Production Planner

This position is responsible for organizing and maintaining overall capacity planning schedules for the facility. The core ERP database is SAP and used to execute production order assignment flows that includes publishing both interdepartmentally and outside departments supporting the Service Center. The position requires focus on custom made engineered components, assemblies and rebuilds. Will maintain system data and will develop daily/weekly production schedules in conjunction with sales, engineering, warehouse and purchasing department support. Leads structure and sets the agenda of daily board meetings to discuss accuracy of all departmental timeline assignments. Major Duties: • Develop and maintain production schedules including daily, weekly and long-term plans to optimize the use of all resources and meeting capital, repair and aftermarket order targets • Understand, develop and maintain ERP (SAP) settings resulting in streamlining the coordination of labor, machinery and material timelines focused on maximizing efficiency and throughput of the facility • Plans, coordinates and oversees the workflow of all facility departments to ensure that all orders are produced efficiently and delivered on time. The role requires balancing various factors including customer demand, resources available, inventory levels and outsource commitments. • Works closely with various teams which includes Sales, Project Management, Procurement, Service Center Production, Quality Assurance to ensure all aspects of production run smoothly and orders are fulfilled • Responds quickly to production issues such as equipment failures, material shortages, or last-minute order changes and will make necessary adjustments to the master schedule for visibility • Proactively identify and address issues that arise during production order execution making necessary adjustments to schedules and processes to minimize delays working through departmental supervisors and management as needed • Ensure all production order labor operations, materials are properly scanned and completed on real-time holding departmental supervisors accountable • Track production progress, analyze historical data and prepare reports for leadership on existing order challenges used to support forecast • Work with Planners to establish production order standards on planned hour determinations which affect schedules and define standard workflows that automate the processes required in SAP. • Continuous review, suggest and provide implementation plan for process improvements to enhance efficiency and productivity. The person in this role will report to the Service Center General Mgr. Key interaction will be with manufacturing and repair personnel at the facility, project management, purchasing, engineering, sales personnel and engineering all limited only to capacity scheduling topics. The candidate will need to be self-motivated and able to handle / coordinate a heavy workload. Needs to be able to prioritize workload while assessing the value of each job/task at hand. Limited travel is required during training period, then occasional as assigned as a training pertaining to the effect of master data and capacity planning strategies The role of this position is to provide technical scheduling expertise for the facility. Success is measured by accurate operation estimates and meeting schedules resulting in an even flow of production orders through all departments focused on accurate dates in SAP opposed to shop schedule changes on the fly not in SAP.