• Works with internal departments to identify resource constraints and develop plans to meet customer requirements and resolve resource constraints.
• Specifically, works closely with the Purchasing department to assist in effective vendor coordination and responsiveness.
• Collaborates with Operations to coordinate internal demand/sales orders from other Deringer-Ney facilities.
• Determines recovery dates with operations input.
• In collaboration with Operations, alerts Customer Service to interruptions in order fulfillment.
• Aids in production job order closure.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Strong analytical skills and detail orientation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated planning and organizational skills.
• Assertive, collaborative, and results-oriented personality.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel.
• Experience mining data.
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with personnel from different departments and backgrounds.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Business, Operations, or related field, APICS, CPIM certification preferred.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience as production or factory planner.
• Strong ERP/MRP system knowledge, M2M experience preferred.
• Experience with multi-layered bills of material as well as high quantity planning preferred.
• APICS Certification in Planning and Inventory Management (CPIM) highly preferred.