Production Planner / Scheduler (2814)

Perricone Farms has joined forces with the renowned Natalie’s Orchid Island Juice Company, uniting two industry leaders in the premium citrus juice market. This strategic acquisition combines Perricone’s expertise in craft citrus juices with Natalie’s reputation for high-quality, fresh-squeezed products, creating a dynamic company poised for significant growth, innovation, and expanded market reach.

As part of this exciting growth, Perricone Farms is seeking a proactive, strategic and experienced Production Planner / Scheduler, to join our team. This key leadership role will oversee customer interactions, manage the order-to-delivery process, and ensure exceptional service across all wholesale, retail, and distribution channels.

This is a dynamic position offering long-term, stable employment and a competitive benefits package, including health, vision, dental, life insurance, and a 401(k) plan.

The Production Planner / Scheduler is responsible for developing, maintaining, and executing production schedules that support 24/7, three-shift juice manufacturing operations. This role balances customer demand, raw material availability, labor capacity, sanitation requirements, and equipment constraints to ensure on-time production while minimizing downtime, waste, and inventory risk. The Planner / Scheduler partners closely with Operations, QA, Maintenance, Procurement, and Warehouse teams and utilizes NetSuite as the system of record for planning, scheduling, and reporting.

Key Responsibilities

Production Planning & Scheduling

• Develop and maintain daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules to support 3-shift operations.
• Sequence production runs to optimize line efficiency while considering allergen controls, flavor changeovers, sanitation cycles, and shelf-life constraints.
• Adjust schedules in real time to address equipment downtime, labor shortages, material delays, or urgent customer needs.
• Communicate schedule changes clearly to Production Managers, Supervisors, and cross-functional teams.

NetSuite & System Management

• Utilize NetSuite MRP, work orders, and demand planning tools to create and manage production schedules.
• Ensure accuracy of routings, BOMs, lead times, yields, and production calendars within NetSuite.
• Monitor system signals and exceptions; proactively resolve planning issues.
• Support continuous improvement and optimization of NetSuite planning functionality.

Inventory, Materials & Demand Coordination

• Collaborate with Procurement and Warehouse teams to ensure raw materials, packaging, and ingredients are available to support schedules.
• Balance production plans to minimize expired materials, excess inventory, and write-offs, especially for perishable juice ingredients.
• Align production schedules with customer forecasts, orders, and promotional demand.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Operations to ensure schedules are executable across all shifts.
• Coordinate with Quality and Food Safety teams to ensure compliance with GMPs, HACCP, FSMA, and sanitation requirements.
• Work with Maintenance to plan preventative maintenance and minimize production disruptions.
• Support leadership with planning data, KPIs, and scenario analysis.

Reporting & Continuous Improvement

• Track and report KPIs such as schedule adherence, line utilization, on-time delivery, and waste.
• Identify opportunities to improve planning accuracy, production flow, and communication across shifts.
• Participate in S&OP / production planning meetings as required.

Required

• 2 years of production planning and scheduling experience in manufacturing (food, beverage, or CPG preferred).
• Hands-on NetSuite experience in production planning, scheduling, and/or MRP.
• Experience supporting multi-shift (3-shift or 24/7) manufacturing operations.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing workflows, capacity planning, and material constraints.
• Proficient in Excel and production reporting tools.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work across operations, supply chain, QA, and leadership teams.

Preferred

• Experience in juice, beverage, food, or perishable manufacturing environments.
• Familiarity with sanitation scheduling, allergen controls, and shelf-life considerations.
• Experience with demand planning or S&OP processes.
• APICS certification (CPIM, CSCP) or similar.

Work Environment & Schedule

• On-site role supporting 3-shift operations, with flexibility to adjust hours based on production needs.
• Manufacturing plant environment requiring regular interaction with production floor teams.

Salary : $80,000 - $90,000