Lean Production Planner: Scheduling & Inventory Control

Trane Technologies plc; Clarksville (TN); On-site; USD 67,000 - 93,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Wellness programs

401K match

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Trane Technologies plc in Clarksville, TN is seeking a Production Planner to coordinate material requirements and establish priorities for customer demands, aligning with master schedules and inventory objectives.

You will implement Kanban and Lean practices, manage inventory systems, and drive on-time delivery while supporting aftermarket planning and cost control. On-site role with comprehensive benefits and a safety-conscious environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred or 2-5 years of relevant experience.
• APICS CPIM certification preferred.
• Candidates without a 4-year degree are encouraged to apply; practical experience valued.
• Experience with rate-based or flow line (non-MRP) and job shop environments.
• At least two years in operations, inventory management, MRP and lean processes.
• Experience with visual management systems.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate material requirements.
• Establish production manufacturing priorities for customer demands with master scheduling requirements, inventory objectives, and service level goal.
• Develop new product group schedules with requirement of the manufacturing build schedule.
• Implement production tools for building to actual customer demands, Kanbans, prioritizing builds, expediting and automating transactions per Lean concepts.
• Manage aftermarket planning.
• Manage rejected and rework product planning.
• Coordinate manufacturing activities and monitors schedule performance against plan to maintain priorities and meet established schedules.
• Meet daily with cross-functional team to resolve delayed customer shipments, component shortages, overtime, priorities, and identified problems.
• Work the critical shortage reports on a daily basis and updates the appropriate cause codes for service level reporting. Identifies and resolves problems.
• Participate in identification and recommends disposition of obsolete and surplus assembly inventory.

Skills

CPIM certification

MRP experience

Lean manufacturing

Inventory management

Kanban

Cross-functional collaboration

ERP software

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Trane Technologies plc in Clarksville, TN is seeking a Production Planner to coordinate material requirements and establish priorities for customer demands, aligning with master schedules and inventory objectives.

You will implement Kanban and Lean practices, manage inventory systems, and drive on-time delivery while supporting aftermarket planning and cost control. On-site role with comprehensive benefits and a safety-conscious environment.