What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Planner position at Interior Logic Group, Inc.?
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Summary
The primary responsibility of the Production Planner is managing inventory levels to ensure adequate supply while minimizing excess inventory and costs.
Essential Functions
Education & Experience
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, individual with disabilities, veteran status, gender identity or national origin.
Summary
The primary responsibility of the Production Planner is managing inventory levels to ensure adequate supply while minimizing excess inventory and costs.
Essential Functions
- Monitor inventory levels daily and analyze data to forecast trends and demand for specific products and materials.
- Develop and maintain inventory control procedures, including reconciling inventory counts, cycle counting, and physical inventories.
- Work collaboratively with purchasing, production, and logistics departments to optimize inventory levels and minimize stockouts and overstocks.
- Maintain accurate inventory records in the company's systems and identify discrepancies and errors, taking corrective action where necessary.
- Identify slow-moving inventory and develop strategies to reduce or liquidate those items, including working with the sales and marketing departments to promote those items.
- Develop and report inventory key performance indicators (KPIs) to senior management, including inventory turns, days of inventory on hand, and other relevant metrics.
- Work with suppliers and vendors to maintain optimal inventory levels and ensure timely delivery of goods.
- Evaluate new products and materials and determine their viability for inclusion in the company's inventory.
- Implement and maintain inventory management software and systems to streamline processes and improve accuracy and efficiency.
- Other duties as assigned
Education & Experience
- Associates / 2 year Technical School
- 2-4 years applicable job experience
- SAP Experience
- Bilingual experience preferred, but not required (English/Spanish)
- Interpersonal skills to develop and maintain professional working relationships with builders, vendors, subordinates and co-workers
- Communicate effectively with customers, co-workers and supervisors in a professional and courteous manner
- Proactively identify, analyze, address, and resolve problem areas, conflicts, and issues
- Displays willingness to make decisions
- Exhibits sound and accurate judgment, supports and explains reasoning for decisions, includes appropriate people in decision-making process, and makes timely decisions
- Strong organizational skills to ensure adequate tracking systems are utilized to maintain and track all required information associated with the ordering and production process
- Working knowledge of internet, inventory, project management, spreadsheet and word process software and order processing systems
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, individual with disabilities, veteran status, gender identity or national origin.