Production Planner

PTI Tech; Clifton (NJ); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

PTI Tech in New Jersey is seeking a Production Planner to develop, maintain, and communicate executable production schedules that align with customer commitments and capacity. You will coordinate priorities across departments and ensure ERP data accuracy to support on-time delivery.

Responsibilities include translating demand into department-level priorities, verifying release readiness, monitoring material availability, and communicating constraints to the Production Manager and other

Qualifications

• 3+ years of production planning or scheduling experience.
• ERP/MRP experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong Excel, analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• Experience planning and coordinating production across multiple manufacturing departments or work centers.
• Experience coordinating customer Expedites, schedule recovery, and changing production priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and communicate executable production schedules.
• Translate customer demand and confirmed requirements into executable production priorities by department, work center, and work order.
• Support schedule attainment through effective planning and timely communication.
• Recommend recovery priorities for past-due and at-risk orders.
• Verify planning readiness of work orders before release and escalate unresolved requirements.
• Monitor material availability and identify capacity constraints.
• Identify planning-related discrepancies and coordinate corrections with the appropriate functional owner.
• Coordinate outside-processing schedules, release priorities, and expected return dates.
• Communicate supplier delays and recommend schedule adjustments.
• Coordinate with Production, Quality, Engineering, Purchasing, Shipping, Customer Service, and other support functions as required.
• Communicate schedule changes, priority shifts, and identified constraints to affected departments.
• Escalate unresolved planning constraints to the Production Manager.
• Maintain planning-controlled ERP data accuracy.
• Support improvements to planning methods, reports, and scheduling tools.
• ≥95% Weekly Production Schedule Attainment
• ≥95% On-Time Delivery to confirmed customer commitments
• 100% of known planning constraints and approved schedule changes communicated to affected departments within the established notification timeframe.

Skills

Organized

Delivery Focused

Analytical

Data Driven

Cross-Functional

Problem Solving

Communication

Tools

Excel

ERP/MRP

Job description

To develop, maintain, and communicate executable production schedules that support customer commitments, available labor and equipment capacity, and timely completion of internal and outsourced operations. The Production Planner coordinates production priorities across departments, maintains planning-related ERP data accuracy, identifies constraints before they impact production, and supports the Production Manager through effective planning, communication, and cross-functional coordination.

Competencies – What This Person Must Be

• Organized & Delivery Focused: Maintains priorities and follows through on commitments.
• Analytical & Data Driven: Uses ERP, reports, and capacity information to make planning decisions.
• Process & Quality Aware: Understands planning impacts of quality and manufacturing processes.
• Proactive Problem Solver: Identifies risks early and recommends solutions.
• Cross-Functional Coordinator: Works effectively across Production, Quality, Engineering, Purchasing, Shipping, and Customer Service.
• Accountable Team Contributor: Takes ownership of planning responsibilities and communicates proactively.

Key Responsibilities

Production Planning & Scheduling

• Develop, maintain, and communicate executable production schedules.
• Translate customer demand and confirmed requirements into executable production priorities by department, work center, and work order.
• Support schedule attainment through effective planning and timely communication.
• Recommend recovery priorities for past-due and at-risk orders.

Material, Capacity & Work Order Readiness

• Verify planning readiness of work orders before release and escalate unresolved requirements.
• Monitor material availability and identify capacity constraints.
• Identify planning-related discrepancies and coordinate corrections with the appropriate functional owner.

Outsourced Operations

• Coordinate outside-processing schedules, release priorities, and expected return dates.
• Communicate supplier delays and recommend schedule adjustments.

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Coordinate with Production, Quality, Engineering, Purchasing, Shipping, Customer Service, and other support functions as required.
• Communicate schedule changes, priority shifts, and identified constraints to affected departments.
• Escalate unresolved planning constraints to the Production Manager.

ERP & Planning Systems

• Maintain planning-controlled ERP data accuracy.
• Support improvements to planning methods, reports, and scheduling tools.

Key Metrics & KPIs

• ≥95% Weekly Production Schedule Attainment
• ≥95% On-Time Delivery to confirmed customer commitments
• 100% of known planning constraints and approved schedule changes communicated to affected departments within the established notification timeframe.

Required Experience and Qualifications (Subject to Management Discretion)

• 3+ years of production planning or scheduling experience.
• ERP/MRP experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong Excel, analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• Experience planning and coordinating production across multiple manufacturing departments or work centers.
• Experience coordinating customer expedites, schedule recovery, and changing production priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with MIM, Plastic Injection Molding, CNC Machining, Secondary Operations, or Assembly in a multi-process manufacturing environment.
• Experience in a regulated manufacturing environment (e.g., medical device, aerospace, defense, or ISO-certified manufacturing).

Physical Requirements

• Ability to perform detailed computer work for extended periods while reviewing ERP data, production schedules, reports, and manufacturing documentation.
• Ability to regularly move throughout the facility to verify work order status, monitor production progress, identify planning constraints, and coordinate schedule priorities.
• Ability to occasionally lift up to 25 lbs. and safely work within a manufacturing environment requiring appropriate PPE.

Manufacturing facility with machinery, noise, moving equipment, and temperature variation. PPE required in designated production areas.