What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Planning Manager position at Trace-A-Matic Corporation?
Description
Ready to make a real impact? Join a dynamic and growing organization where your career can thrive! If you're excited about new opportunities, keep reading!
At Trace-A-Matic, our people are our greatest assets! We offer a friendly, clean, and safe work environment where everyone can grow and succeed. Our mission is to achieve excellence in complex precision machined components and ensure customer satisfaction. Plus, we have an amazing Gainsharing program: when the company profits, we share 50% with our employees, paid out quarterly! We also offer relocation assistance.
Master Scheduler Job Overview: As a Master Scheduler, you'll be the linchpin of our operations, coordinating schedules and inventories to ensure our facility runs smoothly and efficiently.
Why You'll Love This Job:
- Primary Point of Contact: Be the go-to person for Sales, Engineering, Logistics, and Manufacturing departments.
- Collaborative Planning: Work with various departments to create schedules and plans that optimize resource allocation to meet client needs.
- Inventory Management: Monitor current and anticipated orders against available inventory, and proactively acquire additional supplies as needed.
- Vendor Coordination: Ensure timely and accurate delivery of orders by working closely with outside vendors.
- Master Schedule Integration: Align sales orders with the master schedule, coordinating resources to meet delivery dates.
- Schedule Maintenance: Maintain and revise the master distribution schedule, keeping staff informed of any changes or delays.
- Forecasting and Planning: Participate in forecasting meetings and lead planning sessions with sales, production, shipping, purchasing, and customer service teams.
- Cross-Training: Support and train the backup scheduler.
- Additional Duties: Take on other responsibilities as needed to support the team.
Perks and Benefits:
- 10 Paid Holidays
- Service-Based PTO
- Gainsharing Program
- Exciting, fast-paced environment
- On-site Fitness Center & Medical Clinic
- Weekly Pay
- Company Provided Uniforms and Safety Shoe Allowance
- Performance Merit Raises
- Climate Controlled Environment
- Free Employee Coffee
Requirements
What We're Looking For:
- Two-year technical degree; a four-year degree is preferred.
- 5 years of experience in a similar role, ideally in a manufacturing organization.
- Excellent communication skills and attention to detail.
- Thorough understanding of business and supply chain, along with operational management experience.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Proficiency with production planning systems; EPICOR ERP experience is highly preferred.
Trace-A-Matic provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
