Production Planner

Job Description

Job Description

The Production Planner role is responsible for all aspects of material planning. This role includes coordination with sales and production scheduling to ensure materials are available to meet order fulfilment requirements. This role determines and maintains inventory master data, manages purchase orders, communicates delivery schedules, expedites material, assists in solving returns and payment issues.

Essential Duties : Production Planning

• Calculate and create the demand for materials, raw materials and semi-finished products.
• Enter appropriate data and records into the SAP system.
• Review and maintain product availability information (Backorder Reason Code, expected partial / full release availability).
• Support efforts to ensure data integrity of cycle counts and BOM's.
• Provide required documents to production department.
• Work with SCM to review / update and maintain min / max levels of raw and Kanban inventory levels.
• Find opportunities for inventory reduction and actively support implementation as directed.
• Work with sales, operations, and engineering to anticipate unusual production requirements and necessary inventory levels to meet those needs and will expedite material as required.
• Assist management to resolve problems with customer schedule changes, and cancellations of customer orders.
• Create subcontracting / outsourcing deliveries for outbound products. Interacts with the internal team to ensure timely and quality delivery of finished product.

Supply Planning

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :

Able to communicate in English with Spanish / Polish / Chinese language ability a plus.

Education / Experience :

Traits / Competencies required