Job Description

Sr Production Planner

Contract or Contract to Hire

Onsite Warren, MA

Must Haves :

• 5+ years of planning and materials management in a manufacturing environment
• ERP experience
• Comfortable getting out on the floor
• Strong communication skills

Preferred :

• Bachelor's Degree
• 10+ years of experience

Senior Production Planner

Principal Activities

• Plan, prepare and control production schedules and coordinate with Scheduling team to ensure a controlled flow of approved material times to meet production requirements.
• Evaluate material requirements to align production schedule to master schedule for to meet targeted completion dates
• Coordinate the efficient movement of materials with production, warehouse/logistics, and scheduling team.
• Responsible for scheduling and monitoring the movement of material through the production facility and will work on a wide variety of complex planning activities where material requirements.
• Ability to devise and augment spreadsheets to enhance planning’s ability to proactively
• communicate information with a sense of urgency.Advise management of the status of work in progress, material availability, and potential production problems.
• Effectively communicate targeted completion dates and issues as they arise to appropriate team members.
• Evaluate and work with Production Management to level load schedules in accordance with capacity constraints.
• Identify and communicate areas of improvement for planning in the ERP system with team and management.
• Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
• Delegate tasks and provide guidance to Expeditors and other appropriate personnel.
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.
• Plan project timeliness and milestones using appropriate tools.
• Develop and deliver progress reports on production status.
• Proactively manage changes in production completion dates, identify potential issues, and devise contingency plans to meet completion dates.
• Minimize exposure and risk on the project.

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

Knowledge Skills & Abilities

• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written).
• Intermediate spreadsheet and numerical analysis skills.
• Ability to exercise tact and good interpersonal skills.
• Ability to be pro-active with a sense of urgency.
• Ability to read, understand and communicate technical documentation.
• A self-starter, a highly motivated person able to work in a fast paced environment that is continually changing.
• Proficiency with ERP systems required, preferably in a projectized MRP system.
• U.S. citizen.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor degree in Supply Chain, Business or Accounting preferred, High School Diploma is required.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Planning and materials management in a manufacturing environment required, 10 years preferred.

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