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Production Planner
Spokane, WA 99212 US
Job Description
Title: Production Planner
Location: Spokane, WA (Onsite)
Industry: Defense
Salary: $62K an up based on experience
Employment Type: Direct Placement
Position Summary:
This position is responsible for planning and managing production schedules to meet customer delivery requirements and best utilize the company s productive capacity as well as managing inventory levels.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Receives/analyzes sales order requirements and generates supporting production schedules
- Responsible for on-time delivery (OTD) to ensure accurate shipment dates
- Provides daily order fulfillment requirements to shipping
- Routinely confers with departmental production supervisors and other personnel to assess progress and initiate changes as needed
- Reviews sales orders for accuracy and completeness
- Provides priority list to production as needed
- Coordinates engineering changes into production when appropriate
- Processes all work orders which support the schedules and purchasing requirements
- Communicates supply issues to sales team as needed
- Provides delivery lead time estimates to customer service for new quotes as needed
- Meets with the Operations team as needed to discuss schedule
- Determines capacity planning/staffing requirements needed to achieve the production requirements and the schedules
- Reviews processes for continuous improvement opportunities
- Supports, communicates, reinforces and defends the mission, values and culture of the organization
- Adheres to all quality and safety standards
- Supports other projects and performs duties as assigned
- Associates degree in business or related discipline preferred or equivalent education/relevant experience required
- Minimum of 5-10 years of scheduling and/or planning experience preferred
- Inventory analysis experience desired;
- Possesses strong analytical problem solving skills
- Possesses quality orientation and high attention to detail
- Possesses strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with customers, vendors, employees and managers at all levels within the company
- Experience with ERP systems required, SAP operating system preferred
- Possesses strong organizational and time management skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects
- Ability to work a varied schedule, willing to work overtime when necessary
- Possesses strong computer skills with demonstrated proficiency in standard business software packages (e.g., Microsoft Office)
- Must be able to read, speak and understand English
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