Shift Production Planner

How You Will Make An Impact

• Plan, schedule, and generate manufacturing orders and work schedules for production cells to achieve high on-time delivery, level loading of available labor, and minimize WIP and finished goods inventory.
• Work closely with the Master Scheduler and production team to handle schedule changes, customer expedite requests, and other operational issues.
• Maintain production planning systems and procedures with high data accuracy and integrity, including updating lead-time data for internal manufacturing cells.
• Oversee cycle counts, inventory adjustments, and on-hand inventory balances to develop plans for excess, obsolete, substitution, return to supplier, re-sale, or scrap resolutions.
• Collaborate with the chassis pool and sales teams to maintain updated chassis data.
• Utilize ERP software and supporting worksheets to support production planning, capacity planning, and operational management.
• Provide input to management and/or interface with customers when rescheduling is required due to design changes, chassis delays, labor and material shortages, backlogs, and other potential schedule interruptions.
• Liaise with shipping/receiving to ensure needed parts, processes, or committed inventory are available to meet on-time delivery targets.
• Track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for past due work orders and schedule attainment, implementing appropriate countermeasures to improve metrics.

Required Credentials

• Five (5) years’ experience in planning/scheduling/MRP
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems and functions
• Training in Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint
• Manufacturing industry experience preferred