Manufacturing Planner

White Cap Canada; Toronto; On-site; CAD 33,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

White Cap Canada is seeking a production planning professional to coordinate customer demand with manufacturing capacity. You will develop production schedules, coordinate material availability, and maintain ERP data to support on-time delivery and efficient operations.

The role requires experience in production planning, inventory management, and MS Excel, with exposure to ERP systems like Dynamics Navision, Oracle, Infor, or SAP. Collaboration with multiple teams is essential.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience in a related field with project management.
• Experience with ERP systems (Dynamics Navision, Oracle, Infor, SAP).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Strong inventory planning and MRP understanding.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate customer demand with manufacturing capacity to support on-time delivery.
• Develop production schedules and coordinate material availability.
• Maintain ERP planning data and BOMs, routing, and master data.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, engineering, customer service, logistics and sales to resolve issues and improve delivery performance.
• Monitor order progress, lead times, and schedule adherence, addressing delays.
• Ensure raw materials and components are available to support planned production.
• Analyze demand forecasts and sales trends to recommend production plans.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Project management

Attention to detail

ERP planning

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics Navision

Oracle

Infor

SAP

Job description

A position at White Cap isn’t your ordinary job. You’ll work in an exciting and diverse environment, meet interesting people, and have a variety of career opportunities.

The White Cap family is committed to Building Trust on Every Job. We do this by being deeply knowledgeable, fully capable, and always dependable, and our associates are the driving force behind this commitment.

Job Summary

Responsible for coordinating customer demand with manufacturing capacity to support dependable on‑time delivery, efficient resource utilization, and appropriate inventory levels. Manage customer orders, develop production schedules, coordinate material availability, maintain accurate ERP planning data, and work transparently across functions to support manufacturing operations and customer satisfaction.

Major Tasks, Responsibilities And Key Accountabilities

• Manages customer orders from receipt through completion by entering and validating order information in the ERP system, reviewing order requirements for accuracy, confirming product availability and lead times, issuing order confirmations to customers, and closing completed work orders.
• Develops, maintains, and communicates detailed production schedules and lead times that align customer demand, available capacity, material availability, and business priorities.
• Monitors order entry accuracy, production progress, and schedule adherence and identifies potential delays or constraints and implements corrective actions to minimize disruptions and maintain key performance metrics, such as on‑time delivery and average production lead time.
• Coordinates with procurement and inventory control to ensure raw materials and components are available to support planned production requirements.
• Analyzes demand forecasts, sales trends, and customer requirements to recommend production plans and maintain appropriate inventory levels.
• Maintains accurate planning parameters, bills of materials, routing information, and master data within the ERP system to support effective production planning and reporting.
• Collaborates with manufacturing, engineering, customer service, logistics, and sales teams to resolve order issues, communicate schedule changes, and support continuous improvement initiatives focused on delivery performance, efficiency, and customer satisfaction.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Nature and Scope

• Works in compliance with established procedures and/or protocols. Identifies and resolves readily identifiable, clearly defined problems. Demonstrates skill in data analysis and techniques by resolving missing/incomplete information and inconsistencies/anomalies in routine research/data.
• Nature of work requires general supervision; exercises judgment. May be paired with a mentor. Work typically involves regular process checks or review of output by a coworker and/or supervisor.
• May provide general guidance/direction to or train junior level support personnel.

Work Environment

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.
• Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Education And Experience

• Generally 2‑5 years of experience in a related. Demonstrates skill in Project management, attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing planning, production scheduling, supply chain planning, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of production planning, inventory management, and material requirements planning (MRP).
• Experience working with ERP systems such as Microsoft Dynamics Navision, Oracle, Infor, SAP, or similar platforms.
• APICS (Association for Production and Inventory Control Society) or ASCM (Association for Supply Chain Management) certification is considered an asset.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

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Minimum Pay

$28.75

Functional Area

Field Operations

Postal Code

M9W 1N3