Manufacturing Planner - Rolling Meadows, IL
Epiq SolutionsEpiq Solutions
Description:
COMPANY BACKGROUND
Epiq Solutions develops cutting-edge software-defined radio (SDR) products and processing solutions to enable spectrum dominance for maritime, land, air, and space domains. With 15 years serving government and commercial enterprise customers and over 30K devices fielded to date, Epiq Solutions is a trusted partner with a proven heritage of deliverin
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g open architecture products in radically small form factors where time-to-market, cost, and performance are critical for mission success.
For more information, visit https://epiqsolutions.com.
INTRODUCTION
Epiq Solutions is seeking a Manufacturing Planner to support the effective planning, scheduling, and execution of manufacturing activities across our growing portfolio of advanced RF and software-defined radio products.
The Manufacturing Planner serves as a key link between customer demand and production execution. This position is responsible for translating production requirements into executable manufacturing plans, creating and maintaining manufacturing jobs in Epicor, assessing material readiness, coordinating production priorities, and helping identify and resolve constraints that could impact customer delivery commitments.
Working closely with Production, Materials, Purchasing, Engineering, Quality, and Program teams, the Manufacturing Planner will maintain visibility into production requirements and ensure accurate planning information is available to support day-to-day manufacturing decisions. This role will also support the implementation of engineering changes and new product introductions within the manufacturing planning environment.
This is a planning and production-control position and does not have responsibility for purchasing, supplier management, or procurement activities.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
• Translate customer demand and the Master Production Schedule into detailed manufacturing requirements and production priorities.
• Create, release, maintain, and close manufacturing jobs within the Epicor ERP system.
• Develop and maintain production schedules that align manufacturing capacity, material availability, customer delivery requirements, and business development’s forecast.
• Monitor open manufacturing jobs, production progress, material readiness, and schedule performance to identify potential constraints or delivery risks.
• Evaluate material requirements and availability using ERP/MRP information to determine production readiness and identify shortages affecting scheduled work.
• Partner with Purchasing and Materials teams to communicate production priorities, material requirements, shortages, and potential impacts to manufacturing schedules.
• Coordinate with Production leadership to establish and adjust manufacturing priorities based on customer requirements, material availability, capacity, and changing business needs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement mitigation plans for components approaching obsolescence. Evaluate demand forecasts, inventory levels, and supplier lead times to determine appropriate EOL and last time buy quantities.
• Analyze schedule disruptions and production constraints and recommend adjustments to support on-time delivery.
• Maintain accurate planning and production-control information within Epicor, including job records, planning parameters, manufacturing data, and other information within the scope of the role.
• Review Bills of Material (BOMs), routings, lead times, and other manufacturing information for planning accuracy and escalate discrepancies to the appropriate functional owner.
• Coordinate planning activities associated with Engineering Change Orders (ECOs), including identifying impacts to open and planned manufacturing jobs and supporting implementation of approved changes.
• Support New Product Introduction (NPI) activities by coordinating manufacturing planning requirements, job setup, material readiness, and production scheduling for new or