Job Description

Description: : The Production Planner plans, schedules, coordinates and/or monitors products through the complete production cycle of mature production program units to meet requirements. Advises operations and program management of the status of work in progress & risks to meeting internal master schedule. Effective collaboration and coordination with manufacturing assemblers/technicians, material management, product line managers and quality are critical to the role. Essential Functions:

• Reviews Costpoint daily, validates the output for accuracy and initiates corrective action for discrepant issues.
• Interface with Purchasing to resolve due date and shortage issues prior to work order release to support customer delivery/contract dates.
• Reviews Costpoint daily for actions. Reports to include the exception message report, Allocation of Excess Inventory report, Open Work Order report, Work Center labor and dispatch report, and Project Shortage report.
• Manages the work order process to include revision control, material availability, work order release, start and completion date maintenance, material allocation changes, Work Center labor requirements, material and labor variance analysis, and released BOM\xe2\x80\x99s and routers.
• Assist Work Centers in dispatch report management and execution, work order prioritization and schedule management.
• Assist in generating production schedules and Work Center capacity load schedules.
• Notify the Manager, Production Planning when available resources do not support the production plan (MPS) or meeting the contract date is at risk.
• Manage and execute project production schedules to meet the Master Schedule and contract delivery dates
• Performs other duties as assigned by Management.

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience or 2 years post-Secondary/ Associates Degree and a minimum of 8 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience
• Minimum (4) four years experience in production planning, ideally in an environment producing electro/mechanical products for the military. Must have basic knowledge of blueprint readings and interpretation of documentation used in the fabrication and production of electromechanical products. Should have rudimentary knowledge of the processes and procedures required to fabricate, wire and assemble electromechanical sub assemblies, assemblies, and systems.

• Preferred Additional Skills:

• Must be computer savvy and possess the acumen to quickly learn Costpoint as it relates to Production Control and Inventory Management.
• Must have understanding of ERP Manufacturing Planning Systems, ideally Costpoint. Experience and understanding of requirements in the requisitioning, purchasing, stocking, control and issuance of inventory.
• Practical knowledge of project management.
• Capable of generating moderately complex spreadsheets and reports utilizing: Microsoft Excel (pivot tables) and Microsoft Word