Our team is growing and we are hiring a Production Planner for our Tucker, GA facility! We are an established company with a brand portfolio that is well recognized. Full health benefits after the 1st day of the month following hire, paid time off,  sick time and 11 paid holidays are some of the benefits we are offer our employees.  

Summary:

The Production Planner develops and executes short term operational production planning and inventory management program with alignment from customer service, supply chain, procurement, product management and manufacturing for product supply with customer demand optimizing cost to serve. Integrating the demand forecast with production capabilities and generates a production plan/schedule using Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) techniques. The Production Planner must optimize inventory levels to achieve effective customer service in harmonization with inventory analysis and cost management. The Production Planner serves as an expert resource for customer service, supply chain, sales, product management and manufacturing. The candidate must work closely with customer service, supply chain, sales, procurement, product management, manufacturing, shipping and warehousing to ensure the highest levels of asset utilization, throughput and overall schedule compliance. He/she manages key demand time thresholds and communicates issues regarding the schedule with customer service, supply chain and manufacturing. Overall, the Production Planner is responsible for capacity planning, generating a daily/weekly Master Production Schedule (MPS.) 

Core Responsibilities:
•    Develops and executes short term operational production planning and inventory management program with guidance from supply chain, product management and manufacturing. Includes rough cut capacity planning and finite scheduling for the manufacturing organization. 
•    Participates in operations planning meetings as the expert on the production plan/schedule, capacity, and campaign and sequencing issues. Advises supply chain, QC and Manufacturing on decisions to support the balance of short term supply and demand. 
•    Plans/schedules and requisitions raw materials as defined by the production plan and schedule. Defines inventory targets by raw material and manages overall raw material levels to established targets while working with corporate supply chain. 
•    Defines and recommends target levels of raw material, work-in-process and finished goods inventories to customer service, manufacturing and supply chain based on MRP parameters and knowledge of the production process (batch sizes, lead times, cycle times, etc.) 
•    Monitors and maintains operational raw material and work-in-process inventory levels. Manages production plan/schedule to achieve targeted finished goods levels. 
•    Coordinates packaging requirements and finished good shipping activities between supply chain, Manufacturing and Plant Shipping. 
•    Maintains operational inventories by managing inventory days on hand, policing obsolete, dormant and slow moving stock, and developing feedback reports to be given to the appropriate person for resolution. 
•    Serves as primary communication link between customer service (NACS), product management, supply chain, procurement and manufacturing participation in daily production meetings, MRP updates to the production schedule and SAP reports. 
•    Serves as expert resource for Manufacturing as it relates to the use of scheduling systems. Continuously improves the planning and scheduling process through problem identification, recommendations and implementation of systems improvements. 
•    Tracks and communicates key supply chain issues with raw material and intermediate inventory levels. Leads weekly review process with manufacturing to evaluate performance and identify improvement opportunities. 
•    Champions cycle count initiatives for the site and performs the necessary inventory corrections to maintain the sites inventory accuracy initiatives as well as develops new procedures and guidelines to continuously improve the initiative. 

Education and Experience:
•    Minimum 5 years experience in manufacturing
•    Working knowledge in SAP, Production Scheduling, Material Flow, Distribution and Inventory Control 
•    4 Year college or vocational degree or equivalent work experience. 
•    Understanding of Lean Six Sigma concepts and governing principles Green Belt or Black Belt certification preferred. 
•    Type 50 words/minute 
•    Strong MS Office skills with concentration in Excel data import/exporting and Pivot table data analysis
 

ITW Pro Brands is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.