Production Planner

This role combines production planning with strong analytical skills to support data-driven decision-making, identify improvement opportunities, and optimize planning processes. The Production Planner is responsible for supporting production planning activities to ensure material availability, production continuity, and on-time delivery.

Title: Production Planner
Location: Carlsbad, CA
Duration: 12 months

Pay Rate : $40.00 /hr. on W2
 
Required Skills:

• Strong understanding of MRP (Material Resource Planning)• Advanced Microsoft Excel (Pivot tables, power queries, formulas)
• Manufacturing environment experience
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication skills

Preferred Skills:

• SAP experience (High priority/strongly preferred)
• APICS CPIM certification (strongly preferred)
• Data visualization (Power BI, Tableau)• Palantir Foundry

Job Summary
The Production Planner is responsible for supporting production planning activities to ensure material availability, production continuity, and on-time delivery. This role combines production planning with strong analytical skills to support data-driven decision-making, identify improvement opportunities, and optimize planning processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain production plans to support customer demand and manufacturing schedules.
• Monitor and maintain planning parameters, including safety stock, reorder points, lead times, lot sizes, and MRP settings.
• Analyze production, inventory, and supply chain data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Generate reports and dashboards to support Production Planning and Operations.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Purchasing, Warehouse, and Supply Chain teams to resolve material and capacity constraints.
• Support root cause analysis for production shortages, late orders, and planning exceptions.
• Maintain planning master data and ensure data accuracy within ERP systems.
• Drive continuous improvement through data analysis and process optimization.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) or supply chain management
• 3+ years of experience in supply chain management, production planning, or purchasing
• Strong understanding of MRP and production planning principles.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, Power Query, advanced formulas, and data analysis.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret data and support decision-making.
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Desired Skills & Competencies

• Detail-oriented with strong attention to accuracy and data integrity.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong sense of ownership, accountability, and follow-through.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
• Self-motivated and proactive, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
•  Excellent written and verbal communication skills across all organizational levels.
• Customer service mindset with a commitment to supporting internal and external customers.
• Team player with strong cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to make data-driven decisions using sound business judgment.
• Continuous improvement mindset with a focus on process optimization.
• Adaptable to changing priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• High level of integrity, professionalism, and commitment to quality.
• Eagerness to learn new systems, tools, and business processes.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with SAP (S/4HANA or ECC), particularly PP, MM, or Supply Chain modules.
• MBA
• APICS CPIM certification.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or similar data visualization tools.
• SQL experience, including writing and troubleshooting queries.
• Experience with Palantir Foundry or similar analytics platforms.