The Production Planner is responsible for coordinating and developing production schedules on a daily or weekly basis to meet goals.
Job Duties:
· Assumes ownership of work order delivery schedule and interfaces with other departments to resolve issues effecting delivery dates
· Proactively communicates as necessary regarding status of outstanding orders as well as discrepancies with quality, quantity and pricing
· Schedules out job packets with the production team and plant managements to ensure product is made in time to fulfill order requests
· Coordinates between purchasing, finance, engineering, manufacturing, and shipping leads to ensure priority of orders is understood to meet client shipping deadlines
· Receives new purchase orders
· Processes new purchase orders and ensures coordination with plant to understand timing of PO’s related to shipping targets
· Coordinating daily and weekly meetings with production and shipping teams
· Maintains project pricing, revenue, and dates in ERP system are accurate and timely updated.
· Analyze shortages, process work orders, and schedule manufacturing shop floor.
· Manage order and shop floor schedule per PO ship dates/truck schedule/capacity.
· Process purchase order revisions and make necessary updates in ERP system. Communicate changes to shop floor.
· Works with team to investigate and resolve issues with invoices.
· Tracks shop floor labor and manufacturing jobs and ensures this is entered accurately for job costing.
· Monthly job order reconciliation
· Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Job requirements:
· Must have a high attention to detail.
· Must have excellent communication skills.
· Bachelor’s degree preferred in a business-related program, but not required
· High School diploma or GED required
· Required -Experience working in production planning/ scheduling, and/or purchasing teams.
· 2-3 years of Manufacturing Experience
· Capacity to stay focused on tasks and meet deadlines
· Experience using an ERP system
· Proficient in MS Word, Excel
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
Experience:
- Manufacturing: 1 year (Required)
- Management: 1 year (Preferred)
Work Location: In person