3rd Shift Production Planner

Job description

How You Will Make an Impact The Planner is responsible for production scheduling, MRP generation, work order creation and maintenance, inventory management and other material planning functions. This position has responsibility for the scheduling of daily work for production cells, oversight for inventory control and looking into future demand to provide accurate forecasts to internal operations and procurement. This role has a regular interface with sales, operations, purchasing and engineering. The Nuts and Bolts: - Plan, schedule and generate manufacturing orders and work schedules for the cells on the shop floor to achieve high on-time delivery, level loading of available labor, and to minimize WIP and finished goods inventory - Work closely with Master Scheduler and production on schedule changes, customer expedite requests, etc. - Maintain production planning systems and procedures with high data accuracy and integrity, including the required lead-time data for internal manufacturing cells - Review/Oversight of cycle counts, inventory adjustments and on hand inventory balances to develop a plan for excess, obsolete, substitutions, return to supplier, re-sale or scrap resoluti...