Production Planner

Summary: The production planner's responsibilities include monitoring inventory levels, regularly providing production status updates to management, and facilitating the timely delivery of products to customers. You should also be able to closely monitor the production process to ensure that production orders are completed on time and within budget.

To be successful as a production planner, you should be able to communicate effectively both internally and externally, be knowledgeable of material requirements planning, able to manage production deadlines, and evaluate demand change impacts. Ultimately, an exceptional production planner should demonstrate excellent time management, organizational, and problem-solving skills to ensure that production operations run smoothly.

 

Key Skills and Competencies:

•  Effective communication skills (both written and verbal); strong professional phone and email etiquette.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills to work with team members, customers, and suppliers
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Self-motivated and can complete tasks on time and with little supervision.
• Excellent organizational, prioritization, and time management skills
• Intermediate analytical and mathematical skills
• Proficient knowledge and experience of Microsoft Excel, Word and ERP purchasing systems.
• Intermediate knowledge and application of purchasing cost reduction methods
• Proficient knowledge and experience with material requirements planning (MRP) systems.
• Working knowledge of purchasing terminology and practices

Responsibilities:

• Evaluating purchase orders to create suitable production schedules.
• Estimating the amount of material, equipment, and labor required for production.
• Promptly addressing and resolving production issues to minimize delays in production.
• Coordinating production operations in accordance with material, labor, and equipment availability.
• Recommending viable solutions to reduce production costs as well as improve production processes and product quality.
• Executes changes to production schedules to ensure that production deadlines are met.
• Compiling status and performance reports and submitting them to management in a timely manner.
• Promptly informing the relevant departments of changes to current production schedules.
• Communicates daily with customers and handle all order requests, change requests, and field/direct general request from customers.
• Performs order management including receiving, reviewing, and entering/rejecting customer orders as well as managing order change requests.
• Works with sales and operations to find win-win solutions for both our customers and Crenlo.
• Works with Cost Estimating and Sales to provide service quotes to customers as needed.

 

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business management, or related field is preferred.
• Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) accreditation or other relevant certification is advantageous.
• Proven experience working as a production planner. Minimum 2 years experience.
• Proficiency in all Microsoft Office applications.
• Sound knowledge of material requirements planning (MRP) and related software.
• Oracle EBS experience is ideal.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Effective communication skills.

 

 

This position description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and competencies required of this position. Employees are held accountable for all aspects of the job, which are subject to change at any time.  An individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

Qualifications

Summary: The production planner's responsibilities include monitoring inventory levels, regularly providing production status updates to management, and facilitating the timely delivery of products to customers. You should also be able to closely monitor the production process to ensure that production orders are completed on time and within budget.

To be successful as a production planner, you should be able to communicate effectively both internally and externally, be knowledgeable of material requirements planning, able to manage production deadlines, and evaluate demand change impacts. Ultimately, an exceptional production planner should demonstrate excellent time management, organizational, and problem-solving skills to ensure that production operations run smoothly.

 

Key Skills and Competencies:

•  Effective communication skills (both written and verbal); strong professional phone and email etiquette.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills to work with team members, customers, and suppliers
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Self-motivated and can complete tasks on time and with little supervision.
• Excellent organizational, prioritization, and time management skills
• Intermediate analytical and mathematical skills
• Proficient knowledge and experience of Microsoft Excel, Word and ERP purchasing systems.
• Intermediate knowledge and application of purchasing cost reduction methods
• Proficient knowledge and experience with material requirements planning (MRP) systems.
• Working knowledge of purchasing terminology and practices

Responsibilities:

• Evaluating purchase orders to create suitable production schedules.
• Estimating the amount of material, equipment, and labor required for production.
• Promptly addressing and resolving production issues to minimize delays in production.
• Coordinating production operations in accordance with material, labor, and equipment availability.
• Recommending viable solutions to reduce production costs as well as improve production processes and product quality.
• Executes changes to production schedules to ensure that production deadlines are met.
• Compiling status and performance reports and submitting them to management in a timely manner.
• Promptly informing the relevant departments of changes to current production schedules.
• Communicates daily with customers and handle all order requests, change requests, and field/direct general request from customers.
• Performs order management including receiving, reviewing, and entering/rejecting customer orders as well as managing order change requests.
• Works with sales and operations to find win-win solutions for both our customers and Crenlo.
• Works with Cost Estimating and Sales to provide service quotes to customers as needed.

 

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business management, or related field is preferred.
• Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) accreditation or other relevant certification is advantageous.
• Proven experience working as a production planner. Minimum 2 years experience.
• Proficiency in all Microsoft Office applications.
• Sound knowledge of material requirements planning (MRP) and related software.
• Oracle EBS experience is ideal.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Effective communication skills.

 

 

This position description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and competencies required of this position. Employees are held accountable for all aspects of the job, which are subject to change at any time.  An individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.