Production Planner

CONSTRUCTION SPECIALTIES, INC. Founded in 1948, Construction Specialties (CS) is a specialty building products manufacturer. CS provides solutions to building challenges that architects, designers, building owners, facility managers, and contractors face every day. Since inventing the first extruded louver, CS has become a global leader in all our product categories. Our products are a part of some of the most iconic buildings around the world-from the world's tallest tower, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, to the Oculus at the World Trade Center Transit Hub in Manhattan. If you want to work in an inspiring atmosphere and collaborate with customers and colleagues to solve challenges, we're the right place for you. CS: People. Buildings. Better. SCOPE OF POSITION: Determines materials and manufacturing routings required and provides information to production personnel in order to fabricate products for customer orders in a timely manner and meet customer requirements. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: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, including but not necessarily limited to the following: Reads and analyzes shop drawings and job files. Ensures jobs have accurate and sufficient information to release for fabrication. Determines materials required for jobs; inclusive of quantities, hardware, raw material, finishes and all other details that may be required to fabricate product. Ensures bill of materials, fabrication instructions, finishing instructions, time requirements for shop work orders are correct for product fabrication. Collaborates with Manufacturing, IT, Master Data, Customer Service, Custom Products, and Technical Support teams to ensure information is clear and accurate. Plans material for large jobs that exceed normal stock levels and non-stock materials for specified jobs; ensures that material requirements are current and correct of these orders for purchasing to accommodate special needs or runs of material from suppliers. Assigns ship dates to customer orders, based on material availability and manufacturing capacity and communicates information back to customer service team. Creates and releases shop orders for stocking sub-assemblies. Notifies Scheduling team of capacity constraints, and when orders are falling outside of advertised lead times. Searches for alternate material or manufacturing methods to ensure best service to customers. Supports other Production Planners with their duties when work load dictates. Performs miscellaneous duties as required to provide an even and timely flow of work from Production. Ensures conformance to all aspects of the ISO 14001 standard and Construction Specialties' Environmental Management System (EMS), including its environmental policy while performing job functions that may have a significant impact on the environment. Performs other duties assigned by management Qualifications KNOWLEDGE/ SKILLS/ EXPERIENCE/ EDUCATION: (Minimum Education and/or Experience required) 2-year technical degree; experience instead of a degree will be considered Experience with ERP systems Knowledge of shop orders and manufacturing routings / processes Knowledge of production planning field Strong attention to detail Good interpersonal skills AS400 / BPCS experience a plus Computer literacy, Strong in Excel spreadsheets Customer Focused SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES : none