Production Planner

Purpose of Position: This role is responsible for developing, coordinating, and monitoring production schedules to ensure efficient manufacturing operations and on-time delivery of products. This role balances customer demand, material availability, and manufacturing capacity to support business goals and maintain high service levels.

Summary of Essential Job Functions:

• Develop and maintain detailed production schedules based on demand forecasts, material availability, and production capacity.
• Interpret and manage multi-level Bills of Materials (BOMs) to ensure accurate planning and material requirements.
• Identify and resolve production scheduling conflicts, resource constraints, and material shortages.
• Collaborate with material planning, procurement, production, engineering, warehouse, and configuration management teams to ensure timely availability of materials and accurate system data.
• Develop and maintain visual management tools and dashboards that communicate plan performance, risks, and recovery actions to senior leadership.
• Establish, track, and improve planning KPIs such as schedule adherence, plan stability, and capacity utilization.
• Anticipate potential material bottlenecks and take proactive measures to prevent disruptions in availability.
• Proactively communicate production status and any production issues to upper management to eliminate customer surprises.
• Maintain accurate planning parameters in the ERP/MRP system and ensure data integrity for all scheduling and BOM inputs.
• Provide regular updates and reports to management regarding production status, risks, and opportunities.
• Support continuous improvement projects targeting increased throughput and reduced downtime.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Three years of experience in production planning within a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience with multi-level BOM structures and how they influence planning and materials management.
• Demonstrated knowledge of industry materials, components, and production processes.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex project schedules.
• Experience working with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)/Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) systems, NetSuite preferred.
• Experience with Microsoft products (i.e. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Project).

Physical Demands of Position:

• Physically able to lift up to 20 pounds (materials/equipment)
• Effective use of computer, laptop, cell phone and other mobile device to exchange information.

Competencies and Skills Requirements:

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Excellent team skills and team-oriented.
• Excellent time management skills and meets deadlines.
• Flexible; able to multi-task in response to time-sensitive and changing situations.
• Effective listening skills.
• Objective, solution-oriented problem-solving skills.
• Handles highly sensitive and confidential information.
• Resourceful, able to network and connect people to appropriate resources.
• Technology savvy, comfortable using MS software products.
• Strong planning and organizational skills and follow through.
• Resilient, stays positive and solution-oriented.
• Perceptive, discovers underlying issues in situations and re-states them in a helpful way.
• Self-starter with a strong work ethic, able to work without direct supervision.

Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their typical responsibilities from time to time, as needed.