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Position Summary:
The Junior Production Planner plays a key role in supporting manufacturing operations by developing and coordinating production schedules, managing inventory requirements, and ensuring materials and resources are available to meet customer demand. The ideal candidate is detail oriented, analytical, and thrives in a fast-paced environment where priorities may shift based on customer needs and production requirements. Qualified candidates must be able to work an on-site schedule at our Baldwin, WI plant.
Role Responsibilities:
Supports the planning and developing of weekly production line schedules of assigned departments based on the master schedule plan. In addition, may schedule rework, unfinished parts and assemblies, new production releases, and special orders.
Helps prepare all necessary support materials for scheduling which includes ordering route sheets, preparing shop packets, establishing part numbers, reviewing orders for accuracy and ability to build, entering all requirements into the computer, and preparing shipping documents.
Assists with establishing effective communication with various groups such as customers, sales offices, Corporate, and plant production departments to ensure the on-time delivery of products through monitoring orders from start to finish.
Helps to manage plant inventory levels which includes ordering the correct quantities, determining the appropriate lead times, tracking the available storage space, and identifying reasons that require inventory adjustments and correcting the cause. Initiates physical inventory counts.
Expedites and secures parts needed for production by the time they are scheduled for production.
Helps to make or recommend revisions to planned production schedules as necessary when schedules cannot be met which includes planning and preparing backup schedules and directing production supervisors on utilization of personnel.
Keeps supervisor informed of unresolved production scheduling issues requiring attention.
Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
High school diploma or equivalent
1+ year of production control experience in a manufacturing environment
Preferred Qualifications:
Associate or Bachelor degree in supply chain, Business, Operations Management, or a related field
Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills
Experience creating reports and performing data analysis using Oracle or other ERP systems
Basic coding or report building experience
Relocation: This position is not eligible for relocation assistance.
Immigration Sponsorship Not Available:
Applicants for this position must be currently and legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship (e.g., H-1B, J-1, F-1, CPT, OPT, etc.).
Donaldson will not offer immigration sponsorship or assume sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.
International relocation or remote work arrangements outside of the U.S. will not be considered.
Keywords: Production Scheduler, Manufacturing Planning, Supply Chain Analyst, Inventory Management, Logistics
Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability and Veterans
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Skills Required
- High school diploma or equivalent
- 1+ year of production control experience in a manufacturing environment
- Ability to work on-site at Baldwin, WI
- Currently and legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship
- Associate or Bachelor degree in supply chain, Business, Operations Management, or related field
- Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills
- Experience creating reports and performing data analysis using Oracle or other ERP systems
- Basic coding or report building experience
Donaldson Company Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Donaldson Company and has not been reviewed or approved by Donaldson Company.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs like a 401(k) match, profit-sharing, and an employee stock purchase plan are positioned as meaningful components of total compensation. Company materials consistently frame retirement benefits within a broader Total Rewards offering.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, and a 24/7 Employee Assistance Program with mental‑health resources create a comprehensive health and wellbeing package. Healthcare is often characterized as decent and a core strength of the overall offering.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, holidays, and paid parental leave are explicitly included, alongside other company‑paid leaves such as bereavement, jury duty, and military leave. Some locations highlight multi‑week PTO from the first year, underscoring breadth of leave options.
Donaldson Company Insights
What We Do
Donaldson Company helps solve some of the world's most complex filtration and contamination control challenges, and is one of the largest global providers of unique filtration technologies and high-quality filters and parts. Our filtration technologies and products are used every day, in a variety of industries and environments, including aerospace, agriculture, construction, food and beverage, manufacturing, mining, power generation, transportation and many more. Key to our success, our 14,000 employees support customers at sales, manufacturing and distribution centers from over 140 locations on six continents. The filtration market continues to grow. Customers' needs for filtration solutions continue to evolve. And the opportunities for our products and our people continue to expand.
