Production Planner

About the role

KYOCERA AVX Greenville LLC is hiring a Production Planner in Erie. The role analyzes customer demand and creates work orders daily within facility capacity, keeping on-time delivery and balancing the line to meet customer due dates. It reports to the Manufacturing Manager.

Key responsibilities

• Analyze customer orders, available staff and inventory capacity to set and manage daily, weekly and monthly manufacturing schedules, often across several lines
• Adjust schedules proactively in response to equipment failures or supply shortages, and coordinate production plans to reduce in-process inventory and shop-floor downtime
• Release job orders and provide closeout analysis, checking for capacity issues and giving feedback to the planning manager and supervisors
• Work with operations to obtain materials and resolve delays
• Set and maintain minimum and maximum inventory levels for production
• Reschedule daily for priorities and expedite to meet customer needs
• Help forecast and recommend actions to meet customer requirements
• Work with Production, Engineering, Maintenance, QC and Materials to ensure on-time delivery
• Monitor inventory accuracy and fix deficiencies

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Management or a similar field
• 3+ years in a manufacturing planning or scheduling position
• Superior organization and planning skills, and a collaborative approach to leading and monitoring manufacturing performance

Required skills

• Strong Microsoft Excel skills