Planner / Scheduler

Responsibilities

Retrieves orders from sales processing center, reviews orders and records in appropriate logging format.

Responsibilities

• Initiates work order requests for material and works with Inventory / Planning clerks.
• Establish sequence and lead times of each operation to meet shipping dates according to sales forecasts or customer orders.
• Analyzes production specifications and production capacity data and performs calculations to determine manufacturing processes and tools.
• Plans and schedules workflow for each operation according to previously established manufacturing sequences and lead times.
• Confers with Production Supervisor to determine status of assigned projects or production runs.
• Expedites operations that delay schedules and alter schedules to meet unforeseen conditions.
• Identifies and monitors material requirements.
• Prepares production reports.
• Prepares work orders to obtain raw and sourced material.

Qualifications

• 6-12 months of related planning experience.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skillset.

Education

• Preferred Associates Degree from two-year college.