Production Planner I

Job Title

Production Planner I

Job Description

Production Planner I

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Production Planner is responsible for planning and managing the workload in the manufacturing facility. Planning all production orders, manage the workload and materials, maintaining on-time delivery, and achieving the flexibility required to serve the project dynamics of the Vanderlande organization.

Essential Functions (Job Duties and Responsibilities):

• Building a production schedule that maximizes throughput and customer satisfaction while keeping resource, machine and material constraints in mind.
• Maximizing on-time shipments and customer satisfaction by setting achievable target delivery dates and working to mitigate any risks that would prevent timely shipments.
• Review production orders and make decisions concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, and duty assignments, considering budget limitations and time constraints.
• Review production and quality data and confer with employees to resolve production or processing problems.
• Coordinate with the departments Supply Chain, Production, Procurement, Inventory, Manufacturing Engineering and the Vanderlande Logistics Center to ensure on-time and accurate deliveries.

Required Education and Experience:

• 5+ years’ of experience in a manufacturing industry
• Associates degree or equivalent
• Strong computer skills (Word, Excel, Power Point and MRP/ERP) including the ability to prepare spreadsheets to calculate data and trends
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills
• Takes initiatives, is willing to take up challenges. Creates and drives opportunities to improve performance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Five years manufacturing experience
• Six sigma green belt certification
• Team leader or management experience
• BA/BS Degree in Engineering, Materials Management, Business Administration or equivalent preferred

Knowledge-Skills-Abilities (Competencies):

• Able to communicate at all organizational levels and build relationships to achieve goals.
• Takes initiatives, is willing to take up challenges.
• Creates and drives opportunities to improve performance
• Strong computer skills
• Ability to work as a team in a team environment

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

This is a full-time position, Monday through Friday.

Travel:

This position requires up to 10% travel.  

Supervisory Responsibility:

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment and Physical Demands:

The work environment/physical requirements described here are representative of those an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this job.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. This job is for the most part sedentary. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is mildly active and may require standing, walking, and bending.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.