Planner

COMPANY & POSITION OVERVIEW MIC Group (MIC) provides comprehensive machining and electro-mechanical assembly solutions to the most complex of manufacturing challenges. With advanced vertically integrated manufacturing services, MIC supports customers from new product development to final production through concurrent engineering services, quick turnaround prototypes, production runs, and continuing cost improvements. MIC’s headquarters is in Brenham, TX. For more information on MIC, please visit: www.micgrp.com.JB Poindexter & Co (JBPCO)is a privately held, diversified manufacturing company forecasting $2.5B in annual revenue and 9,000 team members in 2022. The nine operating subsidiaries, covering over 50 locations, are engaged in the production of commercial truck bodies, step-vans, utility trucks, funeral coaches, limousines, electric and alternative fuel vehicles, pickup truck bed enclosures, precision machining, and expandable foam plastic packaging. For more information, visit www.jbpoindexter.com. Reporting to the facility leadership, the Planner/Scheduler is responsible for prioritizing the Scheduling & Planning organization. This role is accountable to ensure that the overall operational master schedule, order delivery plan and tactical action plans to meet customer delivery schedules and financial targets is developed, communicated, and met. Fast paced, customer focused, evolved job shop environment in a leadership capacity to coordinate actions / needs of the operations, engineering, programming, and sales teams. KEY OBJECTIVES FOR THIS ROLE Optimize order starts to meet on time delivery objectives Eliminate cross function communication breakdowns Provide accurate and timely order status information to meet customer needs ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Revenue stream prediction and reporting for the facility – weekly, monthly, and annually Assist with schedule development and implementation on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis Define and communicate cross functional action plans to meet production and delivery commitments Provide direction to the Scheduling & Planning Organization to ensure the core responsibilities of the department are met: Movement of orders throughout the shop including, but not limited to Material management to align with work order release. Oversee documentation preparation – work order printing and router review. Schedule job starts and providing daily queue list updates to Operations. Managing schedule for changes due to rework, replacement or expedite requests. Releasing work-orders to Operations Outside Service Planning (OSP) / Management Coordination with Engineering and Programming to set priority schedule to meet on time order start requirements. Production status management – participates in daily production meetings and provides order level status review in support of weekly targets. Customer order status management – provide details to support customer open order status reporting to weekly schedule. Future look/forecast – provide 6 week rolling analysis of open backlog to enable management to understand demand requirements. Capacity management and staffing recommendations – provide information to operations management to identify potential conflict in meeting order commitment dates. Inventory management and cycle count accuracy – provide needed plant level support to operations accounting to maintain accurate valuation Other duties as assigned by Senior Management PHYSICAL DEMANDSThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit and climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities: require by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. Is able to travel to the Customer or other MIC locations to assist with quality control issues. Will have the ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (ANSI Safety Goggles)