Production Planner

Supports production in the following areas:  Sales order management, forecast management, customer interface and work order maintenance.

Production Planning

• Completes MRP review and exception reports.

Customer Service

• Enters sales orders and acknowledges ship dates.
• Monitors pricing on incoming orders to ensure they match quotes to avoid short pays.
• Notifies customer in the event of failures in meeting shipping schedules.  Works with customers to prevent line down situations at customers.
• Follows up on customer requests for information on shipments.

Production Scheduling & Work Flow

• Reviews and evaluates forecasts received via EDI, fax, mail, etc.
• Revises schedules and issues work orders to suit order changes, cancellations and/or revised forecasts.
• Monitors MOQ amounts as wells as peaks and valleys in production demands ensuring Materials Manager has necessary data to communicate back to Plant Management and Sales.
• Establishes planning parameters for new product launches in facility.
• Researches late parts, identifies and brings bottlenecks to Manufacturing’s attention.
• Determines revised plan in event of failures to meet schedules.
• Assembles and distributes job packets and pick tickets, assists operators when job packets are incorrect (reprinting, creating new packets, etc.).

• Ensures operator quantity counts are accurate. Identifies and corrects any discrepancies found.

Shipping & Delivery

• Maintains delivery performance metric.
• Creates bills of lading for shipments.
• Determines freight carriers, communicates load requirements, and arranges any special handling requirements (“hot” shipments, etc.).
• Expedites, as needed, any late deliveries from outside vendors, sub-contractors, etc.
• Coordinates scheduled shipments with the assembly and packing departments.
• Assists Quality with the return of SCAR goods to suppliers.

Purchasing

• Completes MRO purchasing at facility level.
• Maintains plant purchasing cards, receipts.

COMPETENCY

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

Attendance/Punctuality: Is consistently at work and on time; ensures work responsibilities are covered when absent.

Dependability: Follows instructions, responds to management direction; takes responsibility for own actions; commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals; completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan.

Organizational Support: Follows policies and procedures; supports organization’s goals and values.

Professionalism: Approaches others in tactful manner; reacts well under pressure treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position; accepts responsibility for own actions; follows through on commitments.

Safety/Security: Observes safety and security procedures; determines appropriate action beyond guidelines; reports potentially unsafe conditions; uses equipment and materials properly; maintain a positive work atmosphere by behaving and communicating in a manner that gets along with customers, clients, co-workers and supervisors.

QUALIFICATIONS 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Associate/Bachelor's Degree in related field,  one to three years planning experience, APICS Certification. Or equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to effectively communicate with other employees.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS

Computer literate.  Ability to read blueprints

PHYSICAL DEMANDS 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk. The employee is occasionally required to walk.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.