POSITION TITLE: Production Planner
REPORTS TO: Production Control Supervisor
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
This position is responsible for the planning and scheduling to ensure parts are available to meet customer delivery requirements and avoid manufacturing delays in accordance with company policies and procedures.
- Review demand for upcoming planned order requirements. Develop a production schedule for the shop floor to ensure on time delivery.
- Run daily and weekly SAP reports to provide summary information to management and departments outside of Operations on manufacturing and sales order status along with our delivery capabilities.
- Ensure the daily release of production orders to facilitate the production floor and the purchase of raw material.
- Attend and actively participate in production meetings.
- Work with Order Management on new sales orders as well as communicating changes in estimated shipping dates of existing orders.
- Work with shop floor supervisor to develop and review capacity report and adjust orders to address either under or over capacity situations. Then schedule orders accordingly to your analysis.
- Work with his / her manager on planning strategies that reduce costs and/or lead-time.
- Work with other members of the team to cross train each other to provide backup capabilities for each other.
- Work with the shipping department to set up shipping schedules for large items to meet customer shipment requirements.
- Interface with project management, sales, and engineering to determine material release dates required for products.
- Promotes and participates in safety initiatives, including safety programs, training, accident investigations, accident prevention/corrective action, and setting safe work practices within the department.