Production Planner

SUMMARY

The Production Planner plans, prepares, and coordinates attainable production schedules for procurement and manufacturing of the company's products by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Under direction where definite objectives are established, use a knowledge of inventory control practices, product information and company production capabilities to maintain inventories of raw materials and finished goods.

• Prepares information for rush orders.
• Completes various reports to monitor the items currently being produced.
• Plans bar, forgings, stock item and family runs at least cost to meet demand.
• Complete daily edits and discrepancy reports.
• Confers with plant manager and scheduler to determine status of assigned projects.
• Prepare manufacturing work orders and other shop authorization documents.
• Makes routing changes and reprints packets as appropriate.
• Expedites operations that delay schedules and alters schedules to meet unforeseen conditions while satisfying demand.
• Prepares or maintains status reports.
• Coordinates with Sales Dept. to ascertain changing market demands and trends.
• Prepares requisitions to order and obtain materials and finished goods for resale.
• Review finished goods inventory for make or buy decisions.
• Operate computers, calculator and usual office equipment.
• Observe all company policies and regulations including safety, housekeeping and quality of work.
• Utilize individually and/or further the use of total quality concepts, tools and techniques to support continuous quality improvement in all processes in which the position participates.
• Perform other duties as requested or necessary to meet business conditions and changes.

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.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE - Knowledge of spreadsheet software and the company's planning, inventory and procurement software.

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 speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS - Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

REASONING ABILITY - Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems. Ability to deal with nonverbal symbolism (formulas, scientific equations, graphs, musical notes, etc.,) in its most difficult phases. Ability to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.

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 frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. 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 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.

While performing the duties of the job, the employee is occasionally exposed to elements such as odor, noise, dust, heat, cold or chemicals. Some element present which makes conditions less desirable than usually found in an office.