What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Planner (manufacturing) position at Essential Staff?
Qualifications
Job Description
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Job Description
- Excellent knowledge of Production Planning and Quality Control principles
- Knowledge in Excel
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills
- Ability to self-manage
- Managing priorities and deadlines
- Able to work independently or in a cross-functional team
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Able to work in a fast-paced environment
- These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the Planner job
- The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl
- This position includes access or potential access to ITAR and/or EAR technical data
- The Planner leads strategic and tactical activities concerned with the manufacturing of company products
- In this role you will establish/manage forecasts and detailed schedules required to support shipping dates according customer requirements and business objectives
- Responsible for managing sales orders status and adherence to on-dock-date through all phases of the manufacturing and shipping process
- Control and track all levels of inventory for assigned business unit: raw materials, work-in-progress, and finished goods
- Develop, publish, and maintain related production schedules and forecasts while balancing inventory, resources, and capacity
- Review MRP requirements and process applicable action (exception) messages for assigned product-family
- Analyze available reports to support production schedules and other strategic inventory plans
- Generate workorder packages as required and ensure timely delivery to appropriate department and/or work-cell
- Coordinate cross-functional activities with all internal departments (quality, manufacturing, purchasing, engineering, shipping, contracts, etc.) to ensure alignment on priorities and other business objectives
- Attend MRB review meetings as required
- Work mandatory overtime as needed to support on-time-delivery and sales targets
- Support other internal departments as required
- This position has no supervisory responsibilities
- Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions of the Planner job
- While performing the responsibilities of the Planner job, the employee is required to talk and hear
- The employee is often required to sit and use their hands and fingers, to handle or feel
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds
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