Production Planner

Description

Position Title: Production Planner

Position Location: Uxbridge, MA

Position Type/Schedule: Onsite Monday - Friday 7:30AM - 4:30PM

Compensation: $75,000 - $90,000 (Compensation depends on skills, knowledge, education, and experience)

Position Snapshot: The Production Planner plays a pivotal role in coordinating and optimizing production workflows to meet the combined demands of safety stock, forecasting, and customer orders. This position ensures a responsive and customer-focused approach to service inquiries while driving on-time delivery, production efficiency, and inventory accuracy.

About you: You're a proactive, detail-driven planner who thrives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. You take ownership of your work, react quickly to shifting priorities, and bring a strong sense of urgency to everything you do. You thrive on balancing forecasts, inventory, and customer demand to build schedules that make sense and deliver results.

A day in the life:

Production Scheduling:

• Manage and adjust production schedules across multiple product lines to meet demand, material availability and labor capacity.
• Review daily output, determine bottlenecks, and evaluate inventory levels to maintain efficient operations.
• Monitor on-time delivery performance and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Partner with Order Management and Manufacturing teams to align production goals and resolve scheduling conflicts.
• Notify internal teams of updated shipping schedules and any modifications to lead times.
• Participate in daily and monthly production meetings to address issues such as material shortages, equipment downtime, and resource constraints.

Order & Inventory Management:

• Investigate missed shipments, identify root causes and work with teams to prevent future delays.
• Analyze planning parameters to balance delivery timelines, production efficiency and inventory levels.
• Lead order-related communications and activities for customer accounts.

Process Improvement & Change Management:

• Oversee implementation of Engineering Change Notices.
• Recommend adjustments to product lead time based on scheduling constraints.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen internal customer relationships and improve service levels.

Team Support & Reporting

• Participate in cross-training to support other Supply Chain roles as needed.
• Complete reporting tasks and other duties as assigned.

Requirements

What you will need:

• 2+ years of Supply Chain/Production planning experience in a manufacturing environment
• Extensive working knowledge MRP (Materials Requirement Planning) systems required, SAP preferred
• Working knowledge of Bill-of-Material and Production routings preferred
• Intermediate MS-Office experience required, advanced experience preferred
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• High level of proactive and organized work habits
• Analytical thinking, problem solving, and the ability to draw conclusions from data
• Exhibit a strong spirit of collaboration across various teams and departments
• Ability to think and operate independently

Perks of being part of our team:

• Blue Cross Blue Shield Medical Insurance - multiple plan options
• Blue Cross Blue Shield Dental Insurance
• FSA, HSA options
• Vision Insurance
• 401k with company match, fully vested
• Paid Time Off
• 10 company paid holidays
• Company paid disability & AD&D insurance
• 100% paid parental leave after one year of service
• Supplemental insurance plans (Identity theft, cyber protection, additional life, etc.)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Many of our positions offer flexible schedules to meet your needs
• Relaxed business casual environment
• Sit/Stand desks for onsite office positions
• Frequent team building activities
• Career development opportunities

About us: Lenze is a global manufacturer of electrical and mechanical drives, motion control and automation technology - offering products, drive solutions, complete automation systems, and engineering services and tools from one single source. Our products can be found in many industries, including automotive, packaging, material handling and logistics, robotics, and industrial equipment (pumps/fans).

A global network of distributors and representatives makes Lenze Americas perfectly positioned to meet the motion control needs of customers worldwide. Lenze Americas, the American subsidiary of Lenze SE of Germany, is headquartered in Uxbridge, Massachusetts; corporate global headquarters are in Hamelin, Germany.

Our culture: We're powered by people. Our culture is built on collaboration, innovation, and respect-where every voice matters and every idea has the potential to shape the future. We believe in balance, supporting our team with the flexibility and resources they need to thrive both professionally and personally.

Lenze is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.