Production Planner

STULZ Air Technology Systems, Inc.; Denton (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

STULZ Air Technology Systems, Inc. is seeking a Production Planner to establish and maintain the manufacturing production schedule and inventory levels of finished goods.

The role ensures feasible plans that meet customer requirements and coordinates with materials, procurement, engineering, and operations leadership. You will translate the production plan into actionable schedules, monitor lead times, and address supply constraints, driving continuous improvement and strong collaboration with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience required.
• 3-5+ years in production planning/scheduling in manufacturing.
• Strong ERP and MS Office proficiency including Excel.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain the manufacturing production plan and manufacture orders.
• Optimize production schedules based on demand and capacity.
• Manage downstream replenishment and timely release of orders.
• Address short-term supply constraints and elevate long-term issues.
• Coordinate with QA and warehouse for defective materials and replacements.
• Contribute to Supply Plan development and planning time fences.
• Translate production plan into schedules for components, materials, and services.
• Provide valid lead time data to guard against over-commitment of resources.

Skills

Feasible production plans

Cross-functional collaboration

MS Excel (VLOOKUP, Pivot)

ERP system experience

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Tools

SAP

S4/HANA

JDE

Excel

Job description

The Production Planner establishes and maintains the Manufacturing Production Schedule and inventory levels of finished goods. The Production Schedule must be feasible and ensure that adequate capacity and material supply exists to meet requirements for specific products and options in time periods required by the customer. Ongoing communication with materials, procurement, engineering, manufacturing leadership, sales and marketing organization, and senior leadership is expected to facilitate balancing supply with demand, meeting customer service requirements and fully utilizing manufacturing resources.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Create and maintain the manufacturing production plan and create manufacturing orders per plan
• Optimize production schedules in accordance to customer demand and available capacity
• Accountable for downstream replenishment and timely release of manufacturing orders
• Identify and address short-term supply constraints within the weekly process (long-term constraints within monthly process); analyze daily supply/demand alerts and address or elevate accordingly
• Interface with QA and warehouse staff regarding rejected/defective materials, making the necessary arrangements with operations or procurement to ensure prompt replacement
• Participate in Supply Plan development and in establishing planning time fences for aggregate Supply Plans and for detail Master Plans
• Translate the Production Plan into a schedule for producing or acquiring components, materials and services.
• Maintain and provide valid lead time data to sales and marketing organization to guard against over-committing company resources and/or parts and materials
• Identify and resolve conflicts with supply and demand, and availability of capacity in conjunction with Operations Leadership

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience creating and managing feasible and balanced supply plans, in accordance with demand, to support targets consistent with customer requirements for short, medium and long-term capacity planning
• Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships and collaboration key stakeholders
• Ability to proactively diagnose and address potential issues in supply shortage or customer service interruption (e.g. resource requirements planning constraints)
• Possess a 'customer - first' mindset to understand customer needs and exceed customer expectations
• Possess a strong understanding and awareness of the principles of extended Supply Chain management and fundamentals of Supply Chain design and strategy
• Data mining reporting skills through MS-Excel; specifically V-lookup and Pivot tables
• Ability to drive continuous process improvements and lead small scale projects
• Experience proactively seeking to leverage existing IS capabilities to improve current and future Supply Chain performance (e.g., systems, reports or metrics)
• Ability to apply appropriate process improvement tools, techniques and Supply Chain metrics to measure, analyze, diagnose and improve future performance
• Must have a strong attention to detail efficient, accurate, timely and thorough, with focus and attention to detail.
• A strong understanding of a range of production planning and execution systems

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience required. Preferably in Supply Chain Management, Business, Industrial distribution, or similar field.
• 3-5+ years production/planning/scheduling work experience in a manufacturing supply chain
• Strong ERP systems and computer software experience (e.g. SAP, S4/HANA, JDE, Excel, etc.)
• Manufacturing Planning experience with high-customization, high-mix, low-volume manufacturing
• Proficiency in MS Office, Word

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• APICS CPIM certification

Language Skills:

• Ability to read and understand English instructions

Mathematical Skills:

• Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division