Planner
- Torrance, CA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Coordinate all raw material replenishments, monitor and manage capacity requirements and work closely with sales and marketing to develop a plan that best services our customers. Direct planners in the scheduling/planning of production to meet customer quality and on-time delivery needs.
- Interface with other departments (Shipping, Processing, Engineering, Quality) to resole problems with timely delivery or disposition of rejection notices.
- Develops, communicates and monitors performance to the unit production goals to provide the basis for key operational decisions. Monitors stocking performance of inventory items to ensure optimum service levels for both.
- Provides customer service with accurate estimations of booked capacity to allow accurate quoting of customer lead-times
- Responsible for maintaining planning parameters of material.
- Reconciles confliction objectives in the Master Planner Systems in order to insure customer service, acceptable inventory levels, and maximizes production efficiency.
- Assist Sales Department in developing Customer Order Promising to support achievement of sales objectives.
- Provide input to management, Production and Engineering to reschedule in case of design changes, labor and material shortages, backlogs and other potential schedule interruptions
- Facilitate continual improvement. Take initiative to resolve planning issues without supervision's direction. Willingly participate with production teams to resolve production and planning issues.
- Perform other tasks as needed in support of manufacturing operations, customers and suppliers.
- Knowledge of production planning, inventory management, JIT concepts and MRP also required
- Expert in Excel
- Must be capable of running Master level plans from QAD
- Well developed communication skills are utilized to interact with all levels inside and outside the facility.
- Bachelors degree from an accredited institution in business or engineering
- Minimum of 1 year of planning experience preferred
- Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
- This position entails access to export-controlled items and employment offers are conditioned upon an applicant's ability to lawfully obtain access to such items.