Planner

Colonial Group; Sussex (WI); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Colonial Group is seeking a Planner to provide planning and operations support across the value stream. You will act as the liaison between operations, supply chain, and sales, creating and monitoring work orders and maintaining dates.

The role emphasizes improvements to the MRP system, capacity planning, and providing timely, accurate information on orders and materials to internal and external customers. Collaboration across departments is essential.

Qualifications

• Associates degree or equivalent; a Bachelor’s in Supply Chain/Operations is strongly preferred.
• 1–2 years of planning or equivalent Supply Chain experience is required.
• Experience with SAP is required.
• CPIM certification through APICS or willingness to complete within 1 year of employment is required.

Responsibilities

• Maintains MRP and Evo system data to support effective scheduling and delivery to Bevco’s customers.
• Supports material handling to ensure work orders start on time and operations are set up for success.
• Drives root cause analysis and corrective actions for on-time delivery misses.
• Engages cross-functionally with multiple departments and drives constructive conflict when needed.
• Understands capacity planning concepts and uses them to manage orders and workload in the value stream.
• Proactively evaluates work order shortages and coordinates with purchasing to expedite PO to meet due dates.

Skills

MRP planning

Capacity planning

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Customer service

Education

Associates degree (or equivalent)

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain or Operations

Tools

SAP

Job description

Job Description

This position will provide planning, and operations support to their assigned value stream, and will be the liaison between the operations, supply chain and sales teams. The Planner will create and see work orders to completion, maintain work order dates, improve the MRP system and assigned MRP parameters, and create/maintain the capacity plan for their assigned value stream. In addition, this role will provide a high level of customer service to both internal and external customers by providing timely and accurate information about work orders, sales orders and materials.

Essential Job Functions

• Maintains MRP and Evo system data to support effective scheduling and ultimately delivery to Bevco’s customers
• Supports the material handling teams to ensure work orders are started on time and the operations team is set up for success
• Drives true root cause analysis and corrective actions for OTD misses
• Team player that can engage cross functionally with multiple departments, and is willing to drive constructive conflict
• Understands and maintains capacity planning concepts and settings, and can effectively use them to manage customer orders and workload in their assigned value stream
• Works proactively to evaluate work order shortages and engages with the purchasing team to expedite purchase orders to meet customer due dates

Work Experience Requirements

• Associates degree or equivalent experience is required. A Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain or Operations is strongly preferred
• 1-2 years of planning or equivalent Supply Chain experience is required
• SAP Experience
• CPIM certification through APICS or willingness to complete the certification within 1 year of employment is required