Position Production Planner III
Location Arcola, IL Starting Pay $55-75K DOE
THE MOST TRUSTED NAME IN CELEBRATING STUDENT MILESTONES - HERFF JONES
Herff Jones is the leading provider of graduation and educational products and services designed to inspire achievement and create memorable experiences for students. Herff Jones products include class rings and jewelry caps and gowns yearbooks diplomas frames announcements and Greek accessories as well as motivation and recognition programs. Since 1920 our team has worked alongside students faculty and staff on campuses nationwide to help build a stronger community and celebrate student milestones. Our continued success relies on hiring extraordinary talent with a passion for making a difference and eagerness to roll up the sleeves to help us write the story of our next 100 years.
YOUR OPPORTUNITY
The Herff Jones Cap & Gown division is looking for a Production Planner III to join our manufacturing team. This position would assist the strategic execution of the operations functions in our Cap & Gown facilities for the following departments:
• Accessory manufacturing • Planning • Scheduling • Warehouse Rental • Manufacturing • CTA
HERES HOW YOULL MAKE AN IMPACT
The Production Planner will be responsible for scheduling multiple work centers within a production area to achieve on-time delivery targets while positioning the production departments to achieve maximum production efficiencies. This role will also be responsible for providing the organization with a weekly production plan consistent with the plant capacity and sales forecast. Additionally, the planner is responsible for determining the desired inventory levels for finished goods including safety stock levels. As the coordinator between sales and operations, this role takes into consideration sales forecasts new business opportunities customer expectations and internal supply constraints to develop production plans.
WHAT YOULL ACCOMPLISH
Manage inventory workflow from initiation to completion from raw material to final product being shipped to the customer. Responsible for planning scheduling coordinating and monitoring products throughout the entire production cycle. Reviews refines and develops scheduling rules and SOPs to achieve plant service level commitments. Works cross functionally with all plant departments to maintain accountability. Works with Operations to monitor production output against customer requirements. Attend daily Gemba walks with production floor leaders. Maintains top level customer requirements to drive total manufacturing requirements. Conducts regular business and performance reviews with Demand Planning Sales and Operations including participation in S&OP processes. Monitor supply and demand through delivery season status against the master schedule and takes action to protect both the internal build plan and the customer ship delivery plan against stockouts downtime and other impediments to the schedule. Take lead to involve appropriate personnel to resolve material and capacity issues calling out significant conflicts to managements attention when master scheduling issues are likely to impact the internal build plan or customer delivery plan. Responsible for overall master data maintenance in systems associated with supply planning such as lead times transportation times sourcing information safety stocks minmax levels etc.
WHAT YOULL BRING TO THE TABLE
• Bachelors or associate degree in related field preferred. • Prior experience in scheduling and planning without ERP and MRP systems. • Experience with ERP systems is highly preferred specifically Microsoft Dynamics AX or D365 as well as Microsoft Excel. • Moderate to advanced skills with Microsoft Office specifically Excel and learning new systems technology with understanding some work is processed manually. • American Production Inventory Control System APICS and or Six Sigma certification is preferred. • Proven success in effectively communicating listening writing and verbal to multiple teams ensuring the delivery of the message stays consistent. • Well-organized able to multi-task and have a high level of attention to detail. • Customer service driven able to understand and support business goals and objectives. • Interface and interact well with all departments of the company and is an ambassador for planning in a seasonal environment. • Proven ability to manage inventory levels and adjust goals due to time and cost constraints. • Multiple examples of lean projects initiated successfully that resulted in cost and time savings. • Strong sense of urgency and desire to exceed expectations. • Ability to maintain a positive attitude in an extremely fast-paced environment. • Demonstrated success managing multiple processes and tasks.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Daily activity includes but is not limited to:
• Lifting carrying sitting grasping reaching standing kneeling walking bending twisting. • Reading communication and simple math. • Moving around the production floor for a 10 hour shift. • Sitting at a computer for long periods of time. • Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to above average.
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About Herff Jones
Indianapolis-based Herff Jones is the leading provider of graduation and educational products and services designed to inspire achievement and create memorable experiences for students. Herff Jones products include class rings and jewelry caps and gowns diplomas and announcements as well as motivation and recognition programs. Focused on building long-term relationships through a nationwide network of over 1400 employees and sales partners, the professionals at Herff Jones have been helping elevate the student experience throughout the lifelong journey of education for more than 100 years. For more information about Herff Jones please visit www.herffjones.com.
Herff Jones Inc. and its affiliates are equal opportunity employers and maintain affirmative action plans to recruit retain develop and promote qualified individuals without unlawful consideration of race gender gender identity color religion sexual orientation national origin age disability citizenship status veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local law. Herff Jones strives to maintain a work environment free from unlawful discrimination and harassment where associates are treated with respect and dignity.
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