Production Planner

Buyers Products Company; Mentor (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Generous PTO

Profit-sharing opportunities

Career growth

Employee programs

Job summary

Buyers Products Company is seeking a detail-oriented Product Data Coordinator to maintain Bills of Materials, routings, and engineering data, ensuring accurate, manufacturable product structures aligned with business needs.

You will work across Engineering, Supply Chain, and Operations to support continuous improvement, high data quality, and efficient production planning processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in a related field.
• 5+ years of applicable experience in high-volume manufacturing environments in production planning, warehousing or logistics management.

Responsibilities

• Recognizes capacity constraints and works with operations to identify alternatives or overtime to achieve the plan.
• Initiate and review component availability to support production plan and coordinate shortages between operations and purchasing.
• Build relationships across the Supply Chain between purchasing, operations, and customer service.
• Facilitate open issues and schedule impacts to customers within the Supply Chain.
• Collaborate with operations to monitor ramp up schedules for new products and ensure production start dates are met.
• Develop targets or performance measures and allocate resources accordingly.
• Participate in cost reduction and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Implement company policies and ensure uniform application across shifts and departments.

Skills

Strong inventory control

Material control systems

Analytical problem-solving

Oral/written/visual communication

Supply chain collaboration

Robotic setup troubleshooting

Teamwork

Organized planning

Delegation

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in related field

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Buyers Products Company, a leading manufacturer in the work truck industry, is seeking a detail-oriented Product Data Coordinator to join our team. In this role, you will support the integrity of product information by creating and maintaining Bills of Materials (BOMs), routings, and engineering data. You will work closely across Engineering, Supply Chain, and Operations to ensure product structures are accurate, manufacturable, and aligned with business needs.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, thrives in a collaborative environment, and has a strong attention to detail. If you enjoy working with technical product information, solving data-related challenges, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives, we'd like to hear from you.

Primary Job Duties

• Recognizes capacity constraints and works with operations to identify any alternatives or overtime needed to achieve the plan
• Initiate and review component availability to support production plan and coordinate between operations and purchasing on any material shortages
• Build strong, efficient and well developed relationships throughout the Supply Chain – with specific liaison requirements between purchasing, operations, customer service
• Act as facilitator within the Supply Chain with respect to open issues, schedule impacts to customers
• Collaborate with operations to monitor and facilitate ramp up schedules for new products to ensure production start dates are met by supply base; assure production dates can be met without any problems
• Responsible for development of targets or performance measurable and action plans or allocation of resources required to obtain them
• Actively participate in cost reduction, continuous improvement and team activities
• Implement company policies and procedures; assure uniformity of application between shifts and between departments

Skills/ Experience

• Strong inventory control system experience
• Thorough knowledge of all aspects of material control systems, warehousing/stores, logistics and material flow in manufacturing operation
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills
• Exceptional oral, written and visual presentation/communication skills
• Proactive supply chain approach and flexible to business change
• Robotic setup and troubleshooting
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Capability to be flexible with growth in a rapidly expanding business
• Highly motivated self-starter with proactive approach to attacking opportunities
• Ability to Delegate effectively
• Strong Teamwork
• Planful and organized

Education Background

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field
• 5+ years of applicable experience with high volume manufacturing environment in production planning, warehousing or logistics management role; equivalent combination of education and experience

Physical Requirements and Work Environment

• Mobility and dexterity to move around office settings including accessing file cabinets or storage and navigating to different workstations.
• Must be able to remain stationary for extended periods of time and engage in some repetitive motion.
• Standing, walking and sitting for extended periods of time.
• Mobility and dexterity to move around operating machinery and powered industrial equipment.

What We Offer

We believe in rewarding our employees for their hard work and commitment. As part of the Buyers Products team, you'll enjoy:

• Competitive pay
• Generous vacation and paid time off (PTO)
• Profit-sharing opportunities
• Career growth and advancement potential
• Additional employee programs, perks, and benefits

About Buyers Products Company

Established in 1946, Buyers Products Company is a premier manufacturer serving the work truck industry. Our products include durable truck boxes, heavy-duty towing equipment, hydraulics, controls, and trailer accessories. Our snow and ice equipment brands include SnowDogg snowplows, SaltDogg spreaders, and ScoopDogg snow pushers.

Join a company with a long history of innovation, quality, and growth while building a rewarding career.