Production Planner

Responsibilities:

• Analyzes finished goods inventory and raw material inventory; maintains appropriate levels, adjust quantities, adjust reorder points as required.
• Analyzes batch sizes and raw material levels; makes decisions to increase or decrease based on historical or projected sales.
• Analyzes idle inventory.  Confers with supervisor, makes recommendations, implements recommendations.
• Generates a production schedule and batch tickets based on inventory analyses and production capacity.
• Reviews reports: inventory shortage, reorder, item coverage, ship list, and takes appropriate action.
• Assists all Production Planners and Production Scheduler in maintaining the Hot List.
• Reviews raw material shortages.
• Reviews rework, q stock, and quarantine inventories.
• Performs cycle count of raw materials and finished goods.
• Provides back-up assistance to the Production Planner and Production Scheduler.
• Completes transactions as requested by production personnel.
• Perform various clerical duties for production management team.
• Performs job according to pre-established safety, quality, and efficiency standard operating procedures.
• Assists in the enforcement of all company policies.
• Assists with other duties as directed or assigned by Planning Manager.

Qualifications and Skills

• A minimum of 2-4 years’ experience required in a Production Planning and/or Inventory Management role or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• A background in quality assurance using ISO programs highly preferred.
• A proven history of excellent performance both in work behaviors and results.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Microsoft office experience: Outlook, Excel, and Word; Strong computer skills and ability to learn new systems.
• Other system experience highly preferred M3, M1, and Red Zone.