What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Planner Scheduler position at Skyline Products?
Skyline Products is a leading manufacturer of innovative electronic signage solutions for the transportation and fuel retailing industries. With over 50 years of proven success and a commitment to engineering excellence, we’re looking for driven, collaborative professionals to help us shape the future of intelligent signage. Be part of a team that values quality, innovation, and long-term customer partnerships, all within a company that’s built to last.
Job Summary:
The Production Planner Scheduler is a senior-level role responsible for developing, maintaining, and optimizing detailed production schedules to ensure efficient manufacturing operations. This role coordinates cross-functionally with procurement, operations, logistics, and quality to meet customer delivery requirements, minimize inventory, and optimize resource utilization. The Planner/Scheduler plays a strategic role in capacity planning, material requirements planning (MRP), and continuous process improvement.
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The Production Planner Scheduler is a senior-level role responsible for developing, maintaining, and optimizing detailed production schedules to ensure efficient manufacturing operations. This role coordinates cross-functionally with procurement, operations, logistics, and quality to meet customer delivery requirements, minimize inventory, and optimize resource utilization. The Planner/Scheduler plays a strategic role in capacity planning, material requirements planning (MRP), and continuous process improvement.
- Develop and manage mid- to long-term master production schedules based on sales forecasts, customer orders, and inventory targets.
- Translate demand into production work orders, ensuring availability of materials and labor.
- Collaborate with procurement and inventory teams to ensure material availability for production. Identify material supply issues and communicate with management potential schedule impacts and develop recovery strategies.
- Optimize production workflows by leveling workloads across work centers and resolving capacity constraints.
- Monitor production performance daily, identifying delays or bottlenecks.
- Analyze and Maintain schedules using ERP/MRP system.
- Ensure on-time delivery of customer orders while maintaining optimal inventory levels.
- Lead scheduling meetings with cross-functional teams to align priorities and address conflicts.
- Implement best practices and continuous improvement initiatives in scheduling and planning processes.
- Create reports and dashboards on key KPIs (e.g., schedule adherence, capacity utilization).
- Support new product introductions by integrating requirements into production plans.
- Train and mentor junior planners or schedulers.
- 5 years of experience in production planning/scheduling in a manufacturing environment.
- Proficiency in ERP/MRP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, M2M).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Solid understanding of manufacturing processes, lead times, and capacity planning.
- Experience with Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma methodologies.
- Familiarity with demand planning tools and forecasting techniques.
- Advanced Excel or data analytics experience (e.g., Power BI, Tableau).
- Office and manufacturing floor environments.
- May require occasional travel to supplier or customer
Benefits:
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental and Vision)
- 401k with company match
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary and AD&D) Paid Time Off
- Short Term and Long Term Disability
- Training and Development
Compensation: $70,000 - $90,000
Skyline Products is an Equal Opportunity Employer; all decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected status.
Salary : $70,000 - $90,000