Sr. Production Planner

Senior Production Planner

The Senior Production Planner is responsible for developing, managing, and optimizing production schedules to meet customer demand, inventory goals, and operational objectives. This role ensures alignment between production capacity, material availability, labor resources, and business priorities. As a senior member of the planning team, this position supports process improvement, resolves planning constraints, and serves as a key liaison between Production, Procurement, Supply Chain, Logistics, Engineering, Quality, and Customer Service.

The Senior Production Planner will report to the Production Planning Supervisor. This position will be based in Hialeah, FL.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Production Planning & Scheduling

• Develop and maintain production schedules based on customer orders, forecasts, inventory levels, capacity, and material availability.
• Prioritize and sequence production orders to support on-time delivery and operational efficiency.
• Adjust schedules as needed due to demand changes, material shortages, capacity constraints, or production disruptions.
• Monitor schedule performance and communicate risks, changes, and recovery plans to stakeholders.

Material & Inventory Planning

• Determine material, component, and resource requirements to support production plans.
• Partner with Procurement, Supply Chain, and Warehouse teams to ensure material availability.
• Monitor inventory levels to prevent shortages, excess stock, and production delays.
• Support inventory accuracy and recommend improvements to material flow and planning processes.

Capacity Planning & Problem Solving

• Evaluate labor, equipment, and production capacity to identify constraints and bottlenecks.
• Collaborate with Production, Engineering, Quality, and Logistics to resolve delays, shortages, or operational issues.
• Recommend schedule adjustments and corrective actions to improve throughput and resource utilization.

Reporting & Continuous Improvement

• Analyze production data, inventory levels, and schedule performance to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Prepare reports on key planning metrics, including schedule adherence, production performance, inventory status, and order progress.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and help standardize planning processes and best practices.

Communication & Leadership

• Serve as a key planning liaison across Production, Procurement, Supply Chain, Logistics, Engineering, Quality, and Customer Service.
• Lead or support planning meetings and provide clear updates on priorities, constraints, and production status.
• Provide guidance to planning team members as needed and promote accountability, accuracy, and follow-through.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education, Experience & Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required; Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business, or related field preferred.
• Minimum 3–5 years of production planning, scheduling, supply chain, or manufacturing operations experience preferred.
• Manufacturing environment experience required.
• Fluent in English, oral and written; bilingual English/Spanish required.
• Strong knowledge of production planning, scheduling, material planning, inventory control, and capacity planning.
• ERP/MRP system experience preferred.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel and Outlook; advanced Excel skills preferred.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills.
• Excellent attention to detail with the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to motivate, support, and influence team members and cross-functional partners.

Tuuci offers:

• Welcoming friendly environment.
• Culture that encourages diversity of thought.
• Support for professional growth and development.
• Dynamic and talented staff of creative professionals.
• Collaborative environment that welcomes innovative ideas and allows you to make an immediate impact on the team.
• Health benefits, matching 401k retirement plan, paid holidays, personal days.

For more than 26 years, Tuuci® has revolutionized outdoor living spaces with durable, innovative shade and furniture products featuring nautically inspired designs. Founded by Dougan Clarke in 1998, the Ultimate Umbrella Company, Inc., (simply known as "Tuuci"), was born from his seaside roots in Miami, where Clarke began his career as a marine outfitter for high performance yachts.

With a keen eye on design and a passion for form and function, Clarke applied his craftsmanship to the shade industry to create Tuuci's unique brand of marine grade shade architecture. Today, Tuuci's distinctive, award-winning parasol designs, luxury indoor-outdoor furniture, cabanas and pergolas, and space-making accessories are experienced around the world and sought by leading design professionals within the commercial, hospitality and residential design communities.

Globally headquartered in Miami, the company owns two additional manufacturing centers in Northern Europe and Southeast Asia, and operates showrooms in Miami, Chicago, Atlanta and The Netherlands.

Tuuci's sense of community is a cornerstone of the company's foundation, providing charitable outreach across a host of environmental and humanitarian concerns. The company's mission is to help people live their best life outdoors through inspiring design, enduring performance, and convivial service.