HTI is recruiting for an experienced Production Planner/Scheduler for a client company in Augusta, GA. This is a full-time, onsite, salaried position. The company offers full benefits and relocation assistance. The salary depends on experience and education, and the range is $75,000 - $85,000 / year.

Job Summary:

Your primary responsibility will be to oversee the execution of production plans, monitoring production processes to identify and resolve any issues that arise, and adjusting production schedules as needed to ensure proper quality of feed mix and that efficient resources are available on-site. This includes actively steering inventories, improving service levels, reducing costs, and identifying operational growth opportunities by monitoring assigned responsibilities of production planning.

Requirements:

• Must have 3 years of manufacturing industry experience as a Production Planner or Scheduler
• Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business Management, or similar field is preferred
• Must have intermediate to advanced experience with SAP and Microsoft Excel
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship.

Job duties:

• Responsible for coordinating and maintaining production schedule to ensure efficient utilization of all raw materials for optimization of all production output systems.
• Work closely with the Inventory Analyst to ensure the necessary quantity of raw materials and production components is available.
• Monitor and steer production capacity by identifying bottlenecks and constraints.
• Monitor production output and adjust production plans as needed.
• Coordinate with commercial team (buyer and sales) regarding material availability, lead times, production capacity, and production output demand.
• Ensure that production schedules are communicated effectively to the production team, commercial team (buyer and sales), and group production planning.
• Analyze production data to identify trends, and provide regular reports to management.
• Responsible for keeping all production planning up-to-date.
• Responsible for creating, tracking and reporting of KPIs associated with onsite operations: inventory levels, supplier availability, mandating, forecasting, budgeting etc.
• Establish corrective actions for underperforming metrics to ensure performance standards are met.
• Work with Quality Team, Sample Preparation & Laboratory and Logistics to optimize material and process flows, etc.
• Communicate and interact with international and domestic employees of all levels, as well as suppliers and customers, to identify, research, analyze and resolve issues.
• Ensure professional claim management.
• Prioritize continuous improvement projects and coordinate the execution schedule with Production Planning Team.
• Support the establishment and execution of the budgeting process.