Senior Production Planner: Scheduling & Supply Chain Lead

FALL CREEK FARM & NURSERY; Carol Stream (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

FALL CREEK FARM & NURSERY in Carol Stream, IL, seeks a seasoned production planner to coordinate and expedite the flow of work and materials to meet customer requirements while minimizing costs and inventory investments.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 5+ years of planning or logistics experience, plus familiarity with ERP and production planning software to optimize schedules and capacity.

Qualifications

• Meeting shipping dates through forecasted demand and orders.
• Experience using production planning software and ERP systems.
• Ability to manage capacity and inventory with data quality.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain schedules to 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 and communicate with internal customers about supply constraints.
• 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 site constraints.
• 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.

Skills

Scheduling

Production planning

Logistics

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

FALL CREEK FARM & NURSERY in Carol Stream, IL, seeks a seasoned production planner to coordinate and expedite the flow of work and materials to meet customer requirements while minimizing costs and inventory investments.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 5+ years of planning or logistics experience, plus familiarity with ERP and production planning software to optimize schedules and capacity.