Senior Production Planner — Wire & Cable Manufacturing

Trilogy Communications Inc; Pearl (MS); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Senior Planner at Marmon is responsible for developing and executing production plans that support customer demand, optimize capacity, and ensure on-time delivery in a wire and cable manufacturing environment. You will coordinate with Sales, Customer Service, Purchasing, Production, Quality, Engineering, and Supply Chain.

This role requires strong analytical skills, manufacturing knowledge, and the ability to adapt to changing material constraints and priorities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Business, Industrial Engineering, or a related field preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in production planning, scheduling, materials planning, or supply chain within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in wire, cable, electrical products, metals, plastics, extrusion, or other continuous/process manufacturing environments strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of MRP, production scheduling, capacity planning, inventory management, and manufacturing processes.
• Experience working with an ERP system such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Infor, Epicor, or similar.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, lookups, formulas, and data analysis.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with production, purchasing, sales, engineering, quality, and management teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and communicate detailed production schedules based on customer demand, inventory requirements, available capacity, and manufacturing constraints.
• Convert customer orders, forecasts, and master production requirements into practical production plans.
• Establish production priorities and sequencing to maximize throughput, minimize downtime, and meet customer delivery commitments.
• Plan production across multiple work centers and manufacturing processes, including wire drawing, stranding, cabling, extrusion, jacketing, annealing, spooling, and packaging.
• Balance machine capacity, labor availability, tooling, materials, changeover requirements, and production lead times.
• Identify schedule conflicts and proactively develop recovery plans.
• Monitor daily production performance against the plan and adjust schedules as required.
• Coordinate short- and medium-range capacity planning to support business growth and customer requirements.

Skills

MRP knowledge

ERP system experience

Advanced Excel

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Capacity planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or related field

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Microsoft Dynamics

Infor

Epicor

Excel (Advanced)

Job description

The Senior Planner at Marmon is responsible for developing and executing production plans that support customer demand, optimize capacity, and ensure on-time delivery in a wire and cable manufacturing environment. You will coordinate with Sales, Customer Service, Purchasing, Production, Quality, Engineering, and Supply Chain.

This role requires strong analytical skills, manufacturing knowledge, and the ability to adapt to changing material constraints and priorities.