Strategic Production Planner – ERP/MRP Expert

Reading Truck; Reading (Berks County); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) with Company Match

Paid Parental Leave

Tools Purchase Program

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Holidays

Footwear, Eyewear, Safety Equipment/1-

Training and Development Programs

Job summary

Reading Truck is seeking a Planner to manage production scheduling, MRP generation, and work order administration for our manufacturing cells. You will oversee inventory levels, lead-time data, and forecasting to support internal operations and procurement, coordinating with sales, engineering and purchasing as needed.

Ideal candidates will have 5 years of planning/scheduling/MRP experience, ERP/MRP systems proficiency, and training in Office applications.

Qualifications

• Five (5) years' experience in planning/scheduling/MRP.
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems and functions is required.
• Training in Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint.
• Manufacturing industry experience preferred.
• Inventory Control

Responsibilities

• Plan, schedule and generate manufacturing orders and work schedules for the cells on the shop floor to achieve high on-time delivery, level loading of available labor, and to minimize WIP and finished goods inventory.
• Work closely with Master Scheduler and production on schedule changes, customer expedite requests, etc.
• Maintain production planning systems and procedures with high data accuracy and integrity, including the required lead-time data for internal manufacturing cells.
• Review/oversight of cycle counts, inventory adjustments and on hand inventory balances to develop a plan for excess, obsolete, substitutions, return to supplier, re-sale or scrap resolution.
• Collaborate with chassis pool and sales to maintain updated chassis data.
• Utilize ERP software and supporting worksheets that support production planning, capacity planning, and operational management.
• Provide input to management and/or interface with customers when rescheduling is required due to design changes, chassis delays, labor and material shortages, backlogs and, other potential schedule interruptions.
• Liaison with shipping/receiving concerning needed parts, process or committed inventory as needed to meet OTD.
• Track KPI's for past due work orders, schedule attainment- with appropriate counter measures to improve metrics.

Skills

Planning & Scheduling

MRP/ERP experience

ERP systems

Excel

Inventory control

Tools

ERP/MRP software

Excel

Job description

Reading Truck is seeking a Planner to manage production scheduling, MRP generation, and work order administration for our manufacturing cells. You will oversee inventory levels, lead-time data, and forecasting to support internal operations and procurement, coordinating with sales, engineering and purchasing as needed.

Ideal candidates will have 5 years of planning/scheduling/MRP experience, ERP/MRP systems proficiency, and training in Office applications.