Production Planner

Electro Rent; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 87,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Career development and advancement

Training and professional development

Team-building programs

Work-life balance

Job summary

Electro Rent is seeking a Production Planner to coordinate production activities across distribution centers and balance customer commitments with capacity and inventory. You will make day-to-day decisions that influence service, backlog, and revenue, while partnering with Sales, Operations, Distribution, and Quality teams to ensure effective execution.

You will analyze labor, capacity, and demand to optimize sequences, resolve scheduling conflicts, and create templates to streamline work orders

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to independently prioritize production activity, balance competing demands, and make decisions that affect customers and operational performance.
• Knowledge of production planning, calibration, electronic test equipment, and process controls.
• Ability to work independently, communicate clearly, and collaborate effectively across functions.
• A continuous-improvement mindset, including the ability to identify process risks and recommend practical mitigation actions.
• Comfort using Microsoft Outlook and Office applications and learning or working within an ERP system.

Responsibilities

• Own production planning and coordination across assigned distribution centers, making operational decisions with minimal supervision.
• Set production priorities by weighing customer commitments, capacity, inventory availability, service requirements, quality needs, and revenue impact.
• Authorize customer orders for release into production based on operational readiness and business priorities.
• Analyze labor, capacity, inventory constraints, and customer demand to build the most effective production sequence across facilities.
• Resolve scheduling conflicts and competing priorities using sound business judgment, escalating matters that fall outside established authority.
• Partner with Sales, Operations, and Distribution leaders to align on order sequencing when customer or business needs compete.
• Monitor backlog and proactively adjust schedules and priorities to support customer commitments, operational efficiency, and revenue objectives.
• Create Work Order (WO) templates for customer, quality, and other production needs; assign the appropriate templates to sales orders.
• Apply quality-planning tasks to orders and assets and contribute ideas that reduce process risk and improve execution.
• Perform other related duties as business needs evolve.

Skills

Production planning

Capacity planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Continuous improvement

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Office

ERP systems

Excel

Job description

Overview

ELECTRO RENT

Production Planner

Operations | Full-Time | Exempt | Onsite

Shape production priorities. Solve real-time operational challenges. Help deliver on customer commitments across multiple distribution centers.

The Opportunity

Electro Rent is looking for a Production Planner who enjoys turning competing priorities into clear, executable production plans. In this role, you will coordinate production activity across assigned distribution centers, balance customer commitments with capacity and inventory, and make day-to-day decisions that directly influence service, efficiency, backlog, and revenue. You will partner closely with Sales, Operations, Distribution, and Quality while working with meaningful independence and ownership.

Responsibilities

What You'll Do

• Own production planning and coordination across assigned distribution centers, making operational decisions with minimal supervision.
• Set production priorities by weighing customer commitments, capacity, inventory availability, service requirements, quality needs, and revenue impact.
• Authorize customer orders for release into production based on operational readiness and business priorities.
• Analyze labor, capacity, inventory constraints, and customer demand to build the most effective production sequence across facilities.
• Resolve scheduling conflicts and competing priorities using sound business judgment, escalating matters that fall outside established authority.
• Partner with Sales, Operations, and Distribution leaders to align on order sequencing when customer or business needs compete.
• Monitor backlog and proactively adjust schedules and priorities to support customer commitments, operational efficiency, and revenue objectives.
• Create Work Order (WO) templates for customer, quality, and other production needs; assign the appropriate templates to sales orders.
• Apply quality-planning tasks to orders and assets and contribute ideas that reduce process risk and improve execution.
• Perform other related duties as business needs evolve.

Qualifications

What You Bring

• Demonstrated ability to independently prioritize production activity, balance competing demands, and make decisions that affect customers and operational performance.
• Knowledge of production planning, calibration, electronic test equipment, and process controls.
• Ability to work independently, communicate clearly, and collaborate effectively across functions.
• A continuous-improvement mindset, including the ability to identify process risks and recommend practical mitigation actions.
• Comfort using Microsoft Outlook and Office applications and learning or working within an ERP system.

Why Join Electro Rent?

We want our employees to have the support, resources, and opportunities they need to do great work and build rewarding careers. Depending on location and eligibility, Electro Rent offers:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Paid time off and company holidays
• Career development and advancement opportunities within a global organization
• Training and professional development programs
• Employee recognition and team-building programs
• Collaborative, team-oriented work environment
• Work-life balance and a culture that values life outside of work

Additional benefit plan details, eligibility requirements, and location-specific offerings will be shared during the recruiting process.

Compensation

Salary Range: up to $87K

Electro Rent is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees