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Production Planner

Jabil
St. Petersburg, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 10 Oct 2025

About the role

At Jabil we strive to make ANYTHING POSSIBLE and EVERYTHING BETTER. We are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain solutions. With over 50 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

 

SUMMARY
Planners are responsible for developing and ensuring the execution of an achievable two-week production schedule.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following.
·          Schedule production activity in synch with MPS.
·          Run planned orders in two-week buckets to detail what boards are to be built.
·          Ensure Prep-Parts can and is keeping up with the build schedule.
·          Focus on minimizing changeovers and production schedule changes while maintaining the integrity of the production board revision.
·          Run clean-to-starts, on-time production shipments, EPS maintenance, purge, ECN, and deviation management, maintaining of a handbook.
·          Meet daily with the Master Planner and manufacturing to assess production schedules, (adjust as necessary, based on production results), optimize run quantities, and minimize changeovers, to achieve 100% on time delivery.
·          At a minimum, run weekly clean-to-starts to determine any existing material shortages that need to be expedited. Follow up with appropriate Purchasing personnel to ensure commitments are achieved.
·          Work with Manufacturing Line Manager(s), Purchasing, and Inventory Control to recommend long term resolutions to shortages due to lack of material control on the production floor.
·          At a minimum, conduct readiness meetings on New Products as well as revision changes five days prior to the build.
·          Ensure that shipments made are routed to the correct destination, as well as the creation and maintenance of Sales Orders if that duty is placed on the Planner.
·          Maintain Jabil pack out module, EPS, or equivalent pack out system.
·          Manage the Deviation/ECN/Purge processes.
·          Understand all product production flow.
·          Maintain handbook on position by work cell.
·          Continuous coordination and follow up with the work cell team.
·          Adhere to all safety and health rules and regulations associated with this position and as directed by supervisor.
·          Comply and follow all procedures within the company security policy.

·          Other duties may be assigned.

·          Approximately 30% of this role will be spent on the manufacturing floor, supporting production activities, engaging with operations teams, and ensuring alignment between material planning and real-time manufacturing needs.



MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
·          HS Diploma or equivalent and two years' experience required.

·          Bachelor’s degree preferred.

·          APICS certification, Inventory Control, and experience preferred.

 

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Jabil, including its subsidiaries, is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic

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