Supply Chain Planner

Job Description

Job Description

Supply Chain Planner

Classification –  Exempt

Reports to –  General Manager

Job Description

Summary/Objective 

The Supply Chain Planner has a key role within this manufacturer. This individual is responsible for all planning and scheduling activities related to all purchase orders once they are released to the manufacturing floor. This individual sets the plan and the priorities, the floor reports back on what actually happened, and the schedule gets adjusted from there. Position requires excellent multitasking and cross-functional communication skills with the ability to balance both near term and long-term actions applicable to the maintenance and ongoing improvement of supply chain operations.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Review Capacity Planning
2. Inventory Management
3. Maintain Production Schedules
4. Maintain and monitor processes and schedules in EPICOR (ERP system in place)
5. Make adjustments to work center selection and sequencing based on actual work loads
6. Launch jobs on time and continue to keep the work flowing in the right direction
7. Track available hours and work center capacity to flag where capacity is met
8. Monitor bottlenecks and constraints
9. Communicate with internal teams (engineering, purchasing, floor supervisors, stock keeping, inside sales).
10. Coordinates as appropriate quality matters and engineering changes/developments between planning and shop floor
11. Support on-time delivery, earned hours, and schedule targets

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, and photocopiers.

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. 

This is largely a sedentary role; however, time will be spent on the shop floor daily. 

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with overtime as required. 

Travel

There is some minimal expected travel with this position.

Preferred Education and Experience

Required Experience

• Production planning and scheduling experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of an ERP system for planning and scheduling.
• Strong analytical ability and comfort working with capacity, run times, and delivery dates.
• Ability to adjust a schedule as conditions change and communicate what that means to the people affected.
• Willingness to work on-site and spend time on the production floor.
• A four-year degree is welcome but not required. Demonstrated capability carries more weight here than education.

Preferred Experience

• Job shop, make-to-order, or engineer-to-order manufacturing.
• Custom equipment, fabrication, or machining background.
• Epicor. Strong experience in another ERP is welcome.
• Interest in growing into a broader planning and procurement leadership role.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.