Production Planner - 1st Shift

If you are looking for an organization committed to the principles of Excellence, Integrity, Faith, and Teamwork, then Ridgeview Industries offers a challenging and rewarding employment opportunity for you.

One of the great benefits of working at Ridgeview Industries is our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), an additional retirement benefit that grows over time. As an ESOP owner, you’ll share in the success of the company! This unique plan helps build long-term financial security while strengthening our shared commitment to Ridgeview’s future.

Ridgeview Industries is a leading metal stamping and assembly supplier primarily serving the automotive market. Our privately held and employee owned company, founded upon Christian principles, currently employs approximately 600 team members across 4 plant locations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Strive to achieve company objectives while demonstrating company’s Mission Statement, Quality Policy, and Ridgeview Principles in the performance of daily activities. Coordinate manufacturing processes, manage inventory levels, and create production schedules to ensure goods are produced efficiently and on time according to departmental instructions following Governmental and/or Company safety and housekeeping policies/procedures.

• Follow all safety policies and consistently use required personal protective equipment.
• Actively support safety initiatives; including hazard identification, reporting, and corrective action with a proactive mindset to risk reduction.
• Ensure quality requirements are achieved by reading and following Quality communications, and following established process.
• Maintain a clean, organized and safe work environment in alignment with 5S standards. Produce accurate and timely production schedules using our ERP (QAD) system.
• Monitor inventory levels and effectively communicate with appropriate teams flagging potential shortages.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet customer ship schedules.
• Cultivate positive customer, supplier and employee relationships through proactive communication, timely response to concerns, and follow through on required information.
• Utilize material requirements planning (MRP) systems to update production data and track orders.
• Assess and react to changes in customer requirements.
• Be available on a rotational basis to support after-hours customer concerns Other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• 2 – 5 years of experience in a Production Scheduling in automotive manufacturing.
• Bachelor’s degree in related field preferred.
• Customer Service Experience required.
• Ability to read, write, and interpret documents in English. Ability to speak effectively, present information, and respond to questions from other employees of organization.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure.
• Data driven approach to problem solving and decision making.
• Excellent communication, organization, and interpersonal skills.
• Working knowledge of MRP and ERP systems; QAD preferred.
• Advanced proficiency with Demand models and Microsoft Excel.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:

• Ability to lift, carry and move equipment, tools and materials weighing up to 35 pounds.
• Walk, stand, sit, bend, and reach.
• Use fingers and hands to feel and handle.
• Speak, hear and listen in environment with significant background noise.
• Good hearing and vision; including up close and color vision with depth perception adequate to perform job.

Work Environment This position is performed in an active metal manufacturing environment. Employees work around operating machinery, moving mechanical equipment, powered industrial vehicles, overhead cranes, and heavy steel machines. The role involves exposure to elevated noise level, airborne industrial particles, vibration, temperature variations, and typical production floor activities including handling metal product that may have sharp edges.

Why do you want to join Ridgeview Industries?

It will begin during a visit when you feel the passion of the people and culture that permeates from every contact you make. Or, you may hear from some of our many 15-30+ year co-workers what they love about Ridgeview. Or, you may feel a deep connection with our Mission Statement that was developed by our employees. We are a business with a purpose that goes beyond parts and profits, and we endeavor to be different from other manufacturers in our industry and beyond.

Do you believe in and align with our twelve guiding Principles?

Teamwork, Passion, Golden Rule, Trust, Communication, Accountability

Follow the Process, Data Driven, Continuous Improvement, Personal Growth

Pray Hard – Work Hard – Trust God, Excellence in All things

Our family-like culture has been shaped in over 45 years of business. We believe in our values, vision and purpose, and seek to be continually learning and growing to best serve our employees, customers, suppliers and community. Is this the place and next chapter for you?

Reporting to the Production Manager, this in plant position offers an attractive level of compensation and benefits package including:

• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance and flexible spending account(s)
• Matching 401(k) retirement plan (Traditional & Roth options)
• Paid vacation, vacation purchase option, and 10 paid holidays
• One day paid per year to serve your community
• Many employee programs including an on-site fitness facility
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee profit-sharing bonus
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• And much more.

Job Type: Full-time

Work Location: In person