Sr. Production Planner/Scheduler
Sr. Production Planner/Scheduler
OMEGA Engineering
Swedesboro, NJ
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Position Summary
This role is located in Swedesboro, NJ and will be responsible for generating a daily/weekly production schedule that balances manufacturing capacity, operating efficiencies, and inventory levels based on a collaborative Sales, Inventory and Operations Plan(SIOP).
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Education and/or Experience:
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Position Summary
This role is located in Swedesboro, NJ and will be responsible for generating a daily/weekly production schedule that balances manufacturing capacity, operating efficiencies, and inventory levels based on a collaborative Sales, Inventory and Operations Plan(SIOP).
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Conduct daily MRP runs and issue jobs for manufacturing work centers that align with SIOP targets from corporate supply chain team.
- Create, update and maintain schedules and work with production to meet customer demand and production targets while optimizing resource utilization.
- Work with Supply Chain planning team to address changes in demand/capacity.
- Work with Purchasing team to escalate material shortages and assist with developing appropriate corrective actions.
- Communicate scheduling conflicts with stakeholders and quickly resolve them as they arise.
- Support Kanban replenishment process for point of use/feeder cell materials.
- Coordinate parts within plant, from feeder cells, and escalate shortages.
- Provide order status updates for released jobs to customers service teams.
- Lead Kaizens and continuous improvement projects to improve production planning and scheduling processes.
- Work with Production/Supply Chain teams to anticipate potential production bottlenecks, supply chain disruptions, or quality issues and develop contingency plans to minimize their impact on production schedules.
- On a daily basis, respond to email expedites or cancellations.
- Generate regular reports and key performance indicators (KPIs) related to production planning and adherence to production schedules.
- Direct other departmental production planners.
Education and/or Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) in Business Administration or related field (materials/logistics/purchasing emphasis preferable); and at least 5+ years of relevant manufacturing/purchasing work experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- APICS/CPM Accreditation (a Plus)
- 3+ years of management/supervisory experience (Supervisor/Management training certificate preferred).
- Lean Manufacturing experience-manufacturing processes and inventory replenishment methods such as Kanban, VMI, Consignment, etc..
- Experience working with ERP (preferably Syteline).
- Experience working with 3rd party Planning/Scheduling systems (a Plus)
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
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Seniority level
Mid-Senior level -
Employment type
Full-time -
Job function
Management and Manufacturing -
Industries
Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
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