MRP Production Scheduler & Planner

Smith & Loveless, Inc.; Lenexa (KS); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Retirement Plan with automatic

Discretionary 401(k) Match

Annual Profit-Sharing Bonus

Employer-Paid Benefits including life/

Paid Time Off

Health/Dental Insurance

FSA/HSA

Voluntary Life & AD&D

Job summary

Smith & Loveless, Inc. is seeking a Production Planner to partner with our production control team in a water-focused environment.

The role centers on scheduling, proper loading, and reviewing manufacturing orders for subsystems, coordinating shop completion, and implementing revisions and substitutions to maintain on-time production. You will monitor open orders, expedite material, and communicate with multiple departments to prevent delays.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED equivalent required; some college preferred.
• 3 to 5 years experience in an MRP manufacturing environment, preferably in expediting. Experience with Epicor Kinetic software is a plus.
• 2 years of accounting and industrial engineering experience preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interface with many different departments, sub-vendors, and individuals.
• Experience reading general ledgers (MRP), bills of materials and drawings.
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Process jobs received from the Application Engineering department to be sent to Design Engineering when complete.
• Process any Application Engineering revisions, including any changes made by the customer.
• Accurate and efficient implementations of revisions, substitutions, and backorders, coordination and follow-up between involved departments.
• Ensure prompt flow of materials to avoid production delays by monitoring open orders for timely receipt of material.
• Assist and advise shop personnel in expediting orders, in-process problems, and material delays.
• Print out Travelers and distribute with drawings to appropriate warehouse personnel, paying special attention to hot items.
• Handle receipts of submittals and orders for forecasting. Complete forecasting on a timely basis with a minimum of error for assigned product codes.
• Breakdown and send jobs to be scanned into microfilm for all jobs shipped every week.
• Maintain completed job files for three months as a backup.
• Other duties as assigned by Production Control Manager.

Education

High school diploma or GED

Some college

Tools

Epicor Kinetic

Job description

Smith & Loveless, Inc. is seeking a Production Planner to partner with our production control team in a water-focused environment.

The role centers on scheduling, proper loading, and reviewing manufacturing orders for subsystems, coordinating shop completion, and implementing revisions and substitutions to maintain on-time production. You will monitor open orders, expedite material, and communicate with multiple departments to prevent delays.