Strategic Production Planner | MRP & Inventory Control

Harrington Hoists Inc; Manheim (PA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Harrington Hoists Inc. is seeking a Production Planner to actively analyze, monitor, and maintain MRP inputs and outputs, to provide stocking work orders to the shop floor and track progress until completion.

The role reports to the Production Planning Manager and requires hands-on experience with MRP, JDE, and inventory control, plus strong Excel/Outlook/Word skills to support planning, scheduling, and finished goods inventory management.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in a planning/scheduling environment.
• Demonstrated ability to plan a variety of products of a complex nature.
• Thorough knowledge of MRP and other inventory planning techniques, including a good understanding of purchasing fundamentals.
• JDE experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Maintain JDE branch record settings to ensure actionable and accurate MRP messages.
• Analyze and action on stocking MRP messages to generate work orders dated based on material availability and shop floor capacity.
• Enter, track, and maintain stock transfer orders.
• Review, redate, and transfer orders
• Ensure that proper work order inventory controls are being followed including backflushed, issued, and serialized inventory.
• Plan and control finished goods inventory for stock and customer orders by demonstrating complete ownership and accountability for all assigned products.
• Make decisions on work order quantities and dates for products based on MRP and supply and demand data.
• Monitor work orders that have already been placed and ensure that expectations in the system match expectations on the shop floor.

Skills

MRP planning

Inventory planning

Analytical abilities

Purchasing fundamentals

Tools

JDE

Excel

Outlook

Word

Job description

Harrington Hoists Inc. is seeking a Production Planner to actively analyze, monitor, and maintain MRP inputs and outputs, to provide stocking work orders to the shop floor and track progress until completion.

The role reports to the Production Planning Manager and requires hands-on experience with MRP, JDE, and inventory control, plus strong Excel/Outlook/Word skills to support planning, scheduling, and finished goods inventory management.