Production Planner

Job Overview

Job Description

Production Planner
Hiring Basis: Direct hire
Onboarding Requirements: Position is contingent on clean criminal background screen
Location: St. Anthony, MN 55413
Pay: 65-75k
Benefits: Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance eligible your 1st day on the job, 401K with Match 1st month following hire, Quarterly Bonus Program payout potential, Company paid Holidays (12) and Paid Birthday (1) (use anytime throughout the year), Paid Time Off (PTO) available immediately, Company paid Short- & Long-Term Disability, Company paid Life Insurance, $6,000 annual Tuition Reimbursement program, Secure, onsite free parking

JOB OVERVIEW

Lotus Technical has a direct hire opportunity for a Production Planner for our client, a manufacturing company located in St. Anthony, MN. Benefits include Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance eligible your 1st day on the job, 401K with Match 1st month following hire, Quarterly Bonus Program payout potential, Company paid Holidays (12) and Paid Birthday (1) (use anytime throughout the year), Paid Time Off (PTO) available immediately, Company paid Short- & Long-Term Disability, Company paid Life Insurance, $6,000 annual Tuition Reimbursement program, Secure, onsite free parking. Must be US Citizen or Green Card Holder. Must be local to the MN area. Sorry, no relocations.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE

The Production Planner is responsible for creating, organizing, guiding and scheduling production. Provides resource analysis, detailed manufacturing schedules and production plans. Carries out studies and projections to avoid bottlenecks while monitoring the production process in order to optimize capacity, utilization and quality.

DUTIES

Responsible for developing, implementing, monitoring, and maintaining summary schedules to meet customer demand.
Acts as primary information conduit between operations and commercial departments.
Performs schedule analysis such as critical path identification, schedule risk identification, and variance investigation.
Performs capacity monitoring and analysis to identify and resolve capacity constraints using proven industry best-practices such as level-loading, expediting, and outsourcing.
Proactively identifies and manages the resolution of critical schedule issues.
Leads resolution of urgent product manufacturing issues to support master schedule
Integrates, maintains and analyzes primary data related to project backlog and history.
Compiles and analyzes Key Performance and Visual Management Indicators.

REQUIREMENTS

Bachelor’s Degree in Operations, Business, or similar; or equivalent work experience.
Demonstrated competency strength in initiative, problem solving, customer service, and interpersonal communication skills.
Three to Five years’ experience in a manufacturing environment.
Comfortable with Microsoft Office products (focus on Excel), proficiency preferred.
Familiar with MRP software, SAP strongly preferred.
Must be US Citizen, or Green Card Holder.
Must be local to the MN area. Sorry, no relocations.