Production Planner

Kirby Corporation; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Stewart & Stevenson in Houston, TX seeks a Production Planner I to build and manage the production schedule across the plant, ensuring efficient use of equipment and on-time fulfillment of customer demand.

The role collaborates with production leaders, sales, and project management to prioritize work orders, monitor materials, and communicate schedule changes while handling capacity planning and BOM/ECO awareness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; will consider direct job-related experience in lieu of degree.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in industrial equipment sales process including planning and/or scheduling.
• Experience in production planning in a heavy equipment environment; MRP experience required.

Responsibilities

• Build and update production schedules to ensure continuous plant operations and prevent production downtime. Communicate production schedules out to the production based on demand from ASCP.
• Review Shortage reports to ensure materials are properly planned.
• Monitor inventory levels, work-in-progress, and production capacity to anticipate bottlenecks or shortages.
• Plan and modify daily production schedules including coordinating with leaders to analyze root cause and prevent recurrence.
• Plan with manufacturing and supply chain to resolve scheduling conflicts, material constraints and delays.
• Understand Bills of Materials and ECOs per engineering changes.
• Plan for routers based on capacity analysis for Buy items vs Make.
• Communicate with project management, shipping/receiving, quality and production to provide real time information on late shipments or expedited orders.
• Attend weekly production meetings and provide project status updates; update production on shortages.
• Assist the Project Manager in reviewing open PO and shortage reports for production meetings.

Skills

Independent work

Clear written communication

Logical reasoning

Oral communication

Interpersonal skills

Customer focus

Time management

Problem solving

Project management

Relationship building

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Experience in lieu of degree considered

Tools

ERP SAP

Oracle ERP

MRP systems

Job description

Overview

Stewart & Stevenson is Now Hiring a Production Panner I at 10750 Telge Road Houston, TX 77095.

The Production planner core responsibility is creating the production schedule and ensuring the optimization of equipment utilization, as well as on-time fulfilment of customer demand. This role works closely with production leaders, sales, and project management to prioritize work orders and customer requirements. Communicates schedules and schedule changes effectively.

Responsibilities

• Build and update production schedules to ensure continuous plant operations and prevent production downtime. Communicate production schedules out to the production based on demand from ASCP.
• Review Shortage reports to ensure materials are properly planned.
• Monitor inventory levels, work-in-progress, and production capacity to anticipate potential bottlenecks or shortages.
• Plan and modify daily production schedules this include accommodating new information, coordinating with leaders when issues arise to conduct analysis of root cause and seeking to prevent future issues. Where root cause is cross-functional, collaborate with others on solutions.
• Plan with manufacturing and supply chain to resolve scheduling conflicts, material constraints and delays.
• Understanding Bill of materials and ECO’s per engineering changes.
• Responsible for planning so routers set based on capacity analysis for Buy items vs Make.
• Communicate with project management, shipping/ receiving, Quality and production to provide real time information regarding late shipments, expedited orders, or materials.
• Attend weekly production meeting and provide project status updates. Update production on the status of any shortages.
• Assist the Project Manager in reviewing the open purchase order report and kit-up and shortage report for production meetings.

Qualifications

Preferred Bachelor’s degree with minor in supply chain management or General Education Degree (GED) and four to ten years related experience.

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to communicate in writing clearly and concisely.
• Ability to use thinking and reasoning to solve a problem.
• Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.
• Ability to get along well with a variety of personalities and individuals.
• Ability to take care of the customers’ needs while following company procedures.
• Ability to focus on a goal and obtain a pre-determined result.
• Ability to utilize the available time to organize and complete work within given deadlines.
• Ability to look beyond the standard solutions.
• Ability to organize and direct a project to completion.
• Ability to effectively build relationships with customers and co-workers.

SKILLS & ABILITIESComputer Skills

Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook). High level for Excel required.

Certificates & Licenses

Current active Association for Operations Management (APICS) Certification and membership preferred.Other Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree preferred. Will consider direct job-related experience in lieu of degree. Previous experience working with ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system required, preferably SAP or Oracle. A minimum of two years’ experience in the Industrial Equipment sales process to include planning and/or scheduling experience is required. Experience in production planning in a heavy equipment environment preferred. Prior Material Requirement Planning (MRP) experience required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Physical Abilities Lift /Carry Stand F (Frequently) 10 lbs or less O (Occasionally)Walk F (Frequently) 11-20 lbs O (Occasionally)Sit O (Occasionally)21-50 lbs O (Occasionally)Handling / Fingering F (Frequently) 51-100 lbs N (Not Applicable)Reach Outward N (Not Applicable) Over 100 lbs N (Not Applicable)Reach Above Shoulder O (Occasionally) Push / Pull Climb O (Occasionally) 12 lbs or less O (Occasionally)Crawl O (Occasionally) 13-25 lbs N (Not Applicable)Squat or Kneel O (Occasionally 26-40 lbs N (Not Applicable)Bend F (Frequently) 41-100 lbs N (Not Applicable)

N (Not Applicable) Activity is not applicable to this occupation.O (Occasionally) Occupation requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0 - 2.5+ hrs/day)F (Frequently) Occupation requires this activity from 33% - 66% of the time (2.5 - 5.5+ hrs/day)C (Constantly) Occupation requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5+ hrs/day)

OTHER PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTSN/A

WORK ENVIRONMENTOffice Environment

The company has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate.

Equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.