What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Planning Coordinator position at Optimas Solutions?
About Optimas:
Optimas is a global distributor of integrated supply chain solutions, and engineering support
focused on delivering fasteners, components, industrial and safety supplies to our diverse
customers around the world. Our local, on-the-ground teams understand the nuances of every
community we serve. This allows us to adapt with our customers and partners as needs evolve,
leveraging our footprint to remain at your side while providing a highly personalized level of service and support no matter where you find yourself around the globe.
Optimas is a global distributor of integrated supply chain solutions, and engineering support
focused on delivering fasteners, components, industrial and safety supplies to our diverse
customers around the world. Our local, on-the-ground teams understand the nuances of every
community we serve. This allows us to adapt with our customers and partners as needs evolve,
leveraging our footprint to remain at your side while providing a highly personalized level of service and support no matter where you find yourself around the globe.
Position overview:
The Production Planning Coordinator is responsible for adjusting jobs on the production board,
expediting, and following expedited job orders through the manufacturing processes, and
maintaining trackers.
The Production Planning Coordinator is responsible for adjusting jobs on the production board,
expediting, and following expedited job orders through the manufacturing processes, and
maintaining trackers.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities:
Manager where we are behind with jobs starting on-time and why.
cancellation procedure.
Key Competencies:
The ideal candidate must have the following competencies:
control and production planning environment desired.
- Ensuring Production is focusing on the correct job cards on headers and rollers.
- Schedule job orders to maximize on-time performance, while minimizing downtime.
- Coordinate changes with the Production Leads to maximize production efficiencies while
- Expedite job orders when production is behind schedule or customers are increasing
- Identify jobs to expedite/pull in by utilizing reports.
- Maintain regular, open communication with the Direct Sales customer service team and
- Review and maintain the Expedite Tracker and manage any Form, Roll, and Schedule
- Review all open jobs and their relation to “start date”. Update and review production
Manager where we are behind with jobs starting on-time and why.
- Collaborate with Production Leads to uncover any identified obstacles within manufacturing
- Collaborate with Production leads on all running machines and reprioritize where necessary
- Work with Customer Service and the Supply Chain Buyer when cancellation requests arise,
cancellation procedure.
- Combine jobs where possible if raw materials and tooling are available, to maximize
- Ensure proper management and processing of partials/balances on job orders when
- Ensure proper closure of completed job orders.
- Provide production status updates to the Planning Manager.
- Act as a liaison between Production and Customer Service to communicate production
Month-to-Month Responsibilities:
dates.
- Summary reporting if job start times were not met within heading and rolling functions and
- Provide a high-level summary of productional status which would include areas of
dates.
Key Competencies:
The ideal candidate must have the following competencies:
- Results driven.
- Must be a strategic and flexible thinker who has attention to detail but can also see the
- Strong execution and follow-up skills.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks, with awareness of deadlines.
- Excellent workflow coordination.
- Can identify when a sense of urgency is necessary and execute well to a plan.
- Works well under pressure.
- Superb collaboration skills with customers and other departments to meet organizational
- Ability to build and maintain relationships which support organizational objectives.
- Works well within a Team as well as Individually.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in operations, Supply Chain, or other relevant field, or equivalent work
- Minimum 2 years of experience in Production and Inventory Control, Operations,
control and production planning environment desired.
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in a basic manufacturing plant.
- Strong written and verbal communication, and presentation skills.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across multiple disciplines with internal and external
- Experience with ERP systems.
- Strong excel and data analysis skills.
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
- Has a solid knowledge base for managing and maintaining appropriate inventory and safety
Compensation:
At Optimas we believe in having a competitive compensation scheme to motivate and retain our
employees. More information will be given throughout the process. Optimas OE Solutions provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics, and sexual orientation. In addition to federal law requirements, Optimas OE Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms
and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
At Optimas we believe in having a competitive compensation scheme to motivate and retain our
employees. More information will be given throughout the process. Optimas OE Solutions provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics, and sexual orientation. In addition to federal law requirements, Optimas OE Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms
and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
