Production Planner

Variosystems Inc; Southlake (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group Health Insurance

Vision

Life Insurance

LTD & STD

401k

Critical Illness

Flexible Spending Accounts

Disability

HRA

Job summary

Variosystems Inc in Southlake, Texas is seeking a Production Planner to create and maintain detailed production plans that meet customer requirements and business goals, coordinating with Operations and Supply Chain to optimize resources.

The role emphasizes minimizing downtime, ensuring on-time delivery, and driving continuous process improvement. You will work with cross-functional teams (Operations, Customer Service, IE, Quality) and use SAP and MS Office; ISO knowledge is a plus.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of production material handling experience in electronic assembly.
• Familiarity with ISO requirements.
• English communication skills, written and verbal.
• Proficient in SAP and MS Office; basic computer literacy.

Responsibilities

• Develop, coordinate, and monitor production plans to meet customer requirements and objectives.
• Optimize use of manpower, materials, equipment, and capacity.
• Collaborate with Operations, Customer Service, IE, Quality, and Supply Chain to drive execution.
• Create schedules and timelines to meet production targets.
• Mitigate risks and support continuous process improvement.

Skills

Production material handling

ISO requirements knowledge

Leadership attributes

English communication

SAP proficiency

MS Office proficiency

Basic computer literacy

Tools

SAP

MS Office

Job description

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Production Planner

Materials Management Full Time Professional Southlake, TX, US

2 days ago Requisition ID: 1211

Variosystems is a global electronics manufacturing solutions provider dedicated to delivering high‑quality, customer‑centric products across a wide range of industries including medical, industrial, aerospace, and communications. With locations across North America, Europe, and Asia, we partner closely with our customers to bring innovative electronics solutions to life. Our North America headquarters in Southlake, Texas serves a critical role in supporting regional customers and coordinating with global operations.

Position Overview

The Production Planner is responsible for developing, coordinating, and monitoring production plans to ensure customer requirements and business objectives are achieved efficiently and on schedule. This role optimizes the utilization of manpower, materials, equipment, and manufacturing capacity to meet production targets while maintaining quality, cost, and delivery expectations. The Production Planner serves as a key liaison between Operations, Customer Service, Industrial Engineering, Quality, and Supply Chain teams to drive execution, mitigate risks, and support continuous process improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• The PP ensures that resources such as manpower, materials, and equipment are efficiently utilized to meet production goals.
• They play a crucial role in creating schedules and timelines to ensure that production targets are met within the specified timeframes.
• By streamlining production processes and minimizing downtime, the PP contributes to cost savings for the organization and increasing revenue.
• System handling in SAP, decision-making skills, knowledge of the specific manufacturing or production processes, communication skills, tools- and process knowledge, Data analytical & visualization, problem-solving, industrialization know-how and quality & regulatory knowledge.
• Works closely with the CST team IE Production Warehouse QC/PQE. Production Planning Work with cross-functional teams to create a good production plan and ensure timely and successful completion of production orders, considering available resources.
• Supervises production- Supervises resources and progress throughout the whole production process and supports all process steps in close collaboration with all dependent key interfaces.
• Risk Management -Anticipating and mitigating risks to production, such as equipment failures, supply chain disruptions, or capacity bottlenecks. Developing contingency plans to minimize the impact of unexpected events.
• Process Optimization- The PP ensures compliance with the processes and procedures. Helps to optimize the production processes in close cooperation with all dependent key interfaces.
• Stakeholder management- Ensures proactive communication with stakeholders and the exchange of the required information between operations and 80 customer organization.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• 2+ years production material handling experience in an electronic assembly environment
• Familiarity and understanding of relevant ISO requirements
• Motivated, persistent personality preferred with leadership attributes
• Communicate effectively in English, both written and verbal
• Proficient in SAP
• Working Knowledge of MS Office
• Basic computer literacy
• Group Health Insurance
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• LTD & STD
• 401k
• Critical Illness
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Disability
• HRA

Variosystems LLC is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. We celebrate the unique differences of our employees because that is what drives curiosity, innovation, and the success of our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information, political affiliation, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.