Job Description

The Production Planner/Scheduler is responsible for planning production lines and equipment at Suncast. He or she will plan production that often runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Materials resource planning (MRP) programs, spreadsheets, and databases are used extensively.

The Planner will maintain and adjust the current schedule to match the Expectation of operations for up to 1 week. This employee will work closely with several departments including purchasing, sales, production, engineering, quality assurance, and distribution. It may be necessary to be on call during evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities:

The following duties are considered essential to this position. Other responsibilities may be assigned.

• Coordinate daily with Customer Service to ensure that near-term product shortages are resolved. (1-to-2-week horizon.)
• Maintain safety stock and replenishment targets for individual stock keeping units (SKU’s).
• Maintain shop calendar.
• Compile Unique Materials Inventory Report for Sales as required.
• Prepare Build versus Scrap Analysis Report on excess and obsolete materials and products.
• Coordinate production activities with distribution, maintenance, manufacturing (including production support), engineering, and quality assurance to obtain optimum efficiency and utilization of all resources.
• Work closely with industrial engineering to ensure data files are accurate and maintained.
• Assist with scheduling production labor based on current shop orders, previous experience of jobs, and training requirements.
• Understand the logic pertaining to the item master file, bill of material, and routing method files.

Qualifications:

• Associate’s Degree required; Bachelor’s degree in Business, Operations Management, or a similar field preferred. Two years of production planning experience required.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures. Ability to respond to questions from managers, engineers, and coworkers.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and using effective communication skills, act on these conclusions to achieve the desired result. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Critical thinking and problem-solving skills are vital in this position.
• This position requires an expert level of computer literacy. The employee must be capable of using advanced features of spreadsheets and databases for data analysis. He or she must be capable of learning to use AS400 query methods. Advanced knowledge of MRP is required.

The Anticipated Pay Range for This Position: $80,000-$90,000 annually

Suncast offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Telehealth benefits
• Life insurance
• 401K with employer match
• Paid vacation time off
• Paid parental leave
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) & Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) for health and dependent care
• Paid Parental Leave (maternity & paternity)
• Educational Assistance Program
• Tuition Reimbursement

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