What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Planner position at BETE Fog Nozzle, LLC?
GREENFIELD Production Planner Responsible for developing, coordinating,
and maintaining production schedules to ensure customer orders are
fulfilled on time while optimizing inventory levels, labor utilization,
and manufacturing capacity. This role serves as a key link between
sales, purchasing, inventory control, manufacturing, and customer
service. Primary Responsibilities: Release production packages to the
shop floor by procedure R4-8-1 so shop load is balanced across similarly
capable workstations to avoid bottlenecks and to meet customer
expectations as defined by BETE quality standards and/or the Customer
Requirement Plan. Select a machine plan using a solid understanding of
machine capabilities such as max work-holding size, travel lengths and
cutting speeds. Select primary or alternate paths for work depending on
delivery timelines and quantity restrictions. Identify when product
produced on an alternate path is inconsistent with the primary and
notify engineering of changes in form, fit or function. Monitor shop
workload on a daily basis for delivery performance against customer ship
dates. Collaborate with Lead people to schedule work according to
procedure PL3-1-1. Proactively resolve overall capacity bottlenecks of
the shop by transferring work from highly loaded workstations to
underutilized ones so all jobs can be completed by designated due dates.
Inform Shift Supervisor as soon as capacity changes so staffing can be
adjusted to proper levels. Solicit feedback from Shop Manager, Shift
Supervisors and Lead People to standardize the process of communicating
capacity changes. Notify customer service person who entered the order
via EDA job review of orders that are late or in danger of being late.
Provide delivery date estimates for customer orders that are achievable,
challenging and backed by statistical analysis. Understand shop workload
and how current capacity can affect future delivery promises. Develop
standards and tools for providing delivery dates using input such as
total par hours currently in the shop/department and average weekly
output. Process Change Orders within an average of 2 days. Drive toward
mistake-free change orders by standardizing the process and by
consistently eliminating waste such as over processing and waiting.
Update active jobs by adjusting process plan and schedule as dictated by
the change order. Notify Customer Service as soon as it is known if a
Change Order is not possible due to schedule, capacity or other
constraints. If a Change Order is not possible, seek to understand why
it was ever released by asking questions and looking for
training/standardization opportunities. Create and release Purchase
Orders (PO) for jobs. Ensure expectations for delivery and quality
requirements are clearly conveyed to the vendor. Manage level of
finished goods (FG)/work in process (WIP) inventory to have all catalog
items available within a maximum of 21 days. Continuously drive
inventory down, striving for the ideal of zero inventory. Maintain
trigger and targets on product by creating and refining standard
formulas that account for order history, raw material lead times,
inventory turns and other related metrics. Lower inventory levels by
reducing total items that have triggers and targets and setting a purge
plan for existing inventory. Review triggers and targets on a quarterly
basis to identify items that do not need to be stocked. Present findings
to manager in a format of your choosing. Be a leader in practicing lean
by identifying and eliminating manufacturing and process waste. For more
and maintaining production schedules to ensure customer orders are
fulfilled on time while optimizing inventory levels, labor utilization,
and manufacturing capacity. This role serves as a key link between
sales, purchasing, inventory control, manufacturing, and customer
service. Primary Responsibilities: Release production packages to the
shop floor by procedure R4-8-1 so shop load is balanced across similarly
capable workstations to avoid bottlenecks and to meet customer
expectations as defined by BETE quality standards and/or the Customer
Requirement Plan. Select a machine plan using a solid understanding of
machine capabilities such as max work-holding size, travel lengths and
cutting speeds. Select primary or alternate paths for work depending on
delivery timelines and quantity restrictions. Identify when product
produced on an alternate path is inconsistent with the primary and
notify engineering of changes in form, fit or function. Monitor shop
workload on a daily basis for delivery performance against customer ship
dates. Collaborate with Lead people to schedule work according to
procedure PL3-1-1. Proactively resolve overall capacity bottlenecks of
the shop by transferring work from highly loaded workstations to
underutilized ones so all jobs can be completed by designated due dates.
Inform Shift Supervisor as soon as capacity changes so staffing can be
adjusted to proper levels. Solicit feedback from Shop Manager, Shift
Supervisors and Lead People to standardize the process of communicating
capacity changes. Notify customer service person who entered the order
via EDA job review of orders that are late or in danger of being late.
Provide delivery date estimates for customer orders that are achievable,
challenging and backed by statistical analysis. Understand shop workload
and how current capacity can affect future delivery promises. Develop
standards and tools for providing delivery dates using input such as
total par hours currently in the shop/department and average weekly
output. Process Change Orders within an average of 2 days. Drive toward
mistake-free change orders by standardizing the process and by
consistently eliminating waste such as over processing and waiting.
Update active jobs by adjusting process plan and schedule as dictated by
the change order. Notify Customer Service as soon as it is known if a
Change Order is not possible due to schedule, capacity or other
constraints. If a Change Order is not possible, seek to understand why
it was ever released by asking questions and looking for
training/standardization opportunities. Create and release Purchase
Orders (PO) for jobs. Ensure expectations for delivery and quality
requirements are clearly conveyed to the vendor. Manage level of
finished goods (FG)/work in process (WIP) inventory to have all catalog
items available within a maximum of 21 days. Continuously drive
inventory down, striving for the ideal of zero inventory. Maintain
trigger and targets on product by creating and refining standard
formulas that account for order history, raw material lead times,
inventory turns and other related metrics. Lower inventory levels by
reducing total items that have triggers and targets and setting a purge
plan for existing inventory. Review triggers and targets on a quarterly
basis to identify items that do not need to be stocked. Present findings
to manager in a format of your choosing. Be a leader in practicing lean
by identifying and eliminating manufacturing and process waste. For more