Strategic Production & Materials Planner

Reliable Safety & Flow Corporation; Romeoville (IL); On-site; USD 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Reliable Safety & Flow Corporation is seeking a Production Planner for our Romeoville, IL distribution center. You will administer material control functions, coordinate orders, and drive on-time shipping by maintaining the production schedule.

Ideal candidates have 1–3 years in production planning or materials management within manufacturing, strong Excel and Word skills, and a customer-oriented mindset with excellent verbal and written communication and meticulous attention to detail.

Qualifications

• Associates degree preferred but equivalent work experience considered.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications particularly Word and Excel.
• Minimum of 1-3 years of experience in production planning, materials management, or related roles within a manufacturing environment
• Must be customer-oriented and have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent attention to detail is required.

Responsibilities

• Print and coordinate Customer order and Manufacturing order paperwork.
• Update production schedule daily
• Assist in analyzing plant capacity data and order specifications to determine manufacturing schedule to drive optimal performance.
• Provide lead time direction to sales for new customer orders.
• Review the status of work in process with manufacturing to ensure work orders are on track and take necessary actions to resolve problems.
• Assist warehouse in troubleshooting material issues.
• Follow up on customer service questions regarding order status and shipping date changes.
• The position will include performing additional tasks as deemed necessary.

Skills

Customer oriented

Verbal and written communication

Attention to detail

Manufacturing environment experience

Education

Associates degree preferred

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Office

Job description

Reliable Safety & Flow Corporation is seeking a Production Planner for our Romeoville, IL distribution center. You will administer material control functions, coordinate orders, and drive on-time shipping by maintaining the production schedule.

Ideal candidates have 1–3 years in production planning or materials management within manufacturing, strong Excel and Word skills, and a customer-oriented mindset with excellent verbal and written communication and meticulous attention to detail.