Strategic Production Planner | Materials & Scheduling

Champion Home Builders Inc.; Decatur (IN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k Plan with Company Match

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

Medical

Rx

Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance

Job summary

Champion Home Builders, Inc. in Decatur, IN is seeking a Production Planner to join the team. You will lead production scheduling, material planning, and coordination with purchasing and freight for seamless flow from orders to shipping.

The role focuses on optimizing schedules, validating order accuracy, and managing raw material inventory while supporting month-end material accounting with accounts payable. A practical, detail-oriented leader is needed.

Qualifications

• BS in Business, Supply Chain, Logistics, or Engineering or equivalent.
• 4+ years of manufacturing or relevant experience.
• Experience in supply chain management.
• Experience in Quality Control activities, ability to identify and manage risk.
• Strong influencing, negotiation, interpersonal, and communications skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with data tools.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, team environment and adapt to change.
• Attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Adept at cross-functional collaboration and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Daily interfaces with the production manager to provide the production schedule and the overall materials plan.
• Manages inventory of starting materials, WIP, and finished goods to support production activities.
• Monitors actual and forecasted consumption of materials and orders replenishment stock.
• Manages timely and efficient processing of orders through the procurement process.
• Interfaces with receiving plants weekly to assure order accuracy and develops weekly production forecast.
• Updates the pricing model based on new material and transportation costs.
• Monitors the status of open purchase orders including delivery and quality issues.
• Reviews and evaluates safety stock levels, minimum order quantities, supplier lead times for improvements.
• Manages production yield while minimizing scrap and optimizes component nesting.
• Manages all rejected/non-conforming material through the Material Disposition Process.
• Tracks and reports production performance and interfaces with leadership on quality and throughput issues.
• Interfaces with Accounts Payables monthly to account for shop floor inventory.
• Provides support to Purchasing for vendor credit issues.
• Coordinates the return of material with QA, Purchasing, warehouse, and suppliers.
• Maintains knowledge of material requirements, production processes, and project-specific activities.

Skills

Supply Chain Management

Quality Control

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Negotiation

Teamwork

Education

BS in Business, Supply Chain, Logistics, or Engineering

Job description

Champion Home Builders, Inc. in Decatur, IN is seeking a Production Planner to join the team. You will lead production scheduling, material planning, and coordination with purchasing and freight for seamless flow from orders to shipping.

The role focuses on optimizing schedules, validating order accuracy, and managing raw material inventory while supporting month-end material accounting with accounts payable. A practical, detail-oriented leader is needed.