Production Planner: Demand & Inventory Optimizer

Daikin Comfort; Waller (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Daikin Comfort in Texas is seeking a Production Planner to develop monthly and weekly production plans by model, aligning demand with the Sales planning organization to ensure inventory health and on-time delivery.

The role requires strong analytic skills, experience in forecasting and production planning, and collaboration across manufacturing, sales, and other teams. Proficiency with MPSP, Anaplan, Tableau, SQL, and Excel/Access is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or equivalent years’ experience in production planning in a high paced manufacturing environment.
• APICS certification strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly and weekly production plan by model for assigned product class.
• Prepare weekly and monthly SKU production plans.
• Maintain inventory levels at the distribution warehouse based on lead times within budget.
• Review and incorporate monthly sales forecast by model.
• Maintain relationships with manufacturing, sales planning and other disciplines to optimize efficiency.
• Manage phase-in/phase-out of new product introductions and transitions.
• Analyze sales and inventory data to make production decisions at SKU level.
• Gather, compile and analyze data from various sources.
• Maintain production forecasting tool (MPSP) weekly for rolling 8 weeks.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Time management

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Statistics/Mathematics/Logistics/Manufacturing

APICS certification

Tools

Excel

Access

SQL

Tableau

Anaplan

Job description

Daikin Comfort in Texas is seeking a Production Planner to develop monthly and weekly production plans by model, aligning demand with the Sales planning organization to ensure inventory health and on-time delivery.

The role requires strong analytic skills, experience in forecasting and production planning, and collaboration across manufacturing, sales, and other teams. Proficiency with MPSP, Anaplan, Tableau, SQL, and Excel/Access is preferred.