Production Planner

Crane Authentication (NXT); Lancaster (Lancaster County); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Crane Authentication, a partner to businesses and governments, seeks a Production Planner to analyze demand, material requirements and plant capacity, establishing an efficient manufacturing schedule. The role expedites operations and adjusts plans to meet unforeseen conditions.

Key duties include maintaining the production plan, attending daily and weekly meetings, coordinating with production leads and other departments, and ensuring stock levels and material availability are accurately

Qualifications

• Excellent numeric and communication skills.
• The ability to work accurately paying close attention to detail.
• Ability to work to strict deadlines, prioritize workload and work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Manages and makes available production plan to relevant parties.
• Attends daily GEMBA and Flash meetings.
• Leads weekly planning meeting and ensures outcome of meeting is reflected in the plan.
• Updates plan based on skills & availability of associates to ensure plan remains achievable.
• Ensures systems are always kept up to date to verify stock availability to relevant parties.
• Ensures all stock alerts are actioned in a timely manner and the stock reports is accurate and up to date.
• Reviews stock levels to ensure WIP or finished goods stock available before entering job onto plan.
• Ensures the production plan is set only once availability of all raw material has been checked.
• Regularly liaises closely with the Production leads, managers and associates as well as Customer Care, R&D and Engineering.
• Controls waste effectively – over production, early production, idle time, inventory.
• Understands process of demand planning and the inputs to the production plan including statistical forecasting and trend analysis
• Maintains monthly forecast data in ERP systems, evaluating trends and providing inputs to SIOP process.

Skills

Excellent numeric skills

Strong communication

Attention to detail

Ability to work under pressure

Multitasking

Education

High school diploma

Job description

As a partner to businesses and governments, Crane Authentication offers expertise and cutting-edge innovations that protect and enhance products, secure identities, safeguard revenues and enforce compliance. Customers from different business sectors and levels of government trust our team of 1,250 people for their expertise in R&D, security design, engineering and data-driven insights. We are an integral part of Crane NXT, a c$2-billion-dollar business with over 5,000 associates

Position Summary & Objective

The Production Planner analyzes demand, material requirements and plant capacity to determine ideal manufacturing schedule using previously established manufacturing sequences, set up times and running speeds. This role expedites operations that delay schedules and alters schedules to meet unforeseen conditions.

Essential Functions Performed by the Position

• Manages and makes available production plan to relevant parties.
• Attends daily GEMBA and Flash meetings.
• Leads weekly planning meeting and ensures outcome of meeting is reflected in the plan.
• Updates plan based on skills & availability of associates to ensure plan remains achievable
• Ensures systems are always kept up to date to verify stock availability to relevant parties.
• Ensures all stock alerts are actioned in a timely manner and the stock reports is accurate and up to date.
• Reviews stock levels to ensure WIP or finished goods stock available before entering job onto plan.
• Ensures the production plan is set only once availability of all raw material has been checked.
• Regularly liaises closely with the Production leads, managers and associates as well as Customer Care, R&D and Engineering.
• Controls waste effectively – over production, early production, idle time, inventory (raw materials, WIP, finished stocks).
• Understands process of demand planning and the inputs to the production plan including statistical forecasting and trend analysis
• Maintains monthly forecast data in ERP systems, evaluating trends and providing inputs to SIOP process.

Position Qualifications Education:

• High school diploma or equivalent work experience.

Experience:

• 1-3 years of experience in production planning essential.
• Fluent in English.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Excellent numeric and communication skills.
• The ability to work accurately paying close attention to detail.
• Ability to work to strict deadlines, prioritize workload and work under pressure.
• Keen awareness of how role impacts on commercial success of the business.
• Must have the ability to multitask, be self-motivated and able to work autonomously as well as in a team environment.
• Flexibility to accommodate ever-changing working environment and demands placed upon it.
• Possess a positive, professional, can-do attitude.
• Must be able to fit into a culture where teamwork, empowerment and dedication are of utmost importance.

Working Hours and Conditions

• Warehouse environment.
• Flexibility; willing to adapt to frequent changes.

Physical Characteristics and Demands

• Physical work environment requiring frequent standing, walking, and lifting of heavy items.

Travel Requirements

• Occasional local travel; less than 10

Crane Authentication is part of Crane NXT !!

Crane NXT is a premier industrial technology company that provides proprietary and trusted technology solutions to secure, detect, and authenticate what matters most to its customers. Crane NXT has approximately 5,000 employees with global operations and manufacturing facilities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Japan, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, and Malta. For more information, visit www.cranenxt.com.

We value diversity at our company. Everyone who applies with the qualifications will receive consideration for employment without regard to: age, colour, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We receive a high number of applications, so apologies if we are unable to provide specific feedback. If we feel you are a fit for the role, we’ll be in contact