Production Planner

ZipRecruiter; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Production Planner to optimize manufacturing processes. This role involves creating and managing production schedules, ensuring efficient resource allocation, and resolving critical production issues. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in operations, excellent problem-solving skills, and proficiency in tools like Excel and SAP. Join a dynamic team that values initiative and collaboration, making a significant impact on production efficiency and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated competency in problem-solving and customer service.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain production schedules to meet customer demand.
• Analyze schedules for risks and variances to optimize production.

Skills

Initiative

Problem Solving

Customer Service

Interpersonal Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Operations

Bachelor’s Degree in Business

Tools

Microsoft Excel

MRP Software

SAP

Job description

Job DescriptionJob DescriptionDescription:

Electric Machinery Company, a division of WEG Electric Corp.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Position: Production Planner

Department: Production Planning and Control

Reports to: Production and Planning Manager

Primary Objective of Position:

The Production Planner is responsible for creating, organizing, guiding and scheduling production. Provides resource analysis, detailed manufacturing schedules and production plans. Carries out studies and projections to avoid bottlenecks while monitoring the production process in order to optimize capacity, utilization and quality.

Major Areas of Accountability:

• Responsible for developing, implementing, monitoring, and maintaining summary schedules to meet customer demand.
• Acts as primary information conduit between operations and commercial departments.
• Performs schedule analysis such as critical path identification, schedule risk identification, and variance investigation.
• Performs capacity monitoring and analysis to identify and resolve capacity constraints using proven industry best-practices such as level-loading, expediting, and outsourcing.
• Proactively identifies and manages the resolution of critical schedule issues.
• Leads resolution of urgent product manufacturing issues to support master schedule
• Integrates, maintains and analyzes primary data related to project backlog and history.
• Compiles and analyzes Key Performance and Visual Management Indicators.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Operations, Business, or similar; or equivalent work experience.
• Demonstrated competency strength in initiative, problem solving, customer service, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Three to Five years’ experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Comfortable with Microsoft Office products (focus on Excel), proficiency .
• Familiar with MRP software, SAP strongly .

Physical Requirements:

• Work is performed in both an office and manufacturing environment. Requires the ability to routinely move throughout the office and manufacturing facility to perform work.
• Requires the ability to routinely lift up to 15 lbs .
• Requires the ability to ascend and descend stairs daily to reach all areas of the manufacturing facility.

Salary:

$70,000 to $80,000

Will compensate with experience. Position is full-time.

Company cannot provide sponsorship for this position

Please, no agencies

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