Production Planner/Scheduler - Weekend Shift

Description

Purpose:

Oversee the receipt and movement of released orders to all necessary production, inspection, and test areas as subassemblies or end items are manufactured. Provide inputs to shipment schedules, plans and forecasts as knowledge of production status develops. Identify any issues/bottlenecks in the production flow and ensure that necessary labor, material, or support is applied to relieve the issue. Reports daily production metrics.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Coordinates production schedule and activities with support departments and resolves production constraints related to methods, tools, fixtures, materials, and manpower.
• Attend/lead daily meetings to prioritize and plan production activities to maintain on-time delivery
• Communicate the status of job orders to internal and external customers on regular basis
• Participates in the generation of the daily/weekly/monthly production build plan and issues the plan to the assembly, inspection and test areas.
• Reports manufacturing metrics from individual cells and combines information into daily reports.
• Ensures all white board cellular metrics are updated for each area
• Identifies schedule and MFI’s (material flow interruptions) and develops and implements corrective actions.
• Follows up on status of past due orders
• Participation in product rescheduling and modification of the production run (pulling in or pushing out). This includes interfacing with the Programs Office, Contracts Administration, quality, operations, engineering and customer representatives
• Coordinate with Department Manager to develop policies and procedures
• Manage and track the released work orders to confirm production fulfills planned requisites.
• Determine the sequence of the production work orders to be released based on material availability and manufacturing schedule priorities.
• Identify and resolve material shortages required for the planned production work orders.
• Review all material needs based on the manufacturing schedule requirements for sales orders and appropriate inventory levels.

Requirements

Education And/Or Professional License(S):

Minimum BA or BS degree or equivalent education and experience.

Experience:

• Minimum five years’ production planning, scheduling, and material control experience in a Military/Aerospace/Commercial hybrid environment or comparable equivalent.
• Proficiency with computer automated scheduling systems (ERP system).
• Familiar with shop floor scheduling and component issuing/kitting
• Strong understanding of entire flow of production from kit/part pulling to processing finished goods and end customer acceptance
• High mix/low volume manufacturing experience

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities:

• Demonstrate the ability to lead and guide others effectively to achieve desired outcome
• Objective and analytical oriented/Problem solving skills
• Production shop loading and planning skills
• Fundamental Lean Manufacturing and high rate production skills
• Proficient Computer skills
• Mechanical Measurement and Instrumentation skills
• Ability to express self clearly in verbal and written form – ability to interface with all levels of staff
• Project Planning and Scheduling skills
• Ability to handle multiple programs and tasks simultaneously and efficiently
• Ability to work in a comprehensive team environment
• Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt background

Position Supervises:

No Direct Reports

Contact With Others:

Internal: Interacts with all departments within the organization on a daily basis

External: Occasional contact with others outside the company.

Physical/Mental/Communication Requirements:

Employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee may lift and/or move up to 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by the job may include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The individual must have a high level of comprehension, and a high level of general, verbal, written, and numerical intelligence.

Work Environment:

Works majority of the day in a climate controlled environment, with the exception of or otherwise specified, performing work in the warehouse or manufacturing areas which are subject to changes in temperature and/or noise.

Travel:

Limited Travel Required

Location:

Gentex’s Carbondale facility is located in Northeastern Pennsylvania in Lackawanna County. Carbondale, PA is about twenty miles north of Scranton, PA, 50 miles south of Binghamton, NY, and about 125 miles from New York City and Philadelphia. The area hosts numerous nearby state parks, nature preserves and local colleges and universities, including The University of Scranton and Marywood University. Northeast Pennsylvania is a beautiful area and offers an excellent cost of living. It is a great place to work, recreate, meet people, raise a family and live!

Gentex Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard for any applicable state or federal protected class. Gentex is an E-Verify Participant. Pre-employment drug/alcohol/background screening is required.