Production Planner

Specialty Silicone Products, Inc.

Production Planner

Monday – Friday Flex Schedule Between 7:00 am to 5:00 pm

Exempt Wage Range: $74K - $84K

 

 

WHO WE ARE

Specialty Silicone Products, Inc. (SSP) (A HEICO Company) was founded in 1989 by four employees of GE Silicones.  They recognized that several niche markets were emerging based on silicone technology and no commercial solution existed to meet this growing demand.

 

They combined their experience to design and manufacture EMI/RFI Conductive Silicones for Electronics/Military applications; Silicone/PTFE Septa closures and cap mats for analytical testing; and aerospace/USP-Class VI medical-grade silicones for Industrial Gasket Fabricators.

 

SSP is proud to be an ISO 9001 certified company as we celebrate our 36th year in business (2025), with a reputation for developing “Silicones that Work” and delivering them to our customers with speed, flexibility, and service. Our total facility footprint is now 54,000 square feet located at 3 McCrea Hill Road in the Corporate Technology Park, Ballston Spa, NY a beautiful rural industrial park setting just off Route 50.

 

SSP Beliefs and Values

At SSP, our core beliefs and values foster a family environment.

 

                                                                                                Our Core Principles:

• We are comfortable being uncomfortable
• We give each other grace
• Every day is an opportunity to make a difference
• Never settle for good enough
• No politics

 

With these principles in mind, we live out our mission:

Silicones that work delivered with speed, flexibility and service

 

Benefits

• 401(k), with Company Match + Equity Builder
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance (STD, LTD)
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Holiday Pay
• Paid Time Off
• Vision insurance

Qualifications

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Organizes, plans and creates production schedules utilizing production scheduling and shop floor management software to meet SSP’s on time delivery metric.
• Identifies and helps to resolve bottlenecks, part shortages, machine maintenance, and work force issues.
• Must maintain a level of flexibility and urgency with orders requiring faster processing than the current process allows.
• Provides commitment dates to customer service based on capacity within our master schedule using our ERP system. Analyze demand and expedites against our current master schedule to determine production plans.
• Works with production supervisors to obtain feedback about production status and modifies schedules as needed.
• Creates and modifies manufacturing strategies for new product introductions and existing products to support production schedule.
• Publishes weekly manufacturing adherence to schedule KPI with associated Pareto charts.
• Issues daily production schedule that makes the most efficient use of time and resources. Make recommendations to the production supervisors regarding the need to shift production personnel and overtime requirements.
• Monitors stocking levels of raw materials and production supplies and places purchase orders for replenishment.
• Updates purchase order receipt dates, if necessary, after order confirmations from vendor are received.
• Monitors daily receipts and expedite orders with vendors as needed to ensure timely delivery of goods.
• Assists the creation of Bills of Material (BOMs) and routing that allows accurate tracking of component usage and accurate inventory movement transactions.
• Update and maintain part masters with respect to production methods based on the input of the production supervisors.
• Review usage of produced parts to determine and update stocking strategies and the associated stock settings