Analysis Skills, Calendar Management, Customer Support/Service, Electrical Components, Establish Priorities, Inventory Levels, Inventory Management, Logistics, Manufacturing, Manufacturing/Industrial Processes, Order Management, Production Schedule, Purchasing/Procurement, Schedule Development, Time Management
Our client is a manufacturer of electrical components to support the utility industry.
Shift: Monday -Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Rate: $38-$40/hour
The Production Planner is responsible for coordinating and planning production schedules, ensuring that manufacturing processes run efficiently and meet customer demand. This role involves collaborating with various departments to manage inventory levels, optimize production schedules, and ensure timely delivery of products.
A Day In The Life
Develop and maintain production schedules to meet customer orders
- Coordinate with production, procurement, and logistics teams to ensure materials and resources are available.
- Analyze and adjust, as necessary, production schedules that are affected by changes in raw material and equipment
- Work with purchasing to expedite material as needed
- Prioritize shop floor dispatches/work centers to meet production schedule manufacturing dates
- Work closely with shop floor supervision and communicate any delays that may affect production
- Manage parts orders for respective product lines to ensure on-time shipments
- Interact with customer service for respective product line
- Communicate production updates to Lead Master Scheduler
- Provide input and feedback in a team setting
- Any other duties that are assigned