Senior Production Planner — On-Site, $100k+ Bonus

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

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.