POSITION DESCRIPTION
Title: Production Planner
Position Reports To: Production and Materials Planning Supervisor
Basic Function: The Production Planner, under normal supervision, supports the apparel manufacturing process by providing capacity planning, order scheduling and production performance reporting.
Essential Duties:
1. Oversees the transition of product forecasts into achievable production and material plans.
2. Coordinates with marker and cutting rooms while developing weekly and daily production schedules for cutting operations.
3. Evaluates product and order forecasts to balance against expected capacity levels of manufacturing departments.
4. Coordinates with materials procurement to ensure accuracy and availability of all materials in support of plans.
5. Supports the coordination and report preparation for weekly and monthly production planning meetings with production, customer service, materials purchasing and select customers.
6. Identifies when and where plans fail to meet goals and objectives and suggest actions designed to bring operations back into synchronization.
7. Monitors status of finished goods inventory to ensure order completion is on time and safety stock levels are maintained.
8. Maintains appropriate level of communication with internal customers with the goal of meeting or exceeding stated on-time delivery goals.
9. Works with IT department to implement systems solutions to enhance capacity planning and production scheduling.
10. Maintains historical production and order data in support of performance reporting and operational financial planning.
11. Oversees providing accurate and timely planning information used in the creation or maintenance of product style master data used in ERP and shop floor control systems.
12. Develops and maintains appropriate reports for planning and order management.
13. Coordinates with primary customer to receive and verify their PO information, writes up and enters POs into company systems as needed
Qualifications:
Knowledge: A working level knowledge of computer systems and MS office software products is required. A basic knowledge of manufacturing planning and/or the apparel industry is a plus.
Experience: None required, but any experience in operational planning or in the apparel industry is preferred.
Skills/Aptitudes: Strong written and oral communication skills with ability to work effectively with internal and external customers. Ability to analyze data, production related issues, suggest corrective action and support implementation. Attention to detail, self-directed, hands-on, problem solving capabilities, and proficient with software (Advanced Excel, ERP/MRP/Planning systems)
Working Conditions: Office and manufacturing environment. Extra hours and inter-state travel may be required.
To apply contact career@mountida.edu for directions.
