Production Planner-Scheduler
Gaishin Manufacturing, Inc., Benton Harbor, MI, United States
Job Title : Production Planner-Scheduler
Reports to : Supply Chain Manager
Job Summary : Responsible for forecasting, analyzing and converting customer demand into production schedules. Align cross-functionally to create an efficient schedule that ensures performance meets customer requirements. Production scheduling supports all machine work centers across the Gaishin network (3 sites).
Job Duties :
Analyze customer demand requirements and schedule production jobs accordingly
Forecast future demand, capacity and throughput requirements
Produce and analyze data to solve future capacity and throughput bottlenecks (long-term enterprise planning)
Balance workflow to honor lead times, hit commitments and ensure efficiency
Engage with operations, quality and engineering to understand and remove bottlenecks
Ensure capacity aligns with throughput needs and material availability
Produce on-time delivery metrics
Identify contributing factors that limit performance via data analysis
Engage cross-functionally to align key data inputs and close gaps
Align with customer service to proactively identify at-risk orders
Functional Skills:
Computer and technical aptitude - thorough knowledge of office products and ERP
Data driven with ability to analyze and report on data
Process & accountability driven
Clear communicator & excellent interpersonal skills
Ability to understand technical specifications / bill of materials
Ability to identify improvement opportunities
Qualifications/Desired Experience:
Production planning experience
Associates or Bachelors degree preferred
Detail oriented and extremely organized
Root cause analysis & problem solving (continuous improvement)
Reports to : Supply Chain Manager
Job Summary : Responsible for forecasting, analyzing and converting customer demand into production schedules. Align cross-functionally to create an efficient schedule that ensures performance meets customer requirements. Production scheduling supports all machine work centers across the Gaishin network (3 sites).
Job Duties :
Analyze customer demand requirements and schedule production jobs accordingly
Forecast future demand, capacity and throughput requirements
Produce and analyze data to solve future capacity and throughput bottlenecks (long-term enterprise planning)
Balance workflow to honor lead times, hit commitments and ensure efficiency
Engage with operations, quality and engineering to understand and remove bottlenecks
Ensure capacity aligns with throughput needs and material availability
Produce on-time delivery metrics
Identify contributing factors that limit performance via data analysis
Engage cross-functionally to align key data inputs and close gaps
Align with customer service to proactively identify at-risk orders
Functional Skills:
Computer and technical aptitude - thorough knowledge of office products and ERP
Data driven with ability to analyze and report on data
Process & accountability driven
Clear communicator & excellent interpersonal skills
Ability to understand technical specifications / bill of materials
Ability to identify improvement opportunities
Qualifications/Desired Experience:
Production planning experience
Associates or Bachelors degree preferred
Detail oriented and extremely organized
Root cause analysis & problem solving (continuous improvement)