Production Planner/Buyer
Dayton, NJ US
Job Description
Production Planner
Job Summary: The Production Planner role reports to the Administrative Manager and is responsible for scheduling manufacturing equipment and raw materials to efficiently meet customer demand.
Salary Range: $64K-$85K per year
Responsibilities:
- Develop production schedules to meet customer requirements while minimizing changeovers, downtime, and inventory
- Lead daily production schedule meetings to understand plant performance and customer needs to better plan production and raw materials
- Work directly with suppliers to maximize the plant’ s supply chain success through forecasting and effective communication
- Manage raw material purchasing responsibilities with annual spend of roughly $39MM; purchase other items as needed (e.G. Shipping supplies, pallets, sleeves, stretch wrap)
- Analyze and manage overall plant supply chain and develop strategies to meet goals; work with production, shipping, and other staff to maintain minimal inventory levels of raw materials and finished goods
- Assist in determination of material obsolescence and in purging obsolete inventory from the system
- Perform daily, weekly, monthly cycle counts to ensure inventory accuracy; lead year-end inventory count process
- Work with plant leadership and customers to address quality and service issues; implement required countermeasures
- Support the receipt entry of raw material, services, and supplies (backup)
- Be a critical member of the SPS/(TPM) Supply Chain Pillar which actively seeks to lean out all processes and reduce waste
- Maintain strict controls for accounting and financial excellence; support month end close and all internal/external audit efforts
- Perform weekly audits as scheduled
- Ensure individual and team safety participation, awareness, training, and ergonomic practices
Qualifications:
- 4-year degree preferred; 5+ years of manufacturing experience can substitute
- ERP experience required; Oracle preferred
- Participate in and develop skillsets necessary for continuous improvement initiatives
- Flexibility, positive attitude, self-motivation, and strong attention to detail
Meet Your Recruiter
Roy Evans
VP of Recruiting
Roy Evans is a record setting recruiter noted for consistently excelling and for the innovative systems he has developed. A well know industry trainer has anointed Roy as being in the top 5% of all recruiters worldwide both in terms of production and skill level.
Roy uses “RoyLentless” effort, world-class technology and great process to attract professionals with the drive, discipline and motivation to deliver extraordinary results for his clients.
LinkedIn has crowned Roy as someone who could write a book on using LinkedIn as one of its top 1% in recruiter users. Roy is LinkedIn Certified and a charter member of the Association of Talent Acquisition Professionals.
In his spare time, Roy is a college football fan who enjoys fishing, fitness and spending time with his wife and two children.