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Our Fontana Distribution site is seeking a Production Planner! We are seeking a motivated customer service team member to assist in the management of our day-to-day logistic activity. This position reports to the Site Operations Manager, working with sales team, partners with third party vendors, to provide reliable service to meet our customer's need. If you love a challenging environment that requires problem solving and logistic support with room to grow, then join our team.
Key Responsibilities
Compensation: This role is eligible for our annual merit-increase program, and we are targeting a salary range of$53,318-$80,047based on your level of skills, qualifications and experience. You will also be eligible for our Annual Incentive Program, which offers a cash bonus targeting 5% of base pay. Potential plan funding may range from zero to two times that target.
Benefits: When you join our team, you and your dependents will be offered coverage under our comprehensive employee benefits plan, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, and life insurance. We offer a pre-tax Health Savings Account option which includes a company contribution. Other benefit options are also available such as voluntary Long-Term Care and Employee Assistance Programs. We also support personal volunteerism, sponsor a host of diversity networks, promote mentoring, and provide training and development opportunities to help you chart your path to a fulfilling career.
Retirement: Employees are able to enroll in our company's 401k plan, which includes a paid company match in addition to our contribution equal to 5% of your eligible pay.
Paid Time Off or Vacation: We provide eligible employees who are scheduled to work 25 hours or more per week with 3-weeks of paid vacation to use during your first year of employment. In addition, after being employed for six months, eligible employees begin to accrue vacation for future use. We also recognize eleven paid holidays per year, providing a total of 88 holiday hours and paid parental leave for all full-time employees.
About Weyerhaeuser
We sustainably manage forests and manufacture products that make the world a better place. We're serious about safety, driven to achieve excellence, and proud of what we do. With multiple business lines in locations across North America, we offer a range of exciting career opportunities for smart, talented people who are passionate about making a difference.? We know you have a choice in your career. We want you to choose us.?
About Wood Products
We've been delivering quality building products and solutions to our customers for more than 100 years. From builders and dealers to specifiers and homeowners, we offer exceptional product performance and unparalleled support.
For more than a century, we've been building our reputation as a leader in sustainable wood products.
/Weyerhaeuser is an equal opportunity employer. Inclusion is one of our five core values and we strive to maintain a culture where all our people feel a sense of belonging, opportunity and shared purpose. We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce and supporting an equitable and inclusive environment that inspires people of all backgrounds to join, stay and thrive with our team./
Job: *Operations, Manufacturing, & Construction
Title: Production Planner
Location: CA-Fontana
Requisition ID: 01023449
If you have questions about this posting, please contact support@lensa.com
Our Fontana Distribution site is seeking a Production Planner! We are seeking a motivated customer service team member to assist in the management of our day-to-day logistic activity. This position reports to the Site Operations Manager, working with sales team, partners with third party vendors, to provide reliable service to meet our customer's need. If you love a challenging environment that requires problem solving and logistic support with room to grow, then join our team.
Key Responsibilities
- Work as a member of Fontana operations team to continuously improve cost and efficiency.
- Prepares plans for the day, releases work to ensure that Cutters have smooth flow of work, batch size is consistent, and distractions are minimal.
- Establish appropriate time fences for production, in collaboration with Sales.
- Schedule and manage optimization and manual production process. Manage and schedule work for operations associates.
- Support analysis and identification of replenishment items (MRP)
- Schedules cut packs for production considering promised date, delivery schedule, lead times, cutter capacity, product series and customer ranking.
- Utilizes optimizer tool to schedule and release production orders to Cutters. Makes all necessary changes to production orders before releasing to Cutters.
- Creates manual production orders per replenishment signals for full unit cuts.
- Work within computer-based logistics system for truck movements, and problem solve to bring trouble loads to resolution.
- Ensure customer service and time objectives are achieved within existing financial constraints to maximize sales, market share and profit for the company and customer.
- Ensure customer service and time objectives are achieved within existing financial constraints to maximize sales, market share and profit for the company and customer.
- Provides leadership for operations associates in work scheduling, order release, schedule revisions, lead team meetings.
- Works to coordinate operations work schedule with needs of sales team by maintaining constant communications with
- sales team.
- Preferred 2 years logistics experience or relevant degree and experience.
- Able to multitask without sacrificing accuracy and attention to detail.
- Strong knowledge of warehouse/yard layout
- Must be able to make quick decisions.
- Organizational skills
- Strong working knowledge of SAP or similar manufacturing software applications
- Ability to prioritize workload based on customer and business needs
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong logic and mathematical skills
- Understands Lean concept
- Understands transportation needs (time constraints, equipment, drivers).
- Understands capacity of Cutters by product series.
- Microsoft applications (excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
Compensation: This role is eligible for our annual merit-increase program, and we are targeting a salary range of$53,318-$80,047based on your level of skills, qualifications and experience. You will also be eligible for our Annual Incentive Program, which offers a cash bonus targeting 5% of base pay. Potential plan funding may range from zero to two times that target.
Benefits: When you join our team, you and your dependents will be offered coverage under our comprehensive employee benefits plan, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, and life insurance. We offer a pre-tax Health Savings Account option which includes a company contribution. Other benefit options are also available such as voluntary Long-Term Care and Employee Assistance Programs. We also support personal volunteerism, sponsor a host of diversity networks, promote mentoring, and provide training and development opportunities to help you chart your path to a fulfilling career.
Retirement: Employees are able to enroll in our company's 401k plan, which includes a paid company match in addition to our contribution equal to 5% of your eligible pay.
Paid Time Off or Vacation: We provide eligible employees who are scheduled to work 25 hours or more per week with 3-weeks of paid vacation to use during your first year of employment. In addition, after being employed for six months, eligible employees begin to accrue vacation for future use. We also recognize eleven paid holidays per year, providing a total of 88 holiday hours and paid parental leave for all full-time employees.
About Weyerhaeuser
We sustainably manage forests and manufacture products that make the world a better place. We're serious about safety, driven to achieve excellence, and proud of what we do. With multiple business lines in locations across North America, we offer a range of exciting career opportunities for smart, talented people who are passionate about making a difference.? We know you have a choice in your career. We want you to choose us.?
About Wood Products
We've been delivering quality building products and solutions to our customers for more than 100 years. From builders and dealers to specifiers and homeowners, we offer exceptional product performance and unparalleled support.
For more than a century, we've been building our reputation as a leader in sustainable wood products.
/Weyerhaeuser is an equal opportunity employer. Inclusion is one of our five core values and we strive to maintain a culture where all our people feel a sense of belonging, opportunity and shared purpose. We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce and supporting an equitable and inclusive environment that inspires people of all backgrounds to join, stay and thrive with our team./
Job: *Operations, Manufacturing, & Construction
Title: Production Planner
Location: CA-Fontana
Requisition ID: 01023449
If you have questions about this posting, please contact support@lensa.com
Salary : $53,318 - $80,047