Production Planning Coordinator

Roles and Responsibilities

The role of the Production Planning coordinator is to ensure that all new Customer orders are properly initiated within the overall production schedule to satisfy the commitments to all customer demands. This includes the review with management to determine commitments, job creation based on that review, the review and release of manufactured component jobs to support top level demands, and to initiate the execution of those jobs based on scheduled start dates.

Key duties/responsibilities of the Production Planning Coordinator, including, but not limited to:

• Reviews all new Customer orders with Management to determine commit dates and quantities.
• Enters all Top Level and Component inventory jobs for all Production requirements.
• Prints and prepares all Job documentation (Traveler/Drawings) for release to the floor.
• Production Liaison to the Engineering team as it applies to the review of all Job drawings/documents to ensure proper revision levels, work center locations, and material call outs are correct.
• Coordinates the release of material to the floor through the review of Job start dates.
• Manages the update and redistribution of Job Documentation when revision changes are initiated.

Other duties may be assigned relative to experience and company needs or as required.
QUALIFICATIONS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Qualifications and Education Requirements
Minimum Education:

• High School Graduate or equivalent GED
• Preferred degree or certificate in production management

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum 1 to 3 years’ experience in project management in a manufacturing environment.
• Working experience in formal ERP systems, Epicor 10 experience preferred.
• Must be able to interpret customer engineering specifications and/or drawings to determine product and quality requirements.
• Should have strong communication and organizational skills. Excellent communicator with ability to read, write and speak fluent English.
• Analytical skills and the ability to skillfully plan and organize functions.

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