Overview:

The primary role of the Production Planner/Scheduler is to oversees master schedules for production and new products, ensuring comprehensive compliance with materials requirements for manufacturing, and incorporate in forecasts and master production schedules.

Duties:

• Executes manufacturing Purchase Orders for critical product work centers.
• Incorporate new products or product improvements into the manufacturing forecasts and master production schedules.
• Executes master production schedules relative to shelf life, inventory guidelines and requirements.
• Provide analyses and judgement while assessing options. Expectation of concise communication to highlight issues and solutions with supporting data.
• Determines material requirements and creates production execution schedules and maintains inventory at planned levels.
• Develop and facilitate proposals, to support organizing and conducting relevant, concise, data driven, recommendations.
• Works to resolve and avoid material shortages on key production lines, minimizing downtime by ensuring work orders are available and material staged.
• Manage finished goods inventory to meet agreed-upon customer service requirements.
• Minimize inventory write-offs of finished goods inventory, intermediates and raw materials.

   

  Requirements: 

• Candidate should have experience in Microsoft Office products, strong computer skills, and QuickBooks
• Minimum of 3 years previous planning and scheduling experience

• Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills

   

  Education:
  

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a related field
• APICS Certification a plus.