What are the responsibilities and job description for the Planner position at HDT?
Join the team that is a leader in engineering, designing and manufacturing of leading-edge military expeditionary products and rugged industrial/commercial products since 1937.
What We Offer:
- Employees (and their families) are covered by Medical, Dental and Vision
- Employees are covered by Short Term and Long Term Disability and Basic Life Insurance, Paid 100% by the company
- 401(k) plan
- 10 paid holidays
- 40 hours Paid Vacation after 1 Year of service,
- 1 hour of paid sick leave for every 40 hours paid
Essential Duties:
- Proficiency with ERP systems including data creation and ERP execution, knowledge of SAP a plus
- Responsible for releasing work orders to Production, and kit requests to Inventory
- Ensures material flow and production activity are aligned
- Plans sequence of fabrication, paint, assembly and other manufacturing operations for timely execution of production orders
- Key User for ERP system; Confirm accuracy of pertinent data in the company ERP system
- Collaborates with stakeholders on lead times, planning items and any related elements
- Performs root cause analysis activities related to planning
- 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 other projects and performs duties as assigned
- Track production variance to plan, and identify the causes for any deviations
- Sets up routings, lead-times and material offsets.
- Sets up, maintains and assigns operations for Production and Project Bills of Material.
Education/Experience/Other Skills & Abilities:
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Associates degree in business or related discipline preferred or equivalent education/relevant experience required.
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2 years working with broad/deep scheduling and planning
Disclaimer: This job description is not designed to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities required for this role.