Senior Production Planner: MRP & Scheduling

T.D. Williamson, Inc.; Town of Belgium (WI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

TDW is seeking a Senior Production Planner to coordinate and schedule materials and resources for internal and external manufacturing, ensuring customer deadlines are met. This is a temporary, contract role based in Wisconsin.

The role emphasizes MRPs, production scheduling, cross-department collaboration, and prioritizing raw materials alignment with production capabilities to maintain on-time delivery and minimize downtime.

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing or inventory scheduling.
• Familiarity with MRP systems.

Responsibilities

• Plan and control scheduling for manufactured items; ensure customer demand meets schedule using MRP and resource leveling.
• Manage product lines to align raw materials and production capabilities.
• Reschedule existing demand to accommodate new demand and changes through the manufacturing process.
• Assist in ensuring materials are received and kitted within the constraints dictated by the Manufacturing schedule.
• Communicate demands, including schedules, part availability, available resources, etc. to manufacturing and communicate schedule updates to appropriate production planners.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Procurement/Logistics, Production, Customer Service and related departments to meet customer demand requirements.
• Work with Procurement and Supplier Engineering to determine best practices for manufacturing methods and outsourcing options.
• Plan demand in accordance with client or Field Service Operations requirements and ensure demand is met through the entire order lifecycle.

Skills

MRP system

Production scheduling

Job description

TDW is seeking a Senior Production Planner to coordinate and schedule materials and resources for internal and external manufacturing, ensuring customer deadlines are met. This is a temporary, contract role based in Wisconsin.

The role emphasizes MRPs, production scheduling, cross-department collaboration, and prioritizing raw materials alignment with production capabilities to maintain on-time delivery and minimize downtime.