What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Planner position at Lummus Group?
Carter Intralogistics, A Lummus Group company, is a leading provider of automated material handling and industrial automation solutions to customers around the country. Our company is built on four key principles – Cooperation, Responsibility, Communication and Quality. These principles are embedded in everything we do and drive us to help our customers transform their operations.
Summary
Carter Intralogistics., Production Planner is responsible for coordinating and developing production schedules on a daily or weekly basis to meet goals. They take stock of inventory levels and facilitate providing necessary materials and components. The best applicants are safety / quality / productivity minded, have a positive attitude and are commitment to punctuality and attendance. CCS is a drug-free workplace and we conduct pre-employment drug testing. CCS offers competitive compensation and benefits including medical and dental insurance, 401(k), vacation and team-oriented work environments.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Carter Intralogistics., Production Planner is responsible for coordinating and developing production schedules on a daily or weekly basis to meet goals. They take stock of inventory levels and facilitate providing necessary materials and components. The best applicants are safety / quality / productivity minded, have a positive attitude and are commitment to punctuality and attendance. CCS is a drug-free workplace and we conduct pre-employment drug testing. CCS offers competitive compensation and benefits including medical and dental insurance, 401(k), vacation and team-oriented work environments.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Assumes ownership of work order delivery schedule and interfaces with other departments to resolve issues effecting delivery dates
- Proactively communicates as necessary regarding status of outstanding orders as well as discrepancies with quality, quantity and pricing
- Schedules out job packets with the production team and plant managements to ensure product is made in time to fulfill order requests
- Coordinates between purchasing, finance, engineering, manufacturing, and shipping leads to ensure priority of orders is understood to meet client shipping deadlines
- Receives new purchase orders
- Processes new purchase orders and ensures coordination with plant to understand timing of PO’s related to shipping targets
- Coordinating daily and weekly meetings with production and shipping teams
- Maintains project pricing, revenue, and dates in ERP system are accurate and timely updated.
- Analyze shortages, process work orders, and schedule manufacturing shop floor.
- Manage order and shop floor schedule per PO ship dates/truck schedule/capacity.
- Process purchase order revisions and make necessary updates in ERP system. Communicate changes to shop floor.
- Determine corrective actions regarding invoice discrepancies, (shortages, price discrepancies etc.), and works with team to investigate and resolve.
- Tracks shop floor labor and manufacturing jobs and ensures this is entered accurately for job costing.
- Monthly job order reconciliation
- Other duties as assigned.
Basic Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree preferred in a business-related program, but High School diploma or GED required
- Experience working in production planning and scheduling, and/or purchasing teams.
- 2-3 years of Manufacturing Experience
- Capacity to stay focused on tasks and meet deadlines
- Experience using an ERP system (preferably Infor)
- Strong written and communication skills
- Organized, and detail oriented to ensure accuracy of data in multiple systems
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in typically used units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
- AutoCAD experience is a plus
- Must have advanced skills in Microsoft 365, Office, Excel, and SharePoint products, and ability to maintain organized reporting data.
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