Production Planner

Coca-Cola Bottling Company High Country; Rapid City (MI); On-site; USD 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) with match

Product discounts

Job summary

Coca-Cola Bottling Company High Country is seeking a Production Planner to develop weekly production schedules, manage raw materials inventory, and coordinate with production teams to keep operations efficient.

The role requires attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and ability to work with vendors to ensure timely deliveries and cost control. This position is on-site with regular hours and potential after-hour flexibility.

Qualifications

• Requires High School Diploma or GED; 2 years of college in transportation or supply chain preferred.
• 2-4 years of general work experience.
• Prior experience in inventory control or production planning preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.

Responsibilities

• Review daily production runs and materials usage; ensure accurate data and balanced inventories.
• Input and review inventory counts; research variances and provide explanations.
• Develop weekly production schedules to support sales and efficiency.
• Coordinate with production managers to incorporate maintenance, QA downtime, safety training, and operator training into schedules.
• Order raw materials to support production requirements.
• Track purchase orders to meet budgets and assist management in monthly reporting.

Skills

Inventory control

Production planning

Vendor communication

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Description

Coca-Cola, with its many brands, has been recognized and enjoyed by people around the world for over a century. Founded in 1956, Coca-Cola Bottling Company High Country is a family owned, regional Bottler serving portions of Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.

Every day we honor our core values of Honesty, Integrity, Trust, and Respect through encouraging our team members to develop, grow and serve. Together we become more effective and productive… in life and work.

Refresh your career and join us in refreshing the world!

• Salary for the Production Planner role is approximately $60,000 a year depending on experience.
• Robust benefits package including 100% paid employee health, dental and vision!
• 100% Employer Paid Life Insurance for Employees
• 401K With Employee Match
• Product Discounts
• Much more!

What will you do as a Production Planner?

As part of the Operations Team, the Planner develops production schedules to support sales requirements, orders raw materials, manage production raw materials inventory, and tracks and implements promotion graphics/packages as required, tender loads to3rd party carriers, maintain carrier relationships, and mediates shipping and receiving issues (such as dock scheduling or load shifts).

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Review daily production runs and material uses. Ensure that consumption and production is entered correctly and inventories balance.
• Input and review daily, weekly, monthly, and annual production raw material inventory counts. Identify items to be recounted. Research variances and provide explanations. Post raw material inventory.
• Develop weekly production schedule to support sales needs and maximize production efficiency.
• Work with production managers to ensure that raw materials, required maintenance or QA downtime, safety training, and operator training are incorporated into the production schedule.
• Order all required raw materials to support production requirements.
• Track all purchase orders to meet monthly budgets; assist senior management in the budgeting process through monthly reporting and review with an aim to minimize production costs.
• Track and monitor all promotions for produced goods. Provide updates on promotions, status of rawmaterial orders, and ability to meet in market dates.
• Must be flexible to work outside normal working hours when needed.
• Control transportation costs by adhering to a routing guide which maximizes service and minimizes cost.
• Coordinate with warehouse and production staff to assist with dock scheduling.
• Update management on concerns with carrier constraints, weather and road closures, or other events that may affect delivery performance.
• Hold vendors accountable for performance based on existing and evolving metrics.

JOB KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Able to prioritize production needs.
• Able to communicate with vendors effectively.
• Demonstrated attention to detail.
• Work independently with little supervision.
• Ability to troubleshoot problems associated to the warehouse and production issues.
• Adaptability – Ability to adapt to change in the workplace.
• Communication – Ability to effectively, clearly and concisely communicate verbally to both co-workers and customers.
• Decision Making – Display willingness to make critical decisions while following company practices.
• Enthusiasm – Ability to bring energy to the day to day as well as long-term tasks and plans.
• Judgment – Display willingness to make timely decisions and exhibit sound and accurate judgment.
• Leadership – Ability to inspire and motivate others to perform well; accept feedback.
• Planning & Organizing – Ability to prioritize and plan work activities, use time efficiently and develop realistic action plans.
• Reliability – Demonstrate regular attendance and availability to staff and management.
• Quality Management – Demonstrate commitment to improve and promote quality in all operating areas.
• Safety & Security – Promote and personally observe safety and security procedures and uses equipment and materials property.
• Honesty, Trust & Respect – Must be seen as truthful and credible and exhibit respectful behavior in all actions representing the company.

Requirements

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Requires High School Diploma or GED.2 years of college with emphasis in transportation or supply chain preferred.
• 2-4 year of general work experience.
• Prior experience in inventory control or production planning preferred.
• Experience with computers to include proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

• New Hire Orientation
• Company’s Inter-Active Safety Training
• Allergen Awareness Training
• Diversity & Harassment Training

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Work involves talking and listening. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to focus when using computer terminal or working on small components.
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs. repetitively.

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)

• Hearing protection dependent on specified areas.
• Hair Nets if working with open containers.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• The noise level in the work environment can be moderately noisy due to manufacturing and/orwarehousing equipment in operation.
• Must be willing to travel to other company locations approximately 5% and attend out-of-town training and/or seminars.
• Some areas are slippery due to the production process.
• Warehouse area has heavy forklift traffic.

This job description lists the major duties and requirements of the job and is not all-inclusive. Incumbent(s) may be expected to perform job-related duties other than those contained in this document and may be required to have specific job-related knowledge and skills.

Coca-Cola Bottling Company High country is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, requires pre-employment drug testing for all applicable positions and adheres to an Alcohol and Drug-Free Workplace.