Senior Production Planner

Senior Production Planner

Manpower Engineering is partnering with a leader in the steel manufacturing industry for a Senior Production Planner. Location: Minneapolis, MN Pay: $75,000 - $90,000, plus bonus up to 10% Duration: DIRECT HIRE

We are seeking a Senior Production Planner eager to join the construction sector and revolutionize the fabrication process of large-scale steel structures. The Senior Production Planner is responsible for scheduling, organizing, and guiding multi-facility/site production across the company. An understanding of best practices in scheduling, MRP systems, and data/metric analysis are essential for this role to be successful. The Planner is expected to monitor current production status, make necessary adjustments to long-term production priorities, and proactively address capacity constraints by recommending scopes of work suited for intra-plant transfer or outsourcing. The Senior Production Planner will collaborate with other Production Planners and cross-functional teams to align production schedules with overall business objectives and construction site activities.

Primary Responsibilities

• Coordinate with Plant/Shop Leadership to ensure adequate backlog of cut sheets to meet production schedule
• Coordinate with maintenance and manufacturing teams to schedule preventive maintenance and minimize unplanned downtime
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) related to production planning, scheduling, and execution
• Communicate KPIs to relevant stakeholders and propose corrective actions as needed
• Create detailed production schedules with consideration to production capacity, resource availability, machine constraints, and internal/external customer delivery requirements
• Provide recommendations for capacity expansion or improvements to meet future production requirements
• Generate reports and analyses to assess the effectiveness of planning strategies and identify areas for improvement
• Develop and maintain system reports to analyze and interpret data related to materials, production capacity, plan-to-actual reports, and lead times
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams; including Production, Structural Engineering/Detailing, Procurement, Project Management, and Logistics, to align production schedules with overall business objectives
• Monitor and adjust schedules as necessary to accommodate changes in demand, customer drop-in requests, supply chain disruptions, unplanned absences, or equipment breakdowns
• Collaborate with production and manufacturing functions to identify capacity constraints and develop/implement risk mitigation plans
• Conduct regular capacity planning assessments to ensure production capabilities align with demand forecasts

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Operations, Supply Chain, Business, or 6+ years scheduling/demand planning experience
• Strong analytical, leadership, and teamwork traits
• Outstanding planning and organizational skills
• Ability to effectively present information, data, and recommendations to all organizational levels
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products (focus on Excel and Project) and Power BI
• Working knowledge of CAD software (AutoCAD and/or similar)
• SIOP/S&OP knowledge
• ASCM (formerly APICS) Certification in CPIM or CSCP (preferred, but not required)
• Knowledge of structural steel materials and welding processes (preferred, but not required)
• Ability to pass a background and drug screen