Production Planner

Job Purpose:

Maintains production capacity by determining, monitoring, and updating production priorities; managing staff;



Duties:

* Accomplishes production planning human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures.



* Achieves production planning operational objectives by contributing production planning information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining system improvements; implementing change.



* Meets production planning financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.



* Determines production priorities by reviewing customer orders and requirements and production schedules; analyzing equipment, materials, and employee availability; coordinating schedules with sales and warehousing.



* Resolves production scheduling problems by analyzing reports; developing solutions.



* Provides management control information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing production data and trends.



* Updates production priorities by reviewing production output and new requirements.



* Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.



* Accomplishes manufacturing and organization mission by completing related results as needed.



Skills/Qualifications:

Coaching, Managing Processes, Tracking Budget Expenses, Documentation Skills, Production Planning, Controls and Instrumentation, Strategic Planning, Dealing with Complexity, Financial Planning and Strategy, Coordination, Quality Management