What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Planner position at Sonoco?
From a small family business to a multi-billion-dollar global company, Sonoco has been changing the face of products and packaging since 1899 — all while keeping the heart of “People Build Businesses” alive.
Our talented people are at the core of our growth, constantly reinventing the Sonoco wheel with brilliant solutions every year. Today we are a world leader in global packaging solutions with diversified operations in over 34 countries. We're extremely proud of our portfolio of brands, our achievements in sustainability and industrialization and the groundbreaking work accomplished by our people.
While reporting to the Plant Manager, you will be responsible for scheduling orders and planning production jobs for the assigned equipment. You will also be responsible for scheduling jobs to minimize changeover and downtime, to include routine preventive maintenance, and to meet customer demands. You may handle customer service responsibilities, working directly with the customer to satisfy production requirements and procurement duties, working directly with suppliers to purchase materials and supplies
What you'll be doing:
- Developing production schedules to meet finished goods requirements while minimizing changeovers, downtime, and inventory.
- Planning raw material requirements using MRP or other electronic systems as appropriate.
- Planning, scheduling, and procuring materials for manufacturing of product. Reviewing production schedules for changes. Expediting supplier deliveries as required. Generating production work orders as needed.
- Supporting the development, application, production trials, and introduction of new materials and processes. Working with suppliers and internal departments to achieve this objective.
- Working with plant management and suppliers to resolve quickly all customer quality and service issues. Implementing required remedial measures.
- Handling purchasing and customer service responsibilities as needed.
- Knowledge of Oracle forecasting, planning, production scheduling and shipping functionality and processes desired.
This position is located in Stockton, CA.
We’d love to hear from you if:
- You have a bachelor's degree in business, accounting, or finance
- You have 6 months- 2 years pertinent experience
Compensation:
The annual base salary range for this role is from $61,280 to $68,940.
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At Sonoco Products Company, we offer a comprehensive total rewards package, including competitive pay and benefits. *Benefits listed below are for employees located in the U.S. Specific benefits and wellbeing programs may vary depending on your location (within the U.S. or global), or if you are a union employee.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents, including FSA and HSA options
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match
- Wellbeing tools and resources to support holistic health, including an Employee Assistance Program with a variety of services
- Paid time off and holidays to recreate, rejuvenate and care for the health of yourself and family
- Variety of company paid and voluntary employee-paid insurance plans including life, personal accident, and disability insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
We are an equal opportunity employer, and we strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any legally protected characteristic.
Salary : $61,280 - $68,940
