Production Planner - Sanford, ME

Direct Hire!

Responsibilities:

• Utilize MRP to plan, prioritize, schedule, continuously improve, and control activities required to accurately meet the Sales, and Operations Plan (SOP).
• Develops and communicates daily schedules for production departments under scheduler’s control and prioritizes requirements.  Monitors production’s performance to schedules.
• Creates and plans production work orders to support Sales Orders.
• Contributes to the Sales and Operations Planning Report, attends SOP meeting.
• Acts as the data steward for planning and scheduling related ERP parameters.
• Responds to new customer orders and changes to existing customer orders by taking steps to ensure the order information is communicated to all departments and individuals involved.
• Responsible for the accurate and timely closing of jobs to ensure accurate WIP inventory.
• Makes every effort to focus on doing-it-right to make sure the customer is satisfied.
• Investigates work order variances and develops corrective actions to address.
• Provides value to customers by using Lean tools and concepts to identify and eliminate waste in all forms. 
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• BS Degree in Business Administration OR Associates Degree and five (5) years’ experience as a planner for a manufacturing facility.
• 3-5 years of working expertise with MRP/ERP systems in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong customer service and interpersonal skills with the ability to work with all levels of an organization
• 2+ years of scheduling in Epicor preferred
• Knowledge and experience with multi-level bills of material and associated routings