Production Planner (MA, Springfield)

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• We are looking for a qualified Production Planner Scheduler to organize production according to demand and quality standards. You will be the one to ensure our goods are produced on time for distribution in a profitable manner. An excellent production planner is well-versed in production procedures and ways to optimize them. They are organized and results-driven with great problem-solving skills.
• Maintain the production schedule and other reports as required
• Follow-up as required with all teams to expedite flow of materials and documents to meet production schedule and customer expectation.
• Complete status reports for production progress, work in process, and raw material inventory.
• Interact with shop floor management daily to resolve issues regarding manufacturing efficiencies or additional information as requested from Manufacturing, Customer Service and Accounting.
• Coordinate production workflow for one or multiple products.
• Plan and prioritize operations to ensure maximum performance and minimum delay.
• Determine manpower, equipment and raw materials needed to cover production demand.
• Schedule shift per production needs; monitor jobs to ensure they will finish on time and within budget.
• Address issues when they arise aiming for minimum disruption.
• Obtain output information (number of finished products, percentage of defectives etc.).
• Prepare and submit status and performance reports.
• Keep paperwork organized.
• Collaborate with quality control, warehouse and other staff.
• Build quality into work. Ensure processes are consistent with quality objectives; be aware of current quality levels versus target levels.
• Develop and achieve departmental/company goals and controls; make suggestions for improvement in areas of cost reduction, processes, quality and productivity
• Perform related tasks as assigned.