Production Planner
Accentuate Staffing
Lynchburg, VA
Accentuate Staffing is recruiting a Production Planner for a manufacturing client in Lynchburg, VA. This role is responsible for demand-based planning to ensure customer requirements are met through effective scheduling, inventory management, and coordination across multiple departments. The Production Planner will play a key role in driving on-time delivery performance by aligning production capacity, materials, and resources.
Responsibilities
- Plan and schedule assigned product lines based on production capacity and material availability.
- Issue and manage assembly work orders to support manufacturing and spare parts needs.
- Review material availability prior to releasing work orders into production.
- Adjust production schedules as needed based on material or labor constraints.
- Ensure planning parameters and production capacity support projected demand within competitive lead times.
- Assist the Assembly Manager in preparing daily and weekly build plans to achieve monthly shipment targets.
- Coordinate with Customer Service on delivery commitments, new orders, past due orders, and inquiries.
- Identify opportunities to shorten customer lead times through schedule analysis.
- Analyze demand patterns to recommend changes to capacity planning.
- Process and monitor Engineering Change Notices that impact scheduled work orders.
- Resolve demand, capacity, or lead time issues raised by Production, Sales, or Customer Service.
- Maintain Item Master Data using historical and forecasted information.
- Communicate product line schedules, changes, capacity issues, and inventory concerns across manufacturing and related departments.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations Management, or related field (or equivalent education/experience).
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in production planning, scheduling, or materials management.
- Expertise with ERP/MRP systems.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills.
- Preferred: Machine shop experience.
About the Company
Accentuate Staffing
Since 1996, Accentuate Staffing has delivered “The Power of Positive” to you. As one of the Triangle’s largest woman-owned companies, Accentuate Staffing sources candidates in the career specialties of Accounting/Finance, Office Professional, Information Technology, Scientific/Clinical, Light Industrial and R&D Consulting services. The current roster of more than 250 corporate clients is diverse, highly regarded, and often exclusive. Accentuate Staffing’s honors include nine Triangle Business Journal Fast 50 awards, four Raleigh Chamber Pinnacle Awards, No. 222 on the INC 500 list and an inaugural winner of the TBJ’s A Better World Award. Accentuate Staffing cherishes its position as a leader in the community, offering support to charitable institutions including Children’s Flight of Hope, National Students of AMF, the MS Society, the Shepard’s Table Soup Kitchen, and Stop Hunger Now among others. For detailed information on how “The Power of Positive” can impact your company or your career, please visit at www.accentuatestaffing.com.