Production Planning Analyst

IMT Group; Calgary; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

IMT Group in Calgary, Alberta seeks a Production Planning Analyst to generate, maintain and improve an efficient production schedule, meeting customer requirements and minimizing cycle times. You will support the Scheduling Manager in implementing efficient workflows, reducing bottlenecks and achieving operational excellence.

The role requires strong analytical skills, experience with large SKU environments, advanced Excel and Power BI capabilities, and effective communication across teams.

Qualifications

• Advanced Excel and Power BI proficiency.
• Experience in a high-volume production environment with thousands of SKUs and hundreds of orders monthly.
• Strong analytical mindset and commitment to continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication and ability to convey complex routing to varied audiences.

Responsibilities

• Create level-loaded MPS with a 3–4 week outlook.
• Monitor production planning KPIs and drive continuous improvement.
• Adjust and issue revisions to schedule to meet deadlines and quantities.
• Plan production and generate work orders per sales demand and projections.
• Monitor WIP and advise on optimization strategies to minimize downtime.
• Ensure on-time delivery and service level in manufacturing and shipping.
• Collaborate with sales, engineering and IT to input capacity and times.
• Mentor team on D365 planning processes and product knowledge.
• Close work orders and escalate irregularities to plant management.

Skills

Excel (Advanced)

Power BI

Microsoft D365

Database management

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Data analysis

Tools

Microsoft D365

Power BI

Excel

Job description

General Description

The Production Planning Analyst is responsible for generating, maintaining and improving an efficient production schedule, meeting customer requirements and minimizing cycle times while maximizing the use of existing inventory. The Production Planning Analyst maintains the production schedule, with a strong analytical mindset and a passion for continuous improvement. Providing support to the Production Scheduling Manager on the implementation of efficient production workflows, minimizing bottlenecks, and achieving operational excellence.

General Description

The Production Planning Analyst is responsible for generating, maintaining and improving an efficient production schedule, meeting customer requirements and minimizing cycle times while maximizing the use of existing inventory. The Production Planning Analyst maintains the production schedule, with a strong analytical mindset and a passion for continuous improvement. Providing support to the Production Scheduling Manager on the implementation of efficient production workflows, minimizing bottlenecks, and achieving operational excellence.

Skill/Effort Requirements

• Excellent computer acumen, experience in Microsoft D365 is considered an asset, must have advanced excel level and knowledge of Power Bi and large data base management.
• Excellent attention to detail
• Able to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment with more than 5,000 SKU's with +400 production orders per month that requires several complex routes with little supervision
• Able to complete tasks to deadline
• Excellent communication skills
• Able to communicate complex routing concerns to a varied audience of small and larger groups

Responsibilities

• Create level loaded MPS (Master Production Schedule) with a 3-4-week outlook
• Generates initiatives to monitor production planning KPIs while keeping a high level of proficiency and continuous improvement approach on all processes
• Monitor, adjust and issue the necessary revisions to the schedule in order to meet deadlines and quantities in coordination with Production schedule to the manufacturing team. Also, ensure the follow-up of special and /or critical production orders
• Plan production and generate work orders according to sales and confirmed demand and projections, optimizing production lines to ensure the effective use of installed capacity and human resource
• Monitors and controls work in progress (WIP) levels, providing advice to production scheduling team members on strategies to optimize execution with minimum downtime due to lack of material
• Monitors and controls on time delivery in manufacturing (compliance) and shipping to customer (service level)
• Monitor, adjust and issue the necessary revisions to the schedule in order to meet deadlines and quantities in coordination with Production schedule to the manufacturing team. Also, ensure the follow-up of special and /or critical production orders
• Works closely with sales to confirm delivery dates considering plan capacity and availability of materials
• Updates the sales priority items list and production orders with order acknowledgment date and projected delivery date
• Mentors other planning team members by proactively coaching, communicating and guiding them in D365 planning related processes, product knowledge and processes
• Works together with manufacturing, engineering, and information systems to input capacity, standard times, change overs, maintenance shutdowns into the weekly production schedule
• Identify bottlenecks and capacity concerns and works with the production planning team to develop strategies to find external and internal resolution
• Monitor all production units to ensure work schedules are available in every work center, and prioritize list are created
• Liaise with engineering, purchasing, sales and information systems to achieve on time delivery at optimum cost
• Ensure all work orders are closed at the end of the process; review irregularities and escalated to the plant manager if needed