Production Planner

Production Planner

The Production Planner is responsible for ensuring a steady flow of all materials needed to keep the manufacturing team operating. This is generally a balancing act; the production planner must ensure adequate supplies without overbuying or wasting resources.

We are looking for a self-motivating, detail oriented individual to be a key contributor to the Procurement team as well as a dedicated service provider to the Manufacturing department. The ideal candidate is a dynamic and observant individual with a strong background in Materials resource planning, has excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to be a team player.

Key Responsibilities

• Performs the Make, Buy and / or Bill of Material (BOM) planning activities associated with Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) transactions.
• Maintains production systems integrity to drive inventory optimization to minimize cost.
• Expedites and optimizes material flow through the supply chain to meet customer requirements.
• Coordinates with manufacturing and operations management to provide shop floor control on make parts, executes the plan, provides timely status, and either expedites or creates a work around plan to preserve schedule.
• Coordinates with supply chain stakeholders including Procurement and Operations management to determine appropriate time phased plan for procured parts and executes processes to ensure deliverables meet production schedule requirements.
• Coordinates with Engineering and Change Control Board to make the associated changes to the BOM
• Manages inventory levels, schedules, and availability of selected item, either manufactured or purchased, to meet production schedules.
• Interfaces with manufacturing personnel, the purchasing department and supervisors on material status and production planning issues
• Performs cost analysis to support customer quote requests
• Monitor MRP forecasts, inventory, customer demand, production requirements, inventory transactions and reject material.
• Set up, maintain and adjust Kanban program according to MRP reports, ensuring appropriate inventory management practices and cost-effective operations.
• Create and maintain MRP classification codes in addition to reviewing BOM accuracy to ensure correct component identification, ordering and release.
• Generate the initial demand for purchasing of parts and raw material while providing WIP work orders directly to the production floor.
• Coordinate all WIP inventory efforts and reconcile post-inventory.
• Maintain ERP system parameters including material master data and performance criteria.
• Create and maintain logistics support programs and identify and resolve problems in customer return system prior to implementation.
• Analyze and escalate the requirements of the BOM, including preliminary specifications/documentation and required date
• Evaluates, approves and executes ad hoc material transaction requests.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree preferred or equivalent experience
• Strong data analysis and systems aptitude, including the ability to work with complex spreadsheets, CSV import files, and ERP master data
• Ability to understand relationships between data sets, including item masters, bills of material, routings, inventory records, purchase data, work orders, and MRP outputs
• Advanced Excel skills required, including lookups, pivot tables, data validation, structured tables, and reconciliation of large data sets
• Must be able to identify cause-and-effect relationships within ERP/MRP transactions and understand how data changes impact purchasing, inventory, production planning, and work order execution
• Oracle NetSuite experience required
• Excellent communication skills written and verbal
• Ability to prioritize projects and strong problem-solving skills
• Works well under pressure