Production Planner

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS / RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Promotes, complies, actively participates in the importance of safety policies, to help maintain a safe and healthy work environment. 
• Meets with Production Foreman and Supervisors to review production schedules.
• Communicate shortfalls with manufacturing such as material shortages and paint inventories to improve product flow and on time delivery.
• Works with Purchasing to resolve and communicate material shortages. 
• Monitor RMA process and help schedule repair process to meet on time delivery expectations.
• Manager, to ensure timely completion of work to meet scheduled ship dates.
• Work with Sales Representatives to answer and assist with any schedule requests.
• Analyze customer-scheduling changes and internal scheduling changes and make necessary changes to meet both the change and to smooth the production plan. 
• Helps assists with time approvals. 
• Requires knowledge of manufacturing procedures and capacities, company products and components and production control procedures.
• Manage program customer production schedules meeting customer expectations and working capital expectations. 
• Assist Finishing Foreman weekly demand schedules in identified work cells/areas to improve weekly productivity.  
• Works with the Shipping coordinator to reach our monthly Shipping Goals and on time delivery.
• Works with Outside Vendors on scheduling the completion of work. 
• Works with Customer Care if there are modifications to the schedule and reschedule if needed. 
• Assist shipping department by closing BOL’s and tagging pressure vessels as needed. 

EQUIPMENT KNOWLEDGE:

• Knowledge of online computer systems and PC based computer programs
• Knowledge in ERP Systems
• Microsoft Office

ROLE REQUIREMENTS: 

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment to meet team expectations.
• Understanding and support Company policies and procedures.  
• Ability to understand and abide by all safety rules and regulations to perform the job.
• Must have a basic understanding of computers.
• Must have reading, writing and simple math skills.
• Related experience in scheduling and inventory management is a plus.
• Ability to understand written and verbal instruction.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills. 
• An associate degree and 1 to 3 years of related job experience or High School Diploma and 3 - 5 years’ experience.  Experience defined as production control or manufacturing utilizing an integrated ERP system.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

ITAR REQUIREMENTS:

• Adhere to and abide by all ITAR-specific job standards and training.  Protect and properly safeguard ITAR-sensitive information and work product; ensure dissemination or disclosure of and access to “protected data” occurs only with those trained and approved for exposure to ITAR content.
• IMMEDIATELY notify Supervisor/Manager, Human Resources, Legal (email:  compliance@samuel.com) or the Samuel Ethics Alert Hotline of known or suspected unauthorized disclosure, release of or access to protected ITAR content.

This job description is not intended to be all inclusive, and the employee will also perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned by immediate supervisor and other management, as required. Staffing positions to be determined by the company.

As an employee, you are required to understand the ISO system and the elements that affect your job. 

Must prove that employee can meet the essential duties of the job within 90 days by completing employee training checklist F-HR-720-02-03-01.