Production Planner

Production Planner

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Running MRP – Creating / updating production work orders, analyzing suggestions, work order quantities, safety stocks, material on hand and scheduling work orders accordingly.
• Vendor Managed Inventory – Monitor stock levels, weekly shipping schedule, forecast demand in system,expeditematerialand maintain a high fill rate.
• Planning / prioritizing production work orders, releasing work orders,determiningmanpower, raw materials needed, reviewing completed work orders and production standards.

Reports to: Operations Manager

Primary work location: Montreal, Quebec

Travel requirement: Limited travel

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Responsible for weekly production scheduling.
• Ensure products are produced on time and in a profitable manner.
• Review completed work orders, production standards and employee production numbers.
• Ensure production schedules are met and shipments to customers are on time.
• Verify job quantities and labour hours are booked properly.
• Work closely with purchasing, production, sales, engineering, and shipping departments.
• Monitor production activities and provide feedback to management.
• Providing timely responses to specific order inquiries from sales.
• Identifying a solution when conflict occurs between demand and capacity.
• Able to deal with expedites, shortages and reorganizing production schedule.
• Maintain vendor managed inventory levels accordingly.
• Create / update demand schedule for vendor managed inventory.
• Create forecasts and analyze historical data / seasonal trends.
• Ability to analyze, revise andutilizedata to accurately foresee customer demand.
• Processing MRP daily and schedule demand accurately.
• Review /expeditematerial needed to complete production orders.
• Updating, reviewing, and canceling production work orders.
• Maintain finished goods inventory at target levels and adjust regularly.
• Review raw material / component safety stock levels based on lead times, costs,storageand usage in conjunction with purchasing.
• Do all necessary paperwork / administrative work asrequired.
• Attend meetings,participatein Kaizeneventsand make lean suggestions.
• Able to managea large number ofproducts and SKUs.
• Maintain data integrity within the ERP system.
• Able to work on projects andadditionalduties as requested.

Job Requirements:

• Excellent inter-personal skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong collaborative and team skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Able to work with precision and efficiency in tight deadlines
• Spoken languages: French / English bilingual
• Written languages: French / English bilingual

Experience / Education / Skillset:

• 3years’ experience as a Production Planner / Scheduler or similar role.
• Experience using MRP, MS Office and ERP systems.
• Knowledge of Epicor ERP an asset
• Prior experience working in a manufacturing environment.
• Previoussupervisor / managerial role an asset.
• Post-secondary education in Supply Chain & Operations Management or related field.

Work schedule:

• Full Time, permanent position
• Work schedule, 40 hours a week.