Ready to have some fun in the great outdoors? Join Rhino Inc. to help us further develop our fast-growing group of companies producing innovative products for lakeside living, hunting, and fishing—all driven by our expertise as a custom rotational-molding manufacturer.

If you appreciate being outside year-round, you’ll love what we do. We make enjoying the outdoors all the better by creating durable and easy-to-use floating docks; waterfowl hunting boats, blinds, and decoys; and ice fishing shelters and sleds. We also produce fluid storage/distribution tanks and provide custom mold and mold repair services.

Rhino is a leading manufacturer with a respected reputation in these niche areas through our brands: Wave Armor, Beavertail/DOA Decoys, Otter Outdoors, and Rhino Tuff Tanks. We are a 29-year-old, family-owned and led, international business still small enough for your voice to be heard, your name to be known and your impact to be meaningful. Everyone is encouraged to share input on projects and initiatives, and our decision-making is collaborative as we realize there are leaders at every level within Rhino. We hire, promote, and make changes based on our core values, beginning with “Work hard, play hard!”

Job Summary: Temp to Hire position - now through December 2023

The Production Planner's role is to create and maintain an efficient production schedule to ensure on-time delivery to valued customers; internally and externally. The Production Planner will work alongside the Master Scheduler partnering with Production Supervisors to develop strategies to ensure the production and supply of finished goods achieve on-time shipments. They will review year over year metrics to better plan for the next year, manage inventory levels per a forecasting and min model, and maintain integrity of parts and bill of materials in the system. The Production Planner plays a big part in the daily operations and will work closely with key internal partners including Sales, Customer Service, and Purchasing,Shipping and Receiving.

Essential Functions:

• Plan, schedule, coordinate and/or monitor the flow of products through the complete production cycle. Provide timely planning, scheduling, and inventory levels for assigned brands to achieve both internal financial goals and customer delivery dates.
• Process production reporting entries to update inventory levels in MRP system
• Develop run strategies that increase throughput while controlling inventory levels.
• Facilitate communication and action to resolve supply constraints and/or bottlenecks and assists with necessary corrective actions.
• Collaborate and partner with internal departments to optimize scheduling:
  • Customer Service and Sales to communicate critical gaps and delivery constraints
  • Manufacturing operations to learn and understand the rotational molding process and what products can run together to better set up the schedule
  • Warehouse team to develop attainable schedules and issue work orders to meet production needs
  • Shipping to communicate when orders are fulfilled and schedule the shipment on the shipping calendar.
  • Purchasing to ensure timely delivery of raw goods and components to allow enough time to produce products and ship for high on-time delivery goals

• Use IQMS system to schedule whenever possible. When not, create Google/Excel spreadsheets to show a live production schedule, plan, and estimated completion dates.
• During busy time, oversee a set of specific part numbers for a brand using Excel.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

• 3 years of experience in a manufacturing production scheduler role or equivalent combination of education and experience
• High level of proficiency in Excel/Google spreadsheets, Word, Outlook and other software programs necessary to perform job
• Excellent communication skills
• Use strong analytical skills and attention to detail to make business decisions
• Ability to problem solve and work efficiently under pressure
• Ability to interact effectively with internal and external customers

Physical Requirements:

• Works primarily in office environment to include cubicles and/or in and around shipping/receiving docks and rotational molding environment.
• Ability to walk and stand for extended periods of time. Exposure to shop elements such as noise, dust, odors, heat and cold.