Trade Planner

Position Summary

The Trade Planner is responsible for coordinating work requirements, schedules, and production constraints to support efficient operations including estimating work at the work center level, optimizing resource utilization with production, establishing work sequences, ensuring material and planning readiness, tracking process performance, progressing work, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives. This position will also frequently communicate information to multiple internal and external stakeholders. Domestic travel may be required.

Essential Functions

• Determine priority and sequence for work orders using schedule and criticality information
• Initiate, prep, estimate and release work orders, and deliver to manufacturing supervision
• Identify work order requirements and monitor completion, expediting as necessary
• Resolve material and information issues preventing closure of work orders
• Other duties as assigned