Production Planner

AppleOne Employment Services; Fresno (CA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

AppleOne Employment Services is seeking a Production Planner in Fresno, CA to build rolling production schedules, coordinate materials, and support on-time delivery in a fast-paced manufacturing setting. You will align customer demand, forecasts, raw materials, and capacity, partnering with purchasing, operations, and warehouse teams to ensure availability and accurate reporting.

This direct-hire role rewards strong analytical and cross-functional collaboration skills and offers growth in supply

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of experience in production planning, manufacturing scheduling, supply chain coordination, or a related operations planning role.
• Strong understanding of inventory management, demand planning, forecasting, and production scheduling.
• Experience working in a manufacturing or food and beverage production environment.
• Familiarity with batching, filling, packaging, and production workflow processes.
• ERP or MRP system experience required, with NetSuite experience strongly valued.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and follow-up skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with purchasing, production, warehouse, quality, and leadership teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain rolling production schedules of 8 or more weeks based on customer orders, forecasts, inventory levels, and production capacity.
• Optimize production plans to reduce changeovers, improve efficiency, and support on-time delivery goals.
• Partner with purchasing, operations, and warehouse teams to ensure materials are available for scheduled production runs.
• Maintain Bills of Materials, production planning data, batching documentation, formulas, and related production details.
• Use ERP or MRP systems to issue materials, track production activity, monitor inventory, and support accurate reporting.
• Analyze production performance, cost variances, yield results, OTIF metrics, and scheduling risks to support continuous improvement.

Skills

Production scheduling

Inventory management

Demand forecasting

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

ERP/NetSuite

Tools

NetSuite ERP

MRP systems

Job description

Job Summary

A growing food and beverage production organization is seeking a Production Planner to support efficient manufacturing operations in Fresno, CA. This direct hire opportunity is ideal for a planning professional who enjoys building production schedules, coordinating materials, analyzing inventory, and helping teams deliver consumer goods on time.

The Production Planner will play a key role in aligning customer demand, forecasts, raw material availability, and production capacity. This is a great opportunity to join a collaborative manufacturing environment where communication, process improvement, and cross-functional teamwork are valued. The role offers the chance to make a direct impact on production performance while continuing to build a career in supply chain, operations planning, and manufacturing leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain rolling production schedules of 8 or more weeks based on customer orders, forecasts, inventory levels, and production capacity.
• Optimize production plans to reduce changeovers, improve efficiency, and support on-time delivery goals.
• Partner with purchasing, operations, and warehouse teams to ensure materials are available for scheduled production runs.
• Maintain Bills of Materials, production planning data, batching documentation, formulas, and related production details.
• Use ERP or MRP systems to issue materials, track production activity, monitor inventory, and support accurate reporting.
• Analyze production performance, cost variances, yield results, OTIF metrics, and scheduling risks to support continuous improvement.

Compensation and Benefits

• Direct hire opportunity.
• Pay range: $25 to $30 per hour + benefits.
• Location: Fresno, CA.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• 3 to 5 years of experience in production planning, manufacturing scheduling, supply chain coordination, or a related operations planning role.
• Strong understanding of inventory management, demand planning, forecasting, and production scheduling.
• Experience working in a manufacturing or food and beverage production environment.
• Familiarity with batching, filling, packaging, and production workflow processes.
• ERP or MRP system experience required, with NetSuite experience strongly valued.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and follow-up skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with purchasing, production, warehouse, quality, and leadership teams.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and tight deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications

• NetSuite ERP experience.
• Food and beverage production planning experience.
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing, process improvement, and efficiency optimization.
• Experience tracking OTIF metrics, KPIs, yield analysis, and production performance reports.
• Experience managing physical inventory counts and resolving inventory discrepancies.

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For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer, AppleOne is pleased to offer major medical, dental, vision, 401k and any statutory sick pay where required.

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