The Production Planner will be responsible for performing duties centered on the material planning/scheduling process as it impacts the manufacturing operations

He/She will be responsible for the maintenance and evaluation of Scheduler/MRP along with processing of work orders and/or purchase orders as it relates to fabricated parts.

The Production Planner will also be responsible for the coordination of out-bound Logistics to include the management of the Lean Pull Part System.

Job Description:

The Production Planner will perform all or some of the following Job description:

• The Production Planner will process Scheduler/MRP reports for Braun fabricated parts. This entails running the Scheduler/MRP reports multiple times each week, evaluating the recommendations and issuing work orders with all appropriate drawings required. It is the responsibility of the Production Planner to review drawings being distributed, to ensure the latest revision has been pulled for distribution

• Pick up completed work orders from the production floor, review and issue appropriate materials and receive completed stock

• Review and re-file or toss any associated drawings

• The Production Planner will process Material Movement Forms and log/track as required; to include twice monthly review meetings with Product Managers covering any delinquent forms

• Run Dispatch Report and follow up with Production Supervisors to know issues with regards to past due work orders. This will act as a reminder to Production that they need to get work orders completed and turned in " not just at Physical Inventory time

• The Production Planner will be responsible for running the Negative Inventory report for Fabricated and Purchased parts on a daily basis and work with appropriate purchasing and production personnel to correct any open issues that may be caused by inaccurate inventories. Discrepancy corrections need to be made on a timely basis not to exceed two business days from the day that any work order is closed out

• Print the Unissued Material Fab Parts (Access Report) to clean up any materials not yet issued to Fabrication Work Orders (to include Customer Ship-Out Work Orders) at a minimum of twice weekly

• The Production Planner will review order quantities and order policies with the objective to balance manufacturing efficiencies with inventory levels " Safety Stocks, Re-Order Quantities & Lead-Times. This also includes identifying and implementing parts that would benefit by having an intermediate build-to level

• He/She will be responsible for Capacity Planning and yield reporting

• The Production Planner will follow implementation of new Scheduler within the current ERP System, purchasing responsibilities may apply

• Perform shipping process for all machine shipments. Process includes coordinating with customer on the delivery of the equipment, selecting a transportation carrier, generating and printing Shipping Labels, Bills of Lading and any required Export Documents. Also includes the execution of the Visual shipping transactions

• The Production Planner will perform final review of all machine orders, the day of shipment to verify all materials are fully issued. Communicate any problems that were found in this review to the appropriate functions immediately

• Pick up, review and issue all completed machine pick lists. Evaluate closed operations for missing pick lists using available Access Report

• The Production Planner will process Material Movement Forms and log/track as required; to include twice monthly review meetings with Product Managers covering any delinquent forms

• Provide backup to Master Scheduler for quoting freight rates

• Provide backup to Master Scheduler by running Production Meetings where required

• The Production Planner will generate and enter part numbers for Purchased parts, ensuring that fields are populated with accurate information, on a timely basis as called out in the appropriate work instruction. This process also includes populating necessary fields for all fabricated part numbers which are generated for the Engineering group

• Support all areas of Materials and Manufacturing to print labels for Parts and Shelves

• Support Physical Inventory function

• The Production Planner will review and update all owned or co-owned Quality Management System documents within two years of latest revisions

• The Production Planner will perform other duties and special projects as assigned.           

• The Production Planner should have two years of appropriate purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment
• Possess knowledge and use of MRP, production planning and inventory planning.