Production Planner
hace 5 días
Middlesex
Production Planner Position Summary: The Production Planner is responsible for developing, maintaining, and optimizing production schedules to ensure efficient manufacturing operations, on-time order fulfillment, and alignment with business demand. This role serves as a key link between Sales, Manufacturing, Purchasing, and Warehouse teams, supporting S&OP processes and helping implement structured planning tools, including MRP systems, within a cGMP-regulated dietary supplement environment. Key Responsibilities: • Develop and maintain detailed production plans & schedules for pharmacy, blending, encapsulation, and packaging operations, • Lead and participate in SIOP (Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning) meetings, • Translate demand forecasts into executable production plans, • Coordinate with Purchasing to ensure raw materials and components are available to support production schedules, • Work closely with Warehouse to align inventory levels with production needs, • Support upstream planning activities to prevent material shortages or production delays, • Assist with implementation, maintenance, and optimization of MRP and planning systems, • Monitor schedule adherence and adjust plans based on operational constraints, • Communicate schedule changes clearly to cross-functional teams, • Support continuous improvement of planning tools, reports, and processes Qualifications: Education: Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, or related field preferred Experience: 2–5 years of production scheduling, planning, or supply chain experience preferred Skills: • Strong understanding of production planning and scheduling principles, • Familiarity with planning tools, MRP systems, and ERP platforms, • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and scheduling tools, • Strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills, • Ability to manage changing priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, • Bilingual preferred (Spanish & English) Success Metric: • On-time execution of production schedules, • Reduced production delays due to material shortages, • Improved alignment between demand, inventory, and production, • Successful adoption and use of planning and MRP tools