Production Planner

This position is responsible for supporting the development of production schedules, assisting the Sr. Materials and Production Planning Manager with capacity planning, releasing manufacturing orders to the shop floor, monitoring production schedules and expediting the flow of materials and orders through the shop floor, scheduling incoming raw materials and outside processes, updating and monitoring all relevant data and schedules in the MRP / ERP system, assisting in the management of inventory levels.

Primary Responsibilities

• Support the development of production schedules in order to meet planned ship dates, including developing and maintaining Material Requirements Planning (MRP) rules to match strategies of assigned projects so as to maximize production efficiencies.
• Assist the Sr. Materials and Production Planning Manager with capacity planning, including analyzing forecasts, customer orders and past history versus existing workforce, materials and equipment and determine availability and constraints.
• Release manufacturing orders to the shop floor, monitor production schedules and expedite the flow of materials and orders through the shop to ensure ship dates are met, including communicating and facilitating issues.
• Update and monitor all relevant production planning data and production schedules in the MRP / ERP system to ensure data accuracy and integrity.
• Create and manage demand to drive material requisition needs.
• Participate in Make\Buy decision when items are released by Engineering.
• Review the Item Planning attributes for assigned planner codes.
• Review and execute all MRP exceptions messages.
• Schedule incoming raw materials and assists purchasing in scheduling outside processes.
• Assist in the management of inventory levels, including monitoring assigned inventory items to ensure both project and company objectives are met.
• Assist in driving disposition of non-conforming materials.
• Initiate material project ownership transfer request.
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities and initiate efforts in order to implement LEAN principles throughout the organization.
• Assess the impact of project management and engineering change orders and execute changes as required.
• Assist the Operations team to ensure BOMs and Routers are created and released.
• Other duties as assigned.

Professional Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent. Bachelor’s degree preferred
• 5 years of Planning experience.
• Advanced experience utilizing MRP and ERP systems, including demonstrated experience using ERP planning, ERP implementation and integration concepts.
• Ability to read Engineering drawings.
• Experience in a heavy manufacturing and assembly environment.
• Experience with manufacturing planning in a project environment.
• Experience working within an ISO 9001 environment.
• LEAN / Six Sigma training and demonstrated application.
• APICS certification.
• Experience with Deltek Costpoint ERP, Production Planning, Project Management preferred.
• PC skills in a Windows environment, proficient with Excel.
• Effective English language written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills.

This is a full-time position with hours dictated by business needs. Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.