Packaging Planner

Summary of Job Duties: Under limited supervision, work closely with the planning, packaging, quality, and R&D groups to ensure the creation and issuance of scheduled, cGMP compliant work order travelers to the Packaging Department. Perform a variety of functions in scheduling, planning, expediting, report generation, and attending meetings to ensure timely production of packaged finished goods.

Specific Job Duties:

1. Utilize the Navision ERP system, production guide, and planning schedule to create and verify Packaging Batch Record/Travelers, and to manage the Traveler throughout the QC review process to meet the packaging schedule and prevent packaging downtime and product stock outs.

2. Work closely with QC and Packaging personnel to ensure Travelers are completed in time to meet the Packaging schedule, and request BOM change/updates to the product guide from R&D as needed.

3. Verify bulk lots and label revisions and their inventory levels to assign to work order travelers.

4. Attend production meetings to set priorities and schedules and obtain updates from Packaging.

5. Generate and distribute daily production schedules, priority and planning reports.

6. Support the Production Control Department by performing clerical functions such as data entry, research, supply maintenance, and responding to Sales inquiries and perform other duties as requested

7. Perform all other duties as assigned by Threshold management.

Minimum Qualifications Required:

1. Ability to learn MS Dynamics NAV production planning systems and processes.

2. Ability to cross train into other functional Production Control areas.

3. One year related experience in a planning, packaging, or production environment.

4. Strong organizational and verbal communication skills necessary with the ability to work with personnel in a variety of other departments to achieve job goals.

5. Knowledge and ability to utilize MS Excel/Word to generate reports/SOPs.

6. Pass planning assessment test with 80% or better.

Skills and/or Training Desired:

1. Experience with MS Word/Excel/Access/SQL.
2. Production planning, ERP/MRP systems, inventory control experience desired.

Minimum Qualifications Required:

1.  Ability to learn MS Dynamics NAV production planning systems and processes.

2.  Ability to cross train into other functional Production Control areas.

3.  One year related experience in a planning, packaging, or production environment.

4.  Strong organizational and verbal communication skills necessary with the ability to work with personnel in a variety of other departments to achieve job goals.

5.  Knowledge and ability to utilize MS Excel/Word to generate reports/SOPs.

Skills and/or Training Desired:

1. Experience with MS Word/Excel/Access/SQL.
2. Production planning, ERP/MRP systems, inventory control experience desired.

Salary : $18 - $20