Production Planner

Description

UmbraGroup-Thomson Aerospace & Defense (Linear Motion, LLC) is an agile, passionate partner revolutionizing motion solution. We are an Intelligent Partner who works with passion and dedication always offering innovation, flexible and customizable solutions based on our customer’s needs, creating products that can revolutionize a constantly changing market. We are an intelligent supplier of actuators, ball screws, bearings, and components in high-tech markets. Excellent service is the foundation of our business, and we work to be FIRST (Customer Focused, Innovation, Respect, Social Responsibility, Teamwork).

Summary:

The Manufacturing Production Planner will be responsible for all activities associated with planning the production within the facility. Creating, tracking, communicating, and ensuring production plans are in place that meet customer requirements, as well as manufacturing needs.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Plan and prioritize operations to ensure maximum performance and minimum delay
• Determine manpower and equipment needs to support the production plan
• Communicate with Supply Chain to ensure materials are available as needed
• Monitor jobs to ensure they will finish as scheduled
• Maintain ongoing communication with all groups, as to the status of jobs
• Address issues as they arise to minimize impact and support OTD
• Maintain status of production orders and ensure documentation is updated and accurate
• Creates reports and provides ongoing information to customer service on order status
• Communicates concerns or schedule delays to Customer Service
• Coordinate smooth functions of and interfaces daily with sales, customer service, quality and manufacturing to ensure all customer needs are addressed and customer delivery dates are met “OTD”.
• Participate in pre-release meetings of new product service orders as needed
• Support implementation of manufacturing and procured materials
• Plan materials to support production requirements
• Monitor inventory levels to drive quick turn improvements and eliminate obsolete and excessive inventory
• Follow up on late shipments, working with supplier quality resource as necessary
• Provide a reliable forecast with updates as data changes to suppliers and internal management
• Provide production scheduling in a lean manufacturing environment (labor and machining requirements)
• Communicate with all departments and levels of management
• Other duties as assigned by management
• Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of this job.

Requirements

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

• At least 5 years related experience in a manufacturing environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• 1-3 years customer service experience
• 1-3 years manufacturing planning experience
• Excellent documentation skills and proficient with Microsoft Office software
• Due to ITAR regulations, must be a US Person
• Experience with AS and ISO requirements desirable
• Self-motivated team player
• Hands on approach, willing to “roll up the sleeves”, and be a part of the solution

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None 

Language, Math, and Reasoning Ability:

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, drawings, set-up sheets, travelers, procedure manuals and government regulations. 

Computer Skills:

Must be able to use the computer and computer software as required by job.

Physical Demands:

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and sit. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The physical surroundings for this position are inside a factory and product manufacturing environment with work split between the offices and shop areas at all the UMBRAGROUP facilities and at customer and/or vendor locations worldwide. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise levels are moderate to loud.

All requirements are subject to modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees are required to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor.

EOE

Salary : $50,000 - $60,000