<![CDATA[ The Manufacturing Planner is responsible for implementing, monitoring, measuring and reporting production schedules to ensure that materials and capacities are available to meet the needs of customers.
- Manage planning and production execution data including work orders, prioritization, capacity constraints and production monitoring.
- Implement an effective and appropriate capacity management and production monitoring system.
- Maintain MRP planning and scheduling parameters for "make" items.
- Analyze planned order reports and provide timely release of production work orders specified by the production plan.
- Interface with production teams and procurement specialists to prioritize items.
- Identify and resolve production demand and supply imbalances in volume and mix.
- Provide daily guidance and information to the Product Line team regarding the status of production schedules.
- Prepare and communicate shortage and backlog reports, and flag other potential interruptions to the Planning Manager.
- Monitor production progress against scheduling needs and intervene as necessary to bring deliveries back into compliance with production schedules.
- Identify and report opportunities and implement actions to reduce waste, shorten lead times and reduce costs.
- Report scheduling, capacity and production tracking data, statistics and metrics as defined by the Master Schedule policy.
- Use the guiding principles and the tools of the Manufacturing System to drive continuous improvement wherever applicable.
Diploma and above
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