Senior Production Planner: Master Schedules & Capacity

Geremarie; Lake Zurich (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical dental vision

Voluntary benefits

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Wellness program

401(k) match

Paid time off

Pet insurance

Job summary

Geremarie, a Lake Zurich, IL manufacturer, seeks a seasoned production scheduling professional to drive schedules across multiple departments. You will translate demand into executable plans, sequence production, and coordinate with Engineering and Operations to validate times and routings.

The role demands 5+ years in manufacturing planning, strong ERP/MRP and Excel skills, and the ability to identify bottlenecks and risks while improving data accuracy. Competitive benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive production planning and scheduling experience in manufacturing.
• Advanced understanding of production scheduling, capacity planning, material planning, routings, work orders, lead times, cycle/setup times, WIP, and inventory.
• Experience scheduling across multiple machines, work centers, departments, or manufacturing processes.
• Strong ERP/MRP experience; Global Shop Solutions experience is a plus.
• Advanced Excel and production-reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain daily, weekly, and forward-looking production schedules across multiple departments and work centers.
• Translate customer demand and business priorities into realistic, executable production schedules.
• Sequence production, prototypes, first articles, inspection, rework, tooling/fixture work, and other manufacturing requirements.
• Evaluate capacity, machine availability, labor, materials, tooling, routings, cycle/setup times, quality requirements, and dependencies before releasing work.
• Identify bottlenecks, shortages, capacity constraints, and delivery risks and coordinate recovery plans with the appropriate teams.
• Adjust schedules when priorities change due to downtime, shortages, quality holds, engineering changes, or customer requirements.
• Establish clear production expectations including work order, quantity, due date, priority, responsible area, and known constraints.
• Lead regular schedule reviews comparing planned work to actual completion and identify the cause of significant variances.
• Partner with Production leadership to improve schedule execution and adherence.
• Work with Engineering and Operations to validate cycle times, setup times, routings, and production standards.
• Analyze capacity and demand to identify developing constraints before they impact customer commitments.
• Support inventory planning, reorder-point analysis, safety-stock decisions, and made-to-order vs made-to-stock strategies.
• Maintain accurate scheduling, routing, WIP, capacity, and work-order information within Global Shop ERP.
• Develop and improve scheduling reports, dashboards, exception reporting, and planning tools.
• Establish standard processes for scheduling, priority changes, work-order release, schedule recovery, and escalation.

Skills

Production planning

Scheduling

ERP/MRP

Excel

Analytics

Communication

Tools

Global Shop Solutions

Job description

Geremarie, a Lake Zurich, IL manufacturer, seeks a seasoned production scheduling professional to drive schedules across multiple departments. You will translate demand into executable plans, sequence production, and coordinate with Engineering and Operations to validate times and routings.

The role demands 5+ years in manufacturing planning, strong ERP/MRP and Excel skills, and the ability to identify bottlenecks and risks while improving data accuracy. Competitive benefits are offered.