Production Planner

Production Planner

The Production Planner is responsible for managing and optimizing production planning, scheduling, and reporting through Oracle Fusion Cloud. The Production Planner ensures alignment across departments and drives collaboration between Operations, Supply Chain, Warehousing and Finance to achieve production goals, efficient resource planning, and costing accuracy.

Relocation assistance is available.

What You'll Do:

• Production Scheduling & Control
  • Represent the Production Planning Department at daily operations meetings - communicating any changes or challenges to the current plan.
  • Monitor and adjust production schedules to ensure production deadlines are met while meeting all required trial requests.
  • Create and manage production work orders for multiple lines in Oracle.
  • Manage new part cut-over process across multiple production lines.
  • Maintain accurate and up-to-date production data within Oracle, including work orders, materials, and resource utilization.
  • Work with ERP project teams to define and configure production processes, routings, BOMs, and work centers in Oracle.
  • Monitor real-time production progress using dashboards and analytics tools.
• System Maintenance & Support
  • Act as a primary point of contact for production-related ERP issues, troubleshooting data discrepancies and workflow problems.
  • Develop and maintain operational dashboards and reports within Oracle and BI tools to support decision-making.
  • Partner with IT and Oracle support teams for upgrades, configuration changes, and module enhancements.
• Collaboration with Finance
  • Support Finance in managing standard costing, work order variances, and cost roll-ups within the ERP system.
  • Ensure accurate recording of material consumption, labor hours, and overhead allocations to maintain integrity of financial data.
  • Assist with month-end and year-end closing processes.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Production Management, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Business Systems, or related field.
• 46 years of experience in production control, planning, or manufacturing operations.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, specifically in Manufacturing, Inventory, and Costing modules.
• Strong understanding of ERP data structures including BOMs, routings, work centers, and cost elements.
• Proficient in Oracle reporting tools, analytics dashboards, and Excel.
• Experience supporting ERP implementation or upgrade projects.
• Excellent communication and cross-departmental collaboration skills

What You'll Bring:

• Knowledge of Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP functionality
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Attention to detail and data accuracy
• Effective communicator across technical and operational teams
• Process improvement and systems-thinking mindset
• Ability to manage priorities in a dynamic production environment

Where You'll Work:

This role is based at Form Factory 1 in Weirton, WVan easy commute from the city of Pittsburgh, PA. This 550,000-square-foot facility is our hub for high-volume battery production and a leader in the new era of American energy manufacturing. Relocation assistance is available.

Humanity is a cornerstone of Form Energy's culture, and we make sure our compensation and benefits reflect that. Form Energy offers competitive salaries, stock options, and a holistic benefits package to ensure all employees have what they need to thrive while working here.

When it comes to you and your family's health, we cover 100% of medical, dental, and vision premiums for full-time employees - and 80% of healthcare premiums for dependents. This starts from day one. We also offer at least 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents (up to 20 weeks for birthing parents), and generous vacation policies to give employees time to recharge when needed.

To build America's energy future, we need everyone at the table. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply to our open jobs.

If you may require reasonable accommodations to participate in our interview process, please contact View email address on click.appcast.io. Requests for accommodations will be treated with discretion. Form Energy is committed to maintaining the privacy of our applicants. Please be aware that we will never solicit sensitive personal information such as Social Security numbers or bank account details during the recruiting or hiring process.