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Job Description
Job Description
POSITION : Production Planner
LOCATION : Jupiter, FL
STATUS : Salary-Exempt
JOB SUMMARY
Prepare, create, schedule and release hardware production orders. Partner with Buyers to track part deliveries vendor to vendor through the supply chain. Maintain production and planned orders in SAP inclusive of all changing requirements. Drive organization to ensure on-time delivery by controlling and reporting production order performance, capacity requirement analysis, and communicating vendor status and delivery time data. This position will require some production floor interaction but will mostly consist of working within the SAP system in support of planning & scheduling.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The essential functions of the job include, but are not limited to, the following :
- Daily evaluation and release of planned orders in SAP system, checking BOMs for accuracy / availability prior to release, checking and correcting / adjusting capacity constraints and communicating potential bottlenecks with Production Scheduler & other Planners.
- Ability to understand and monitor manufacturing value streams for different products.
- Real time, daily updates to date fields, capacities and other required inputs into SAP to ensure constant accuracy of WIP orders through MRP.
- Create & maintain production routing books on the production floor.
- Timely approval of changes in demand and updates to various databases and reports.
- Planning / scheduling of outsourced production via BOM’s, coordination with Purchasing to ensure PO placements are timely and due dates are acceptable, monitoring progress of parts at a series of outsourced suppliers and the PSM Workshop.
- Understand cost structure and ensure hardware is issued to correct accounts.
- Ensure accounting is correct before technically closing production orders.
- Track status of all applicable BOM parts, issue pick tickets to logistics / supply chain.
- Lead and / or assist with cross-functional improvement projects.
- Interface effectively with supply chain organization for weekly supplier meetings, ADP approvals and status of Purchase Req fulfillment and Purchase Order delivery.
- Work with Quality and Engineering teams to understand & resolve technical roadblocks.
- Interface with manufacturing workshop floor leadership daily
- Support various production & alignment meetings with timely and accurate updates.
- Ensure outgoing customer shipments are supported and executed on time.
- Other duties as assigned.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Education & Training
Skills / Experience
Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans / Disabled
