PRODUCTION PLANNER
Job Title:Production Planner Reports to: Sr. Production Planner
FLSA: Exempt Created: January 2018
Location: West Palm Beach, FL Revised: April 2026
Summary
The Production Planner schedules established priorities and coordinate the flow of work and materials within the cable assembly department according to daily and weekly production schedules. Duties include updating and maintaining scheduled shipments in support of customer delivery expectations. Qualified candidates will review open backlogs, MRP action reports, supplier deliveries, and coordinate with internal functions to ensure customer delivery requirements are met.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Responsible for establishing production schedules: considering factors of customer requests and demands, existing capacity and working with Production.
- Interact with shop management on a regular basis to resolve issues and achieve daily production requirements.
- Work with Inventory/Stockroom to fill component shortages.
- Analyze and prepare documents (work instructions, travelers, etc.) needed for production.
- Drive to achieve established targets for revenue and on time delivery.
- Monitor and drive all open orders; have detailed understanding of assigned backlog.
- Adjust scheduled ship dates with the ERP system in real time as needed; advise Sales of relevant changes.
- Assess feasibility of expedite requests; respond to Inside Sales within 24 hours of request.
- Assist Sales with forecasting and safety stock analysis.
- Give direction to Purchasing for component expedites and appropriate order quantities to ensure material availability.
- Perform data analysis and make decisions to support raw material supply and finished goods demand.
- Maintains the production schedule and other reports as required.
- Follow-up as required with all teams to expedite flow of materials and documents to meet production schedule and customer expectation.
- Performs all other duties assigned by manager.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree with focus on business management, operations managing, or engineering management preferred.
- Minimum three (3) years’ experience in a manufacturing environment.
- APICS Certification preferred.
- Proficiency using ERP Systems (Oracle preferred) and Microsoft Office products, strong computer skills.
- High sense of urgency and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong organizational and communication skills.
- Detail-oriented, ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks with strict deadlines.
- Customer service oriented.
- Flexibility for handling a wide range of activities.
- Using logic and reasoning to identify solutions to problems.
- Able to manage time and priorities appropriately.
Equal Opportunity Employer – Disability and Veteran