Production Planner

I. POSITION SUMMARY

Develop a daily production schedule for all assemblies in all production cells and assure adequate resources to meet production, inventory, and customer requirements. Will also be working with the customer base to determine priority of assemblies and order placements within the schedule.

II. NATURE & SCOPE

This position reports directly to the Materials Manager of their facility in Logansport, IN. This position is responsible for coordinating department efforts to ensure that parts are produced on schedule to be used in finished product and/or that finished products are produced so that customer ship dates are met. This process requires the planner to have knowledge of fuel pump components and the assembly line capabilities.

The incumbent is responsible for using the MRP system to generate shop orders for the work centers assigned. All associated documents (i.e. labels, etc.) along with the shop orders are to be released daily to the manufacturing floor.

The Master Scheduler is to communicate shortages of materials and capacity to the appropriate personnel daily. The shortages impacting the release of a shop order that may affect our ability to meet a customer demand are communicated during a daily production meeting and/or to the Operations Team.

The Master Scheduler communicates priorities to each supervisor in a daily production meeting. The incumbent may release materials from vendors to meet the production schedule and to maintain desired stocking levels. In the case of an unforeseen demand, the incumbent may expedite the appropriate material to ensure on-time delivery to the customer. They may also communicate shortages to the Buyers in the event of purchased material shortages. This communication is essential to maintain good customer service and appropriate inventory levels.

The major challenge of this position is managing hundreds of part numbers on a daily basis to meet customer ship dates and to maintain appropriate inventory levels. Coordinating the daily schedules and communicating the priorities throughout the plant is a very important part to maintaining the plant objectives as defined by our SQCD process.

III. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. Coordinating department efforts to ensure scheduled ship dates are met and desired inventory levels are maintained.
2. Daily communication and meetings with the customer base. Generating weekly reports for sales, operations and the customer base.
3. Generating shop orders and all other necessary materials for all assigned work centers.
4. Communicating priorities to each Supervisor and the Operations Team on a daily basis.
5. Reporting any inventory discrepancies to the Inventory Analyst and Materials Manager for root cause analysis of the problem so they can initiate corrective actions as necessary.
6. Support all company policies, procedures, and programs related to personnel, quality, safety, and environmental issues.
7. Review and investigate the daily backorder report to establish the root cause and implement corrective actions as necessary.
8. Communicate availability dates of products to Customer Service.
9. May Create purchase orders daily to ensure the production schedules will be met and to maintain stocking levels.
10. May need to backfill other positions, as needed.

IV. SELECTION CRITERIA

Education: High School diploma or equivalent required, Associate’s Degree preferred

Experience: 1 to 3 years experience in manufacturing environment

Communication: Good communication skills needed to receive and convey required information both inside and outside the organization.

Special Skills:

• Detail Oriented
• Ability to multi-task
• Experience with MS Office Suite
• Exceptional Knowledge of Excel
• Oracle Super User Skillset
• Analytical Thought Process

Dependability: Must be able to maintain satisfactory record of attendance and conduct. Must be able to work any shift and overtime, as required.

Other: This job description is not all-inclusive. The position will require other duties and requirements as assigned by management.