ProdPlan

JOB DESCRIPTION PRODUCTION PLANNER

Classification: Exempt Reports to: Director of Planning & Materials Date: January 2025

Objective: Responsible for the planning, releasing, and tracking workflow from the sales department and customer through manufacturing departments, making sure the product meets quality standards and ensuring deadlines are met.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Responsible for managing print flow schedules
2. Analyze and organize on-hand inventory
3. Develop a plan for meeting on-time delivery of finished goods.
4. Enters manufacturing orders to be scheduled by production.
5. Define order quantities, urgency of need and outstanding commitments
6. Liaison with sales force and Customer Service personnel to resolve customer related issues
7. Maintain accurate data within the AMS/WMS system
8. Coordinate and expedite special request deliveries
9. Ensuring organizational systems and training are in place and documented.
10. Offer suggestions with regard to procedures and standards to facilitate work and maintain product quality.
11. Analyze facts or circumstances surrounding situations to determine appropriate outcome.
12. Participate in continuous improvement efforts.
13. Assist in maintaining cleanliness of work area
14. Other duties as assigned

Competencies

1. Able to work independently and in a collaborative team environment
2. Able to work in a fast-paced office with strong motivation and sense of urgency

1. Ability to maintain composure in stressful situations

1. Strong math skills to include: fractions, percentages, reading a ruler and basic math
2. Able to maintain paper and electronic filing systems
3. Attention to detail and excellent attendance is critical
4. Advanced communication, organization, troubleshooting and time management skills
5. Able to use basic office equipment, including: scanner, copier, fax, printer, phone system

Supervisory Responsibility: This position has no direct supervisory role.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee will work in an office environment as well as on the production floor, interacting with other employees. It is fast-paced and requires positive and professional social interaction. The noise level in the work environment can range from minimal to loud.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, reach with hands and arms and use fingers to type and operate a mouse. Vision abilities include: close vison, peripheral vision, depth perception, color identification and the ability to adjust focus. Ability to speak, write, type and hear. Proper and safe use of pallet jack and weigh scales. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move items up to 10 pounds.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position, and regular hours are Monday through Friday. Increased hours may be required when production schedules dictate.

Travel: The need to travel is minimal for this position.

Required Education and Experience: BS in Logistics or Print Management experience in a production or manufacturing environment; familiarity with MRP/ERP systems.

Preferred Education and Experience: 4-6 years of experience in the folding carton or packaging industry; APICS training or certification preferred.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications:

Legally eligible to work in the United States and successful completion of background and drug screens.

EEO Statement

Arkay provides equal employment opportunities to all persons. This policy applies to hiring, termination and promotion; compensation; schedules and job assignments; discipline; training; working conditions, and all other aspects of employment. As an employee, you are expected to honor this policy and to take an active role in our EEO policy.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, shift and machine assignments, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.