Contract Work- (anticipate 1-2 months) Production Planner opportunity!
Position Summary:
The Planner is responsible for production scheduling, MRP generation, work order creation and maintenance, inventory management and other material planning functions. This position has responsibility for the scheduling of daily work for production cells, oversight for inventory control and looking into future demand to provide accurate forecasts to internal operations and procurement. This role has a regular interface with sales, operations, purchasing and engineering.
Position Responsibilities May Include:
- Plan, schedule and generate manufacturing orders and work schedules for the cells on the shop floor to achieve high on-time delivery, level loading of available labor, and to minimize WIP and finished goods inventory
- Work closely with Master Scheduler and production on schedule changes, customer expedite requests, etc.
- Maintain production planning systems and procedures with high data accuracy and integrity, including the required lead-time data for internal manufacturing cells
- Review/Oversight of cycle counts, inventory adjustments and on hand inventory balances to develop a plan for excess, obsolete, substitutions, return to supplier, re-sale or scrap resolution
- Collaborate with chassis pool and sales to maintain updated chassis data
- Utilize ERP software and supporting worksheets that support production planning, capacity planning, and operational management
- Provide input to management and/or interface with customers when rescheduling is required due to design changes, chassis delays, labor and material shortages, backlogs and, other potential schedule interruptions
- Liaison with shipping/receiving concerning needed parts, process or committed inventory as needed to meet OTD
- Track KPI’s for past due work orders, schedule attainment- with appropriate counter measures to improve metrics.
Financial Responsibility
- No cost center responsibility; no profit & loss responsibility
Position Qualifications & Requirements:
Education:
- Associate or Bachelor degree in business, logistics, purchasing or APICS certification preferred
Experience:
- Five (5) years’ experience in planning/scheduling/MRP
- Experience with ERP/MRP systems and functions is required
- Training in Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint
- Manufacturing industry experience preferred
- Inventory Control
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