Salary Range: $62,000.00-$86,000.00
The production planner's responsibilities include monitoring inventory levels, regularly providing production status updates to management, and facilitating the timely delivery of products to customers. You should also be able to closely monitor the production process to ensure that production orders are completed on time and within budget.
To be successful as a production planner, you should be knowledgeable of material requirements planning and able to manage production deadlines. Ultimately, an exceptional production planner should demonstrate excellent time management, organizational, and problem-solving skills to ensure that production operations run smoothly.
Responsibilities:
- Evaluating purchase orders to create suitable production schedules.
- Estimating the amount of material, equipment, and labor required for production.
- Promptly addressing and resolving production issues to minimize delays in production.
- Coordinating production operations in accordance with material, labor, and equipment availability.
- Recommending viable solutions to reduce production costs as well as improve production processes and product quality.
- Effecting changes to production schedules to ensure that production deadlines are met.
- Compiling status and performance reports and submitting them to management in a timely manner.
- Promptly informing the relevant departments of changes to current production schedules.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business management, or related field is preferred.
- Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) accreditation or other relevant certification is advantageous.
- Proven experience working as a production planner. Minimum 2 years experience.
- Proficiency in all Microsoft Office applications.
- Sound knowledge of material requirements planning (MRP) and related software.
- Oracle EBS experience is ideal
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Effective communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business management, or related field is preferred.
- Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) accreditation or other relevant certification is advantageous.
- Proven experience working as a production planner. Minimum 2 years experience.
- Proficiency in all Microsoft Office applications.
- Sound knowledge of material requirements planning (MRP) and related software.
- Oracle EBS experience is ideal
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Effective communication skills.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, business management, or a related field
- CPIM accreditation or another relevant certification
- At least 2 years of experience working as a production planner
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
- Knowledge of material requirements planning (MRP) and related software
- Oracle EBS experience
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Effective communication skills
What We Do
Crenlo Engineered Cabs is a manufacturing company that designs and produces high-quality engineered operator cabs and metal products for top OEM manufacturers. They serve a wide range of markets, including agriculture, construction, forestry, military, mining, rail, and specialty truck sectors. Their focus spans the entire process from concept design to volume production, leveraging engineering innovation and continuous improvement to ensure an exceptional customer experience.
