Production Planner

The Production Planner will coordinate the flow of work and materials within or between departments according to the customer demands and planned inventory levels within the realm of the company business plan.

PRIMARY DUTIES:

• Creating and distributing completion crewing guides (daily schedule).
• Create and adjust Fabrication Crewing guides and distribute to appropriate areas.
• Review and release planned work orders as required based on customer demand and forecast.
• Close completion and fabrication work and rework orders as required.
• Update and monitor Special Factory Order statuses.
• Provide inventory information to Sales and Engineering per SFO Excess Process.
• Update top level item status spreadsheets and review for priorities.
• Generate work orders, print, assemble, and deliver to appropriate areas.
• Update repairs list for completion modules.
• Update material availability and quantity completed for SFO items.
• Update material availability for core product (Critical Product Inventory.)
• Meet periodically with manufacturing supervisors to communicate needs and changes.
• Meet periodically with “Past Due Team” to provide information and take corrective action accordingly.
• Work with “Past Due Team” to maintain a level that is below the pre-determined goal.

COMPETENCIES:

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies to perform the essential functions of this position.

• Teamwork Skills: Coordination, communication and customer service skills.
• Product Knowledge: Knowledge of Case products and services.
• Ability to analyze statistics and other data and to interpret and evaluate results, and create reports and/or presentations.
• Interpersonal Skills: Exhibits care and concern for consumer issues, maintains confidentiality, exhibits tact and diplomacy, understands and practices ethical behavior, remains open to others’ ideas and exhibits willingness to try new things.
• Planning/Organizing: Prioritizes and plans work activities and uses time efficiently.
• Oral Communication: Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations.
• Written Communication: Reviews and edits work for spelling and grammar, presents numerical data effectively and is able to read and interpret written information.
• Quality Control: Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness and monitors own work to ensure quality.
• Adaptability: Adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands and is able to deal with frequent change, delays or unexpected events.
• Dependability: Is consistently at work and on time, follows instructions, responds to management direction and solicits feedback to improve performance.
• Accuracy: Attention to detail is a must.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

• Associate’s Degree in a business related field; or,
• Five years’ experience in a manufacturing environment with an ERP solution.
• Demonstrated Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word and Excel) required. Knowledge of ERP/MRP operating system a plus.

SUPERVISORY REQUIREMENTS:

• This position does not supervise any employees.