Job Details:
Supply Chain Planner
Our core business philosophy is built on a proud culture driven by safety and quality, respect, humility, integrity, customer focus, and teamwork. With leading edge manufacturing technologies and processes and visionary leadership, We are positioned to continue significant growth in the coming years. We are seeking a Production Planner.
This position is responsible for assisting the Planning Department in all planning functions: forecasting, finished goods scheduling, raw material ordering, and ERP database maintenance.
Primary responsibilities include:
- Updates and maintains schedule, inventory report, raw material history, forecast, and MRP files for month end reports.
- Maintains ERP system with accurate information for raw material and finished goods.
- Prepares, maintains, and distributes daily inventory reports and production schedules.
- Prepares weekly master production schedules.
- Orders raw materials for all finished goods based on Material Requirements Planning:
- Flags info to purchasing when raw materials are late, short, or received early.
- Reviews corrugate and other short lead-time items on a daily basis.
- Balance of raw material items reviewed and planned on a weekly basis.
- Maintains competitive raw material and finished good inventory levels.
- Schedules appropriately by optimizing input from Customer Service, Sales, Product Development, QA, Purchasing, Shipping, Production, Maintenance, and Process Engineering.
- Coordinates with Quality Assurance to have finished goods and raw materials released and approved in a timely manner.
- Communicates known material variances with cost accounting department and flags items to cycle count.
- Interfaces with all internal departments to ensure finished goods are produced and shipped on time.
The ideal candidate should possess the following skills:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Production Management, Logistics, or equivalent required.
- Two years' experience in a manufacturing environment required.
- Standard knowledge of MRP systems, computerized spreadsheet applications, computerized inventory control systems, and standard business practices.
- Standard knowledge of accounting software, automated spreadsheets, and mainframe systems.
- Fundamental knowledge of material management in a manufacturing environment.
- Fundamental knowledge of purchasing and negotiating skills.
Please send your resume today.
Chuck Winter
Chuck@libertyjobs.com
Key words, mrp, erp, planner, manufacturing, plastics, production