Production Planner

Viking Group, Inc.; Hastings (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Viking Group, Inc. in Hastings, MI is seeking a materials planner/scheduler to create feasible MPS schedules that drive long-term component demand. You will collaborate with customer service, purchasing, floor supervision and quality to resolve issues and improve delivery time to customers.

The role emphasizes reporting production information and identifying scheduling improvements to reduce costs. Strong coordination with multiple departments is essential to meet customer expectations.

Responsibilities

• Creates feasible MPS schedules to drive long-term component demand.
• Supports work order fill rate metric, fill rate units to customer metric, and OTC metric through feasible short-term schedules.
• Uses information from MRP, customer orders, and capacity data to schedule components and finished goods.

Job description

• Creates feasible MPS schedules to drive long-term component demand.
• Supports work order fill rate metric, fill rate units to customer metric, and OTC metric through the creation of feasible short-term schedules for component and finished good products using information from MRP, customer orders, and capacity information.
• Communicates with customer service, purchasing, floor supervision and quality to accomplish the above and advise of/resolve any issues with the above.
• Processes improvements to reduce the cost of support functions for scheduling and delivery time to customer as assigned.
• Reporting and distribution of production information as required.