Planner - (3rd shift Mon-Thurs (7pm to 5:30am)

Position Summary:

Planner works as part of the planning team to ensure the delivery of an optimal production schedule that is supported all inbound material deliveries from internal and external suppliers.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

· Schedules plant production across 12 production lines to optimize production efficiency, minimize changeover time, and ensure customer delivery.

· Production entries in the company’s internal systems as well as, customer’s systems.

· Sales entries in the company’s internal system.

· Order and track materials using MRP systems to support production.

· Create internal work orders, and pick lists to support the production schedule.

· Enter customer product receipts into the customer’s system when required

· Ensure customer product receipts have been properly entered into the system

· Works closely with Production and Quality Managers to coordinate the execution of the production schedule.

· Meet with customers in person, and via phone to communicate production plans, risk to customer orders, and help requests.

· Work closely with customer in properly prioritizing scheduling of at-risk orders.

· Performs additional duties and assignments as directed by management

Required Experience & Education/Experience:

· High School Diploma or GED

· 2 years’ experience in planning in a high-speed make to order environment is highly preferred

· Must have strong attention to details

· Previous data entry experience is required

· Heavily skilled in data entry required

· Independent working with high data integrity and accuracy required

· Possess high professional ethics, good judgment, and ability to take decisive action

· Excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills

Work Environment:

This position requires work in both an office setting and a warehouse setting. Work often requires “after hours” communication or extended work hours, including weekend or evening work. Working conditions in the warehouse setting may or may not be environmentally controlled resulting in hot or cold temperatures. Employee will work in an area where there is moving warehouse equipment.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to: stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop; kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Summit Container Corporation/Summit Packaging Solutions LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Summit expressly prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal opportunity employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $48,000.00 - $52,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

• Manufacturing Planning: 2 years (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $48,000 - $52,000