Capacity Planner plans, measures, and monitors operating limits and capacities of an organization. Forecasts and plans capacity requirements to ensure alignment with department or unit and determine variance from production schedules, resource levels, and inventory demand. Being a Capacity Planner identifies and troubleshoots production issues or bottlenecks that impact plant capacity. Coordinates with internal stakeholders like engineering, sales, and marketing to understand and develop current and forecasted plans. Additionally, Capacity Planner utilizes manufacturing data and reports to drive key insights into efficiency, production rate, and other performance metrics. Produces reports that evaluate plant capacity and identify areas needing improvement. Recommends process and equipment improvements to optimize production capabilities. Requires a bachelor's degree. Typically reports to a supervisor. The Capacity Planner occasionally directed in several aspects of the work. Gaining exposure to some of the complex tasks within the job function. To be a Capacity Planner typically requires 2 -4 years of related experience. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
The Production Planners is responsible for the planning and smooth running of our production processes within the Skeeter factory setting. He/she will report to the Administrations Manager and draw up a schedule of work, which is agreed upon with the production manager or director of manufacturing. Using the company’s ERP the schedule contains details of the materials and machines to be used, cost of materials, mechanical and human resources, the time required to do the job, and the quality standards to be met.
The Production Planner is responsible for making sure the schedule is being followed during the multiple production stages. They gather regular information on progress and deal quickly with any problems, such as a shortage of staff or materials and machinery breakdowns. They liaise with production supervisors, management, the company’s purchasing department and outside suppliers of materials. Computer systems such as Sys2K (current state) and Dynamics F&O (future state) will be used for data analysis, scheduling, and resource planning allocation.
The Production Planners works a schedule of a 40-hour work week, Monday to Friday onsite at multiple factory shop locations i.e. (fab shop, assembly shop, chassis shop). The Production Planner is mainly an office-based job, but also will spend time out on the factory shop floor checking up on work order progress and capacity checks. Even though we keep a clean 5-S environment whenever possible the shops will vary depending upon the goods being produced and, in some cases, may be dusty, dirty, hot, or noisy. The Production Planner must wear safety gear while in the shop environment as directed by our safety guidelines.
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