Production Planner II

Our client, an Automated machinery manufacturing company, is seeking a Production Planner to join their team. As a Production Planner, you will be part of the Manufacturing Support Team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in balancing customer order demand, inventory replenishment demand, production capacity, resource, and material constraints, while achieving >90% on time delivery. This position is for LOCAL candidates.  Only candidates from the Milwaukee, WI metro area will be considered.

Job Title: Production Planner
Location: Menomonee Falls, WI
Pay: $35-$43/hr. plus OT

Key Responsibilities

• Establish the production schedule and rough-cut capacity plan for assigned product areas and manufacturing departments by balancing customer order demand, inventory replenishment demand, production capacity, resource, and material constraints, while achieving >90% on time delivery.
• Rigorously evaluate and manage ERP master data for consistency and accuracy to ensure highly accurate real-time status of customer orders, capacity utilization, inventory levels, material delivery or shortages, and to maximize the opportunity manage by exception, and support long term requirements planning.
• Effectively extract and analyze trend data, sales forecasts, and produce machine and labor capacity forecasts, and establish proper inventory levels of both purchased and manufactured goods. Implement replenishment strategies to maintain or improve lead times, both to customer and internal departments.
• Effectively collaborate with Purchasing to ensure timely delivery of sourced or sub-contracted materials or services in support of the production schedule or inventory replenishment.

•  Three (3) or more years of work experience in Production Scheduling, Supply Chain, Business, Materials Management, or related field is required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication to inform the organization on order, job, and operation status and perform effective change management as required.
• Excellent knowledge of ERP systems is required. Epicor ERP is the most preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word is required. Strong data extraction and Excel trend analysis and forecasting capabilities are required.
• Basic ability to understand and interpret engineering drawings, technical data, and product specifications is required.

• Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k with Match
• Weekly pay with direct deposit
• Holiday Pay
• Referral Rewards
• Monthly Recognition Programs
• Dedicated Career Partner to help you achieve your career goals
• Recognized as World’s Most Ethical Companies in 2023 for 14^th year in a row

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About ManpowerGroup, Parent Company of Experis
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