Strategic Production Planner: Align Demand & Capacity

Electro Rent; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 78,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Electro Rent in Los Angeles seeks a Production Planner to turn competing priorities into executable production plans. You will coordinate production activity across distribution centers, balance customer commitments with capacity and inventory, and make day-to-day decisions affecting service, backlog and revenue.

Work with Sales, Operations, Distribution and Quality, with independence and ownership, scheduling and continuous improvement to reduce risk and improve execution.

Qualifications

• Ability to independently prioritize production activity and balance competing demands.
• Knowledge of production planning, calibration, electronic test equipment, and process controls.
• Ability to work independently, communicate clearly, and collaborate across functions.
• Continuous-improvement mindset with ability to identify process risks and mitigation actions.
• Comfort using Microsoft Outlook and Office applications and ERP systems.

Responsibilities

• Own production planning and coordination across distribution centers with minimal supervision.
• Set production priorities by weighing customer commitments, capacity, inventory, service requirements, quality, and revenue.
• Authorize customer orders for release into production based on readiness and priorities.
• Analyze labor, capacity, inventory constraints, and demand to build optimal production sequences.
• Resolve scheduling conflicts and escalate issues outside authority.
• Collaborate with Sales, Operations, and Distribution to align on order sequencing.
• Monitor backlog and adjust schedules to support commitments and revenue goals.
• Create Work Order templates for customer and quality needs; assign to orders.
• Apply quality-planning tasks to orders and contribute ideas to reduce risk and improve execution.

Skills

Production planning

ERP systems

MS Office

Cross-functional collaboration

Continuous improvement

Tools

ERP system

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Office

Job description

Electro Rent in Los Angeles seeks a Production Planner to turn competing priorities into executable production plans. You will coordinate production activity across distribution centers, balance customer commitments with capacity and inventory, and make day-to-day decisions affecting service, backlog and revenue.

Work with Sales, Operations, Distribution and Quality, with independence and ownership, scheduling and continuous improvement to reduce risk and improve execution.