• Evaluates purchase orders to create suitable production schedules.
• Schedules usage of production materials to ensure optimal production levels.
• Evaluates suppliers or quality, timeliness and match according to goals.
• Monitors material supply flow and identifies any shortages or bottlenecks in usage.
• Forecast market challenges based on competitor analysis and industry trends.
• Address all issues regarding quality and production.
• Manage deadlines based on project expectations.
• Estimates the amount of material, equipment, and labor required for production.
• Promptly addresses and resolves production issues to minimize delays in production.
• Coordinates production workflow for one or multiple products in accordance with material, labor, and equipment availability.
• Recommends viable solutions to reduce production costs as well as improve production processes and product quality.
• Predicts how long a project will take to complete.
• Organizes project paperwork, including purchase orders and maintains records.
• Troubleshoots
• Effects changes to production schedules to ensure that production deadlines are met.
• Compiles status and performance reports and submits them to management in a timely manner.
• Promptly informs the relevant departments of changes to current production schedules.
• Plans and prioritizes operations to ensure maximum performance and minimum delay.
• Determines manpower, equipment and raw materials needed to cover production demand.
• Assigns workers and other staff to particular production operations.
• Reviews open sales orders to determine customer requirements.
• Utilize ERP systems to auto-generate manufacturing work orders.
• Release manufacturing work orders to the warehouse for kit picking.
• Coordinates between warehouse and purchasing on material shortages.
• Notifies sales of any schedule impacts to customers.
• Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
• Ability to effectively interact and communicate with internal and external customers.
• Monitors jobs to ensure they will finish on time and within budget.
• Address issues when they arise aiming for minimum disruption.
• Obtains output information (number of finished products, percentage of defectives, etc.)
• Prepares and submits status and performance reports.
• Keeps paperwork organized.
• Continues to improve effective scheduling process to achieve production objectives using capacity panning toll, staged kits and production schedule.
• Responds to termination or cancellation requests from Sales and Program Managers.
• Reviews in process orders from Production floor.
• Collaborates with Quality Control, Warehouse and other staff.
• Other ad-hoc duties as assigned.

• High school diploma (required). Further education or certification is preferred.

• Proven experience as a production planner/scheduler.
• Excellent knowledge of production planning and quality control principles.
• Experience in MRP II (Manufacturing resource planning).
• Proficiency in all Microsoft Office applications and ERP systems.

• Good at math ad statistics.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Excellent communication abilities.
• Meticulous and diligent.
• Decisiveness.
• Stress management skills.
• Highly developed attention to details.
• Good understanding of the industry market trends and conditions.

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