Senior Mixing & Lab Planner

Rubbercraft; Long Beach, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Short and long-term disability

Life insurance

Retirement savings and matching

Employee assistance plan

Job summary

Rubbercraft is seeking a Planner III – Mixing/Lab to own the end-to-end production plan for the Mixing/Lab department at the Long Beach site. You will translate demand, material availability, and capacity into an executable schedule that ensures compounds and related materials are ready when needed.

The role requires strong ERP/MRP skills, 5+ years in production planning, and the ability to collaborate across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Quality to optimize throughput, inventory, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business, Engineering, or a related field preferred.
• Typically 5+ years of progressive experience in production planning, scheduling, materials planning, or manufacturing operations.
• Demonstrated experience independently managing complex production schedules in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with batch manufacturing, rubber compounding, chemical processing, or similar manufacturing processes strongly preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems and production planning principles.

Responsibilities

• Own the daily, weekly, and forward-looking production plan for the Mixing/Lab department supporting the entire Rubbercraft site.
• Translate production demand, work orders, forecasts, inventory requirements, and business priorities into an executable Mixing/Lab schedule.
• Ensure compounds and materials are planned and available to support downstream manufacturing at the required time and quantity.
• Establish production priorities and sequence work based on demand, equipment capacity, labor availability, material availability, batch requirements, changeovers, processing constraints, and customer priorities.
• Balance competing requirements across manufacturing departments while maintaining alignment with overall site and customer requirements.
• Adjust production plans in response to demand changes, equipment downtime, material shortages, quality issues, capacity constraints, and other operational disruptions.
• Maintain appropriate short-, medium-, and longer-term planning horizons to identify capacity, inventory, and material requirements before they become production constraints.
• Communicate schedule priorities, changes, constraints, and recovery plans to affected stakeholders.

Skills

Production planning

Scheduling

ERP/MRP

Inventory management

Capacity planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Engineering or related field

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Rubbercraft is seeking a Planner III – Mixing/Lab to own the end-to-end production plan for the Mixing/Lab department at the Long Beach site. You will translate demand, material availability, and capacity into an executable schedule that ensures compounds and related materials are ready when needed.

The role requires strong ERP/MRP skills, 5+ years in production planning, and the ability to collaborate across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Quality to optimize throughput, inventory, and