Production Planner

Job Summary:

• Are you ready to play a key role in driving production excellence?
• As a Production Planner, you'll be at the heart of our manufacturing operations ensuring everything runs smoothly, efficiently, and on time.
• This is your chance to collaborate across departments, solve real-world challenges, and make a direct impact on customer satisfaction.
• The Production Planner is responsible for scheduling the usage of production materials to ensure optimal levels.
• The Planner must evaluate suppliers or quality timeliness and match according to goals.
• They will also monitor material supply flow and identify any shortages or bottlenecks in usage that may arise.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Material Planning: Develop and implement production schedules based on the availability of raw materials, production capacity, and customer demand.
• Supplier Management: Work closely with suppliers to ensure timely delivery of materials while maintaining optimal inventory levels.
• Inventory Management: Monitor and analyze inventory levels to identify potential shortages or bottlenecks in the supply chain.
• Production Monitoring: Monitor production performance to ensure that production schedules are being met and adjust schedules as needed to maintain optimal production flow.
• Collaboration: Work closely with production, purchasing, and customer service teams to ensure that production schedules are aligned with customer needs and that inventory levels are optimized.
• Continuous Improvement: Continuously evaluate and improve production planning processes to ensure optimal efficiency and effectiveness.

Qualifications:

• Experience in production planning and/or material planning in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, as well as the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills are also required to effectively manage supplier relationships.
• ERP systems experience; SAP experience would be helpful but not required.
• Excellent computer skills with emphasis on Excel and Outlook.