Planner/Scheduler III - Lincoln, NH

Posting Address

34 Bern Dibner Road

Lincoln, NH 03251

Position Overview

Plan the materials, quantities, and priority order of manufacturing jobs within the plant.

Duties and Responsibilities

Roles & Responsibilities:
* Coordinate flow of work within and between departments of manufacturing plant to drive on time delivery to customers by performing the following duties. Other duties may be assigned.
* Create and schedule Production Orders to meet on time delivery performance goals and align with the capacity of the factory.
* Assemble Production Order packets and verify correct drawings are included.
* Review unscheduled customer and inter-company purchase order (ICPO) backlog on a daily basis.
* Assess backlog and output by process line.
* Resolve material shortages with Purchasing and collaborate with Warehouse on off-site storage pick list.
* Respond to Customer Service on lead time requests, expedite requests, and direct shipping requests.
* Collaborate with Manufacturing to kick-start jobs on hold (e.g., resolve problems with job quantity, rejects, missing prints, material shortages.)
* Resolve Production Order variances and cost of goods issue (COGI) errors.
* Draft new Work Instructions, as applicable.
* Effectively collaborate with diverse personalities to overcome obstacles and implement change.
* Communicate with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, etc. as needed to resolve problems on specific Production Orders and address bigger picture issues on output and delivery.
* Actively participate in Production Control meetings & communicate within the department to share pertinent information and set goals.

Skills and Experience

Required Qualifications:
* Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) in an analytical field (business, economics, etc.) preferred.
* 1-2 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Preferred Skills:
Bachelor's degree in analytical field (business, economics, etc.) preferred.
APICS CPIM preferred.
SAP experience preferred.
Lean experience preferred.
Ability to analyze current processes and pro-actively make improvements on a day-to-day basis in addition to collaborating on larger changes within the plant.
Demonstrated expert level Microsoft Excel skills to crunch backlog & capacity data and update department manager.
Demonstrated examples working with multiple people, teams, and departments to determine and implement process improvements.
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