Strategic Production Scheduler | SAP & MPS Expert

ebm-papst Inc.; Farmington (CT); On-site; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ebm-papst Inc. in Farmington, CT seeks a Production Planner to develop and maintain executable production schedules aligning customer demand, material availability, and plant capacity.

The ideal candidate has 3-7 years in production planning, strong analytical skills, SAP proficiency, and experience with ERP/MRP systems. Proficiency in Excel and cross-functional collaboration are essential to drive schedule integrity and on-time delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, operations, engineering, business or equivalent experience.
• 3–7 years of production planning, materials planning, scheduling, master scheduling, or supply chain experience.
• Experience using SAP, ERP, MRP, or advanced planning systems is required.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Proficient in Excel and production planning tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules aligned to customer demand and plant capacity.
• Ensure all production orders released into manufacturing are executable and meet readiness requirements.
• Balance demand, labor capacity, material availability, and equipment constraints when creating schedules.
• Maintain schedule stability while minimizing unnecessary schedule changes.
• Support development and management of the Master Production Schedule (MPS).
• Validate production readiness prior to order release.
• Identify risks impacting schedule attainment and implement corrective actions.
• Partner with Materials Management to ensure production plans align with material availability.
• Leverage SAP data to analyze material availability, capacity constraints, and schedule risks.
• Maintain planning parameters, production orders, routing data, and planning master data.
• Identify and resolve SAP transactions impacting schedule execution.
• Collaborate with Planning, Materials, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Customer Service to support execution of production schedules.
• Coordinate follow-up actions related to material shortages, schedule constraints, and production risks.
• Monitor schedule performance, production readiness, and plan adherence.
• Analyze data to identify risks, constraints, and improvement opportunities.
• Maintain planning reports and KPI dashboards.

Skills

Analytical skills

Data interpretation

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, operations, engineering, business or equivalent experience

Tools

SAP

ERP

MRP

Excel

Job description

ebm-papst Inc. in Farmington, CT seeks a Production Planner to develop and maintain executable production schedules aligning customer demand, material availability, and plant capacity.

The ideal candidate has 3-7 years in production planning, strong analytical skills, SAP proficiency, and experience with ERP/MRP systems. Proficiency in Excel and cross-functional collaboration are essential to drive schedule integrity and on-time delivery.