Strategic Production Planner & Buyer

Jobot; Springfield (NJ); On-site; USD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Strong Benefit Offerings

401K Plan

Great PTO Package

Job summary

Jobot is actively seeking a Production Planner to join our growing manufacturing team. You will analyze inventory data, prepare purchase orders, track deliveries, and maintain supplier communications to keep operations on schedule.

You will help ensure 100% OTIF against customer commitments, coordinate with operations, and update ERP records accurately. This role focuses on cost improvements and timely hardware deliveries.

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing planning and purchasing.
• Ability to analyze inventory data and prepare purchase orders.
• Strong communication with suppliers and internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Monthly, quarterly, yearly execution of customer commitments.
• 100% OTIF to all customer commitments.
• Coordinate with operations to move parts through the facility on schedule.
• Communicate execution risks and opportunities to leadership.
• Develop risk mitigation plans at the start of execution.
• Document lessons learned for improvements on future orders.
• Coordinate resources to ensure information flows to all players.
• Drive rapid resolution of ECOs, EOs, and MRB for development parts.
• Plan outsourcing vs. insourcing to reduce lead time and risk.
• Work with engineering and operations on cost improvement projects.
• Produce hardware execution schedules for management or customers.
• Maintain ERP data with commit dates, orders, quantities.

Skills

Inventory analysis

Purchase orders

Supplier communications

ERP system

Tools

ERP system

Job description

Jobot is actively seeking a Production Planner to join our growing manufacturing team. You will analyze inventory data, prepare purchase orders, track deliveries, and maintain supplier communications to keep operations on schedule.

You will help ensure 100% OTIF against customer commitments, coordinate with operations, and update ERP records accurately. This role focuses on cost improvements and timely hardware deliveries.