JOB SUMMARY:

Senior Production Planner/Scheduler Plans, schedules, coordinates, and monitors the flow of products through the complete production cycle. Provides timely planning and scheduling of manufacturing work orders to the manufacturing floor to achieve both customer delivery dates and optimize throughput / mix efficiency. Monitors capacity versus utilization and provides routine reports on status and recommendations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Lead planning process for assigned product lines and ensures cross-functional consensus is reached on operation demand plans and inventory plans required to support customer service, and revenue objectives

Works closely with Inside Sales, Planning, Supervisors, Purchasing, Quality and Manufacturing Departments, coordinating and ensuring that schedules and material related issues are maintained, and products are completed and shipped in a timely manner

Must take ownership of the following on product lines assigned: On time deliveries, Schedule attainment and Past Due items

Coordinates planning strategy for independent and dependent items, converts planned orders to production orders verifying material and capacity available

Responsible for printing, splitting, and issuing jobs for assigned product lines, including updating GEMBA boards

Monitoring Raw Material and Subcomponents Material Availability, maintaining optimal inventory levels for assigned product lines through the active use of MRP

Utilize ERP, create and update daily/weekly Production Schedules for assigned product lines from a capacity feasibility and execution standpoint

Responsible for maintaining redates in ERP system ensuring job start and completion dates are accurate and current, including job portal updates as needed

Responsible for tracking material discrepant reports for assigned products to ensure disposition is made in a timely manner

Responsible for month-end activities related to closing jobs, scrap, and adjustments; reporting on aging WIP for assigned product lines

Responsible for setting priorities for component stores, materials lab, outside processing and final inspection; following up to ensure jobs stay on schedule

Provide training support to other planning team members

Other duties as assigned

The pay scale for this position ranges from $100,00.00-$110,000.00 annually