Production Planning Analyst

StraussGroup - Executive Search Consultants; Brighton (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k)

Vacation

Paid time off

Job summary

StraussGroup - Executive Search Consultants in Brighton, MI is seeking a Production Planning Analyst to own the scheduling for this site. This role will coordinate the order book, work centers, and available hours to develop a feasible production plan and drive on-time delivery.

Candidates should have hands-on production planning experience in a job shop with make-to-order work, and comfort using an ERP system to manage capacity and run times.

Qualifications

• Production planning and scheduling experience in manufacturing with live schedule ownership.
• Strong analytical ability and comfort with capacity, run times, and delivery dates.
• Ability to adjust plans when conditions change and explain impact to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the production schedule across work centers and capacity.
• Translate customer required dates into a realistic plan by job, work center, and shift.
• Track machine loads and flag capacity issues, then adjust to prevent missed dates.
• Collaborate daily with order entry, engineering, and procurement on demand and material timing.
• Provide plant leadership and floor supervisors with a clear work-to list and update it as needed.
• Own planning and scheduling inside the ERP and help shape how the function runs.
• Support on-time delivery, earned hours, and schedule adherence.

Skills

Production planning

Scheduling

ERP planning

Analytical ability

Capacity planning

Floor presence

Tools

Epicor ERP

Job description

Brighton, MI | On-site | Around $100,000 plus bonus

A well-established custom equipment manufacturer in Brighton, MI is hiring a Production Planning Analyst to own planning and scheduling for this site.

This is a job shop. Everything is quoted and built to order, so no two weeks look the same. The person in this seat takes the order book, the work centers, and a finite number of hours, and turns all of it into a schedule the floor can actually run.

What you will do

• Build and maintain the production schedule, sequencing jobs across work centers against available hours and machine capacity
• Translate customer required dates into a realistic plan by job, work center, and shift
• Track machine loads and flag where the plan outruns capacity, then adjust before it turns into a missed date
• Work daily with order entry, engineering, and procurement on incoming demand, process steps, and material timing
• Give plant leadership and floor supervisors a clear work-to list, and rework it when a machine goes down or a job runs long
• Own planning and scheduling inside the ERP and help shape how the function runs
• Support on-time delivery, earned hours, and schedule adherence

What we are looking for

• Production planning and scheduling experience in a manufacturing environment, with real ownership of a live schedule
• Working knowledge of an ERP system for planning and scheduling
• Strong analytical ability and comfort working with capacity, run times, and delivery dates
• Someone who can adjust a plan when conditions change and explain what that means to the people affected
• Willingness to work on-site and spend time on the production floor

Nice to have (not required)

• Job shop, make-to-order, or engineered-to-order manufacturing
• Custom equipment, fabrication, or machining background
• Epicor, though strong experience in another ERP is welcome
• Interest in growing into a broader planning and procurement leadership role

Compensation and benefits

Base salary around $100,000 depending on experience, plus a bonus tied to site performance. Medical, 401(k), vacation, and paid time off. Specifics are reviewed with candidates as conversations move forward.

StraussGroup does not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.