Senior Production Planner
Core
Develop and execute daily production schedules to balance customer demand, inventory levels, and operational capacity for continuous cast-iron bar stock and metal solutions.
Role type
Senior Production Planner
Builds
Production schedules, capacity reports, and inventory disposition plans for cast-iron bar stock and metal solutions.
Domain
Manufacturing / Supply Chain / Cast Iron Production
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Production scheduling, inventory management, capacity planning, analytical problem-solving, cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder influence without direct authority, MS Office proficiency, mentoring junior planners.
Preferred skills
Bachelor's degree in Business or Supply Chain, APICS CPIM/CPSM certification, ERP planning/scheduling module experience, Six Sigma/Lean training, reporting writing, negotiating skills.
Responsibilities
Develop and monitor production schedules aligning with customer service and delivery requirements; produce and communicate capacity reports for commercial and plant managers; coordinate daily communication on delivery issues and supply constraints; work with commercial and finance to disposition aged/out-of-spec inventory; participate in cross-functional teams to improve efficiencies; respond to off-hour calls for schedule changes and issue resolution.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentoring responsibilities
