Production Planner

Trillium Staffing; Eatontown (NJ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Trillium Staffing seeks an experienced Production Planner in Tinton Falls to join a fast-paced print manufacturing environment. You will manage production from start to finish, coordinate materials and vendors, and ensure on-time delivery while maintaining quality and budget adherence.

The ideal candidate has printing industry experience, strong project management and communication skills, and proficiency with MS Office.

Qualifications

• Printing industry experience in a Production Planning role.
• Strong project management, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage production for assigned jobs from start to finish, ensuring quality, accuracy, budget adherence, and on-time delivery.
• Coordinate with internal teams, vendors, Sales, Customer Service, and clients to meet requirements.
• Provide production expertise and consultation on best practices while delivering world-class customer experience.
• Coordinate outsourced vendor services and ensure materials are available when needed.
• Collaborate with department managers and communicate schedule changes, spec updates, and production concerns.
• Review proofs, drawdowns, and prototypes to ensure the highest level of quality and accuracy prior to client delivery.
• Assist with client approvals and on-site customer visits as needed.
• Participate in internal meetings, contributing ideas and solutions to support continuous improvement.
• Review project costs to ensure billing accuracy.

Skills

Production planning

Project management

Communication

MS Office

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Trillium is seeking an experienced Production Planner in Tinton Falls!

This Direct-Hire role offers an opportunity to join a growing print manufacturing organization where you’ll play a critical role in bringing client projects to life. From planning and scheduling to coordinating materials, vendors, and internal teams, you’ll oversee projects from concept to completion while ensuring quality, accuracy, budget adherence, and on-time delivery. This position is ideal for a print industry professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys balancing production planning, problem-solving, and customer service responsibilities.

You’ll work on high-profile projects for some of the world’s most recognized brands while serving as a trusted resource to clients and internal teams. The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, and an effective communicator who can manage multiple priorities and drive projects to successful completion. If you’re passionate about print production and take pride in delivering outstanding results, we’d like to hear from you.

Responsibilities:

• Manage all aspects of production for assigned jobs from start to finish, ensuring quality, accuracy, budget adherence, and on-time delivery.


• Serve as the primary point of contact for internal teams, vendors, Sales, Customer Service, and clients to ensure requirements are met or exceeded.


• Provide production expertise and consultation on best practices while delivering world‑class customer experience.


• Coordinate outsourced vendor services and ensure all required materials, including paper, dies, cartons, and other components, are available when needed.


• Collaborate with department managers and communicate schedule changes, specification updates, and production concerns to ensure production objectives are achieved.


• Review proofs, drawdowns, and prototypes to ensure the highest level of quality and accuracy prior to client delivery.


• Assist with client approvals and on‑site customer visits as needed.


• Participate in internal meetings, contributing ideas and solutions to support continuous improvement.


• Review project costs to ensure billing accuracy.

Schedule is1st Shift / Monday-Friday / 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM.This is an on‑site position. Pay is$90,000 - $110,000 annually, DOE.

• Printing industry experience in a Production Planning role.


• Strong project management, organizational, and problem‑solving skills.


• Ability to exercise sound judgment, identify production issues, and elevate concerns when necessary.


• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.


• Professional, customer‑focused attitude.


• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.

Trillium has been recruiting and placing professionals for over 30 years. From Fortune 100 companies to small businesses, our philosophy remains the same: to achieve excellence by providing quality employees and an uncompromising level of service. We believe in honesty, integrity, and a simple philosophy of providing value to our customers and our employees. We strive to be unsurpassed in the recruitment and placement of quality and skilled professionals. Trillium is an Equal Opportunity Employer.