Senior Production Planner

FALL CREEK FARM & NURSERY; Narragansett (RI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

FALL CREEK FARM & NURSERY in Narragansett, RI seeks a Senior Production Planner to coordinate and expedite the flow of work and materials across departments. The role focuses on meeting customer requirements while minimizing costs and inventory investment.

The ideal candidate will develop schedules, release work orders, and adjust plans as needed, while providing analytics and reporting on delivery performance and constraints to keep operations running smoothly.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in logistics, supply chain, operations management, business or related field.
• 5+ years of relevant planning and/or logistics experience.
• Experience using production planning software and ERP systems.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain schedules to meet shipping dates according to forecasts and orders.
• Utilize release and create work orders to support planned demand.
• Create and/revise production schedules as needed to meet targets.
• Prepare and present scheduling reports and supply chain analytics.
• Flag and communicate potential issues impacting lead times and on-time delivery.
• Maintain data quality for stocking policies, lead times, safety stocks, etc.
• Lead improvement projects within the planning organization.

Skills

Production planning

Logistics

ERP proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in logistics, supply chain, operations management, business or related field

Tools

ERP systems

Production planning software

Job description

This role is responsible for coordina ti ng and expedi ti ng the fl ow of work and materials within or between departments according to daily and weekly produc ti on schedules to meet customer requirements while minimizing manufacturing, distribu ti on costs, and inventory investment.

Essential Functions:

• Create and maintain schedules to successfully meet shipping dates according to forecasts and orders while maximizing operational efficiencies.
• Utilize release and create work orders to ensure compliance with the planned demand to support sales and inventory levels while utilizing available capacity.
• Create and/or recommend revisions to production schedules as needed.
• Prepare, report and present on scheduling reports, delivery performance metrics, and supply chain analytics as required.
• Provide leadership visibility over potential issues that may impact production scheduling (i.e. raw material/equipment issues/staffing). Communicate with internal customers as to the status of supply constraints impacting lead time commits and open orders/jobs and exceptions impacting on-time delivery.
• Support and maintain a high quality of data for planning parameters (stocking policies, lead time, safety stocks, etc.).
• Participate, support and lead improvement projects and special initiatives required by the planning organization.
• Own documentation on production scheduling site specific rules and regulations by work center including full understanding of site constraints (capacity, labor, logistics, material flow, etc.).
• Support with training and onboarding of new staff.
• Back up support to other team members at the site or for similar product lines in the network.
• Capable of supporting the Integrated Business Process for short term if needed and required.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business or related field. May consider equivalent work experience in lieu of degree.
• 5+ years of relevant planning and/or logistics experience.
• Experience using production planning software and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.