Production Planner I

Key Responsibilities

• Plans and distributes work orders to support manufactured items.
• Assists in managing product lines to ensure alignment of raw materials and production capabilities, rescheduling existing demand to accommodate new demand and changes through the manufacturing process.
• Ensures customer demand is met on schedule using MRP (Material Requirements Planning) and Resource Leveling methodologies.
• Assists the development of tools to help forecast demand of parts.
• Champions Expedite Process.
• Assists defining KANBAN levels and procedures, internally and with Procurement for Suppliers.
• Helps establish routings and cycle times for new product and to modify existing product to meet demand.
• Communicates Demands to Manufacturing, including schedules, part availability, available resources, etc., and communicates with senior planners to ensure on time delivery of product.
• Collaborates with the Engineering, Procurement/Logistics, Production, Customer Service, and other related departments to ensure product meets all customer demand requirements.
• Plans demand in accordance with client or Field Service Operations requirements and works to ensure demand is met through the entire order lifecycle.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Manufacturing or inventory scheduling
• Ability to understand constraints, critical path analysis and risk mitigation
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills
• Intermediate Material Requirement Plan (MRP) systems skills preferred