Production Planner

Novares US LLC (formerly Key Plastics LLC) is currently looking for an experienced Production Planner.

We are a plastic injection molding facility that works with Tier 1 and 2 automotive customers. We have been at this location since 1960 and have seen many improvements throughout the years.

Come join our team and continue to grow with us.

Manage planning and sequencing

• 1 - Draw up the three-month Master Production Schedule (Industrial and Sales Plan)
  • Draw up the three-month Master Production Schedule each week based on customer orders, stock objectives and production constraints.
  • Propose an adapted policy based on workload and technical constraints.
  • Organise a weekly meeting with Autonomous Production Units to submit workloads (Production Plan).
  • Monitor progress and compliance with the plant Production Plan.
  • Define and ensure respect of economic launch quantities for each part number according to management rules in force.
  • Draft the meeting minutes and distribute these.
• 2 - Draw up the workload schedule
  • Analyse subcontracting possibilities based on requests from other group sites.
  • Establish workload simulations based on new.
  • Make the necessary decisions to optimise scheduling to prevent production interruptions and the overproduction of parts, in line with initial data.
• 3 - Define the daily production sequence
  • Update the Production Plan daily.
  • Draw up the production plan according to Kanban levels, stock levels, Launch Orders (LO), maintenance requests, production imperatives and information produced by the IS.
  • Generate LOs, print them and make them available to the production team in accordance with the defined sequence.
  • Draw up the fixed launch schedule, ensure its distribution and its regular update.
  • Attend the daily production meeting.
  • Communicate with the customer logistics team to notify them of any change to the schedule and analyse the consequences.
  • Liaise permanently with the customer logistics technician and production supervisors to obtain all information useful for optimisation.
  • Modify the schedule based on different anomalies.
  • Establish Kanban loops, analyse their relevance and update at regular intervals.
  • Check the entry into stock of end products (PF) and semi-finished (SF) products.
  • Assess packaging requirements, identify insufficient quantities.
• 4 - Upgrade the information system
  • Create data specific to scheduling in the decision-aid tool (calendar, manufacturing deadline, batch size, etc.).
  • Define emergency stock and minimum stock.
  • Update decision-aid tool data (batch size, Average Daily Consumption, change in quantity by UC, etc.), ensure reliability of this data.
  • Update data specific to logistics in the information system.
  • Monitor production schemes (assignment to unit, press/item, etc.).
  • Signal all anomalies detected in the technical data.
• 5 - Help to manage modifications
  • Attend modification meetings.
  • Draw up schedules to define the availability of tools for modifications.
  • Check the feasibility beforehand and propose the schedule.
  • Inform the maintenance team of tool availability.
• 6 - Help to continuously improve logistics
  • Suggest ways to improve stock reduction.
  • Monitor Master Production Schedule progress/delay.
  • Attend the daily Logistics performance meeting and update indicators.
  • Help to analyse deviations and progress daily using problem‑solving tools.
  • Take part in working groups (CCV, SMED, Kanban etc.).
  • Help to prepare the Industrial and Sales Plan.
  • Optimise press workload by proposing, in collaboration with the production team, the implementation of new mould/machine pairs.

Manage planning and sequencing: draw up the three-month Master Production Schedule each week based on customer orders, stock objectives and production constraints.

• Demand planning, supply planning experience and supply chain knowledge applications.
• Proven track record in similar role.
• Ability to accurately analyze information and make sound decisions that have considerable business impact.
• Ability to take initiative and accountability for the accuracy of information and for achieving results.

Candidate Profile :

Level of

Experience:

Mid-Career

Type of

Contract:

ATW - At Will Contract

Required Travel:
0.00%

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, political orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.