Production Planner – Aerospace & Advanced Manufacturing

Laborup; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

90% paid medical

401(k) match

Four weeks PTO

Annual bonus and stock grants

Job summary

Laborup in the United States is seeking a Production Planner to support our Chattanooga–Cleveland area operations. You will translate demand, material availability, equipment capacity, labor, and priorities into actionable schedules for the manufacturing team.

You will own planning across batch-oriented and job-shop operations, manage ERP/MRP data, inventory planning, and day-to-day coordination with Operations, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Commercial teams on the shop floor.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years manufacturing planning or scheduling experience.
• Experience managing production schedules and material availability.
• Working knowledge of MRP and production planning.
• Experience with manufacturing ERP/MRP systems.
• Understanding of inventory and capacity planning.
• Comfortable working regularly on the manufacturing floor.

Responsibilities

• Build daily, weekly, and longer-range manufacturing schedules.
• Translate orders and forecasts into executable production plans.
• Balance equipment, labor, materials, lead times, and delivery requirements.
• Adjust plans around downtime, shortages, quality holds, and demand changes.
• Maintain raw-material, consumable, packaging, and supply requirements.
• Support procurement of production materials and manufacturing supplies.
• Set reorder points, safety stock, lot sizes, and inventory targets.
• Maintain work orders, routings, lead times, BOMs, and planning data.
• Align priorities with supervisors, Engineering, Quality, and Maintenance.
• Direct priorities across receiving, warehousing, and material movement.
• Ensure finished goods, documentation, and packaging meet delivery requirements.
• Maintain lot control, identification, segregation, and manufacturing genealogy.
• Track schedule attainment, throughput, lead time, WIP, and delivery.
• Identify bottlenecks, shortages, and capacity risks before production is affected.
• Improve scheduling, material flow, inventory controls, and visual management.

Skills

Production scheduling

Inventory management

On-floor collaboration

Continuous improvement

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

MRP systems

ERP/MRP systems

Global Shop Solutions ERP

Job description

Laborup in the United States is seeking a Production Planner to support our Chattanooga–Cleveland area operations. You will translate demand, material availability, equipment capacity, labor, and priorities into actionable schedules for the manufacturing team.

You will own planning across batch-oriented and job-shop operations, manage ERP/MRP data, inventory planning, and day-to-day coordination with Operations, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Commercial teams on the shop floor.