Senior Production Planner: Strategic Scheduler & CI Leader

Charter Automotive; Woodstock (IL); On-site; USD 82,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision

401(k) with matching

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Paid time off

Job summary

Charter Manufacturing, a family-owned metals manufacturer, seeks a Senior Production Planner to optimize schedules aligning customer needs with capacity. You will partner across Commercial, Logistics and Operations to resolve complex scheduling challenges and drive continuous improvement.

You will mentor Production Planner I/II, analyze capacity, and produce reports to support planning decisions. Strong MS Office and ERP skills, plus 7+ years in Supply Chain or Operations, are required.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or equivalent work experience.
• Seven plus years’ related Supply Chain or Operations experience.
• Proven strong leadership skillset.
• Shows desire for mentoring.
• Able to train Production Planner I and II.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills to relate to a variety of functional areas within the organization.

Responsibilities

• Develop, execute, and monitor Production Schedules that align customer service and delivery requirements to while optimizing production efficiencies for assigned project/location.
• Using CI mindset, supports team with improving processes and systems.
• Produce, monitor, and communicate capacity reports that enable commercial and plant managers to plan and coordinate their areas accordingly.
• Execute and monitor Production Schedules that align to optimal inventory levels for billet, coil, and cut-to-length requirements.
• Work collectively with commercial and finance to monitor and disposition aged and out of spec inventory.
• Proactively identifies and communicates supply related constraints and/or issues including potential plans for resolutions.
• Coordinate daily communication with other schedulers and commercial on existing or potential delivery issues.
• Cross train in other Production Planning functions as required.
• Participate in cross functional teams to improve efficiencies and service to our customers.
• Respond to off hour calls from operations leadership for schedule change requests and issue resolution.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Analytical skills

Communication

Organization

Cross-functional

MS Office

Education

Associate degree or equivalent

Bachelor’s in Business or Supply Chain

APICS CPIM or CPSM

Tools

ERP system

MS Office Suite

Reporting writing

Job description

Charter Manufacturing, a family-owned metals manufacturer, seeks a Senior Production Planner to optimize schedules aligning customer needs with capacity. You will partner across Commercial, Logistics and Operations to resolve complex scheduling challenges and drive continuous improvement.

You will mentor Production Planner I/II, analyze capacity, and produce reports to support planning decisions. Strong MS Office and ERP skills, plus 7+ years in Supply Chain or Operations, are required.