Onsite Production Planner — Mining & Scheduling

Oil-Dri Corporation of America; Taft (CA); On-site; USD 71,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with 6% company match

Paid parental leave

Generous PTO

Paid holidays

Work-life balance

Annual merit increase

Fitness & Gym Reimbursement

Health, Dental

Job summary

Oil-Dri Corporation of America is seeking a Production Planner based at an active mine site in California to develop and maintain production schedules that meet customer demand and inventory objectives. The role requires daily onsite presence, with Monday–Friday on-site work and collaboration across operations, materials planning, procurement, and logistics.

Responsibilities include evaluating capacity and resources, coordinating with leadership, and supporting purchasing activities while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply management, supply chain, business, operations management, or a related field.
• 2–5 years of experience in supply management, production planning, materials planning, manufacturing operations, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of two years of experience using an ERP system such as JDE, Oracle, SAP, or a comparable platform for production planning, purchasing, scheduling, or material tracking activities.
• Minimum of two years of experience using Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and communicate production schedules for assigned manufacturing locations.
• Coordinate with operations leadership to determine production timing, sequencing, and resource requirements needed to meet finished goods demand.
• Evaluate equipment availability, seasonal demand patterns, labor capacity, material availability, warehouse capacity, and customer delivery requirements when preparing production schedules.
• Perform routine purchasing support activities as needed, including purchase order entry, supplier delivery monitoring, and follow-up on ordered materials.
• Manage production plans to support finished goods inventory targets while helping minimize downtime, changeovers, and overtime requirements.
• Monitor sales orders, forecasted demand, un-forecasted demand, and finished goods safety stock requirements to support customer service objectives.
• Assess changes in demand or supply requirements and adjust plans for customer promotions, seasonal shifts, holidays, weather-related impacts, and logistical constraints.
• Review sales and demand trends to support planning for product runouts, discontinued items, packaging changes, and related lifecycle events.
• Participate in cross-functional meetings with supply chain, operations, and business leadership to identify planning efficiencies and service-level improvements.
• Support special projects and facility initiatives, including supplier review surveys and historical or projected material movement and usage analysis.

Skills

ERP systems

Excel

Cross-functional coordination

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

JDE

Oracle

SAP

Job description

Oil-Dri Corporation of America is seeking a Production Planner based at an active mine site in California to develop and maintain production schedules that meet customer demand and inventory objectives. The role requires daily onsite presence, with Monday–Friday on-site work and collaboration across operations, materials planning, procurement, and logistics.

Responsibilities include evaluating capacity and resources, coordinating with leadership, and supporting purchasing activities while