Production Planner

Our client in Columbus, OH is seeking candidates for a Production Planner. This role will develop production schedules to ensure that production deadlines are met and determine material, equipment, and labor requirements. The Production Planner will communicate status and performance reports to plant management and resolve production issues. We are seeking candidates with three or more years of Production Planning experience.

Primary Duties

• Scheduling the plant production based on labor, material and equipment availability
• Daily communication with plant leadership regarding priorities and resources
• Verify bills of materials and routing accuracy
• Execute procurement of required materials
• Communicating lead-times and expected completion dates to the sales team
• Optimizes resource planning operations and monitoring inventory levels
• Identifies and acts on exceptions to demand or production schedule
• Provide information to and coordinates with Procurement Team to aid in the schedule for consumption of components
• Maintains open communication with customers, manufacturing and support personnel, and subcontractors to assure manufacturing plans are clearly understood and fulfilled
• Assists in coordinating engineering changes
• Interfaces with NMI and schedules pre-customer release development runs
• Maintains accurate records and documentation for history and audit purposes
• Maintains updated procedures in support of Quality System Requirements
• Provides assistance to Purchasing to determine material usage per part for annual blanket order estimation
• Minimizes/eliminates obsolete material
• Participates in monthly/annual physical inventories

Qualifications Required

• 3 or more years of Production Planning experience in Automotive, Aerospace or Medical production
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, or related field (strongly preferred but not required)
• Knowledge of SAP required
• Must be open to 100% onsite work, this position does not offer a remote option
• Ability to be flexible with schedule including some weekend work as needed
• Knowledge of manufacturing plant operations
• Strong written and verbal communications skills
• Must possess solid analytical skills in forecasting and anticipating production needs and capabilities.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of changing situations under stress.
• Strong interpersonal skills requiring the ability to resolve conflicting interests and obtain cooperation
• PowerBI experience (preferred but not required)
• APICS certification (preferred but not required)

Salary and Benefits

• Salary Range - $70,000 - $75,000
• Paid time off
• Health, dental, vision and life insurance
• 401k