Planner

SUMMARY: Plans manufacturing schedules and procurement of required materials

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Production Control
  • Review all MRP recommendations and execute as necessary
  • Release manufacturing orders to production
  • Use capacity planning tools to determine manufacturing load versus capacity and release orders as necessary
  • Report capacity status and identify any existing or potential production bottlenecks, via on floor management of production or automated reporting
  • Make recommendations for resource requirements – Headcount/overtime
  • Work with area supervisors in ensuring priorities are in alignment with customer requirements
  • Ensure manufacturing orders and routings support on time delivery goals – Queue times and move times
  • Attend all meetings needed to support customer commitments
  • Provide operations support
  • Work with engineering team to proactively identify critical path items and the scheduling of ETO finished goods

• Material Planning/Forecasting
• • Use all available data to analyze historical and current demand trends and provide recommendations for stocking levels and provide additional insight to Buyers for future procurement
  • Interpret requirements from customer/sales, stock and other entities against current stocking and production capacity levels; provide recommendations to meet these requirements or identify alternatives based on available information
  • Maintain a thorough knowledge of the status and location of all Manufacturing Orders that are in process via both automated reporting tools and hands-on management
  • Facilitate the implementation of ECN’s that impact existing inventories, supply orders or WIP
  • Set order policies, safety stock and forecast levels to support business objectives
  • Communicate any supply exceptions affecting customer commitments to CSR’s
• Maintain Records and Reporting
• • Support manufacturing in time reporting corrections
  • Time entry updates – Batch process
  • Periodic audits of item master attributes
  • Maintain and update available capacity charts/data
  • Maintain and communicate late and potential late customer orders
  • Other charts and reports as needed
• Performs other related duties as assigned by management.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's Degree (BA) from four-year college or university and five year’s direct planning work or ten year’s work in a production control environment using an MRP or ERP. Any MRP or ERP Training Certifications or continuing education units preferred.
• APICS certification preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, MAPICS, internet and e-mail software. Knowledge of Microsoft Project, Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Access. MRP and AS400 experience are both a plus

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