Strategic Production Planner & MRP Specialist

J.B. Poindexter & Co.; Reading, Northern (Berks County, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

J.B. Poindexter & Co., Inc. in Reading, PA is seeking a Planner to manage production scheduling, MRP generation, and inventory control across shop-floor cells to ensure high on-time delivery.

You will collaborate with sales, operations, purchasing and engineering, maintain planning data accuracy, and monitor KPIs to drive continuous improvements in schedule attainment and material flow.

Qualifications

• Five years of planning/scheduling/MRP experience.
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems required.
• Training in Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint.
• Manufacturing industry experience preferred.
• Inventory control experience is a plus.

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 lead-time data with high data accuracy and integrity.
• 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

MRP

Data analysis

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

J.B. Poindexter & Co., Inc. in Reading, PA is seeking a Planner to manage production scheduling, MRP generation, and inventory control across shop-floor cells to ensure high on-time delivery.

You will collaborate with sales, operations, purchasing and engineering, maintain planning data accuracy, and monitor KPIs to drive continuous improvements in schedule attainment and material flow.