Production Planner

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary point of contact as it relates to their areas of responsibility for scheduling, forecasting, and supply planning.
• Collaborates cross-functionally to establish schedule and plans that allocate available resources to best serve customer needs.
• Act as the liaison between the business and manufacturing operations – leading daily planning meetings with them and coordinating downtime and changeovers, etc.
• Support production by sequencing the schedule to maximize output and minimize changeover time while taking into account customer priority.
• Provide accurate lead time to Customer Service and Sales.
• Manage load leveling and raise awareness of bottlenecks in manufacturing.
• Engage in capacity management with cross-functional teams.
• Facilitates and participates in re-occurring and ad-hoc scheduling, demand, and supply meetings with cross-functional teams.
• Maintains appropriate planning parameters in SAP and other systems and tools.
• Support the launch of new programs/products.
• Optimize inventory levels, minimize excess and obsolete inventory, and strive for 100% on-time delivery to the customer as well as other plants.
• Monitors raw material consumption and develops plans to maintain production needs.
• Performs other related duties as required.

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in business management, supply chain/operations, or engineering.
• Minimum 1-3 years of operations experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment with experience in the use of lean principles
• SAP experience
• Ability to work cross-functionally both internally and externally with customers.
• Ability to quickly and accurately analyze problems and provide viable solutions using proven lean methodology.
• Strategic thinker, strong analytical skills, able to synthesize considerable and complex data.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Good interpersonal skills and be willing to work in a team-oriented environment.

Mauser Packaging Solutions offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, paid time off, and other competitive benefits.

The pay range is 60K- 75K. The exact salary offered will depend on the selected candidate's experience, skills, etc.