Production Planner

Agrati Group is a worldwide leader in fasteners and component solutions. We have 12 production plants, 5 logistic centers and nearly 2300 employees.

Investing in people is one of Agrati’s strategic assets: This is possible through technical and managerial training, targeted development paths, innovation and improvement projects that involve all employees across the board.

Whoever joins the Agrati breathes an international context, a dynamic environment, with a strong corporate culture that enhances the specificity of each plant while maintaining a sense of belonging to a historic brand that looks to the future.

A group constantly looking for enthusiastic, competent people, eager to face new challenges.

“Being an Agrati Employee means being part of the history that has distinguished us; a history in continuous evolution.”

It means believing in change and continuous improvement of yourself and your team, believing in company values and working to achieve them every day.

General Statement of Responsibilities

Responsible for planning and implementing the production schedule for the various product lines. Coordinate multiple activities to ensure on-time delivery, production and inventory goals are met. Maintain a minimum of inventory to support the production schedules. Team with the Manufacturing Manager, Production Leaders, and support personnel to ensure on-time delivery, production and inventory goals are met. Follows all ISO/IATF requirements and programs.

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 essential functions.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

· Plan and schedule orders to assure Agrati’s customer needs are met. Release work orders to production as required.

· Monitor resource requirements to assure schedule requirements are met.

· Maintain minimum inventory to support the production schedule. Work with purchasing and suppliers to develop JIT stocking programs.

· Interface with other departments (Shipping, Operations, Engineering, Purchasing, Quality) to resolve problems with timely delivery.

· Interface with purchasing to resolve problems relevant to wire receipt, raw material quality, quantity verification, cost allocation and wire issuance to production.

· Generate, analyze, and distribute production and inventory level reports to management.

· Demonstrate a commitment to continuous improvement. Take the initiative to resolve planning issues without supervision. Willingly and actively participate with production teams to resolve production and planning issues.

· Perform other tasks as needed in support of manufacturing operations, customers, and suppliers.

· Bachelor’s degree in operations management or a related field, e.g., Business Administration.

· Six years of related work experience may be substituted. Knowledge of production planning, inventory management, JIT concepts and MRP is also required.

· Firsthand experience working with a business forecast, master production schedule and/or purchasing.

· Must be familiar with a wide variety of manufacturing processes.

· Strong leadership and communication skills.

· Strong computer skills including knowledge of Microsoft Applications

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand. The employee may be required to walk, reach with hand and arms, climb, stoop, or kneel, lift, and carry.

Environmental Health and Safety Commitment

As an employee of Agrati, Inc., the employee understands the commitment to work in a safe and responsible manner that respects the environment and well-being of other employees. The employee personally commits to doing whatever they can to support those values as the top priority of the company and accepts the responsibilities as a condition of employment.