Manufacturing Planner

POSITION SUMMARY

The Manufacturing Planner is responsible for preparing, issuing and monitoring production schedules for the manufacture of industrial or commercial products. The Manufacturing Planner will work closely with other disciplines including Master Planning, Material Control, Production, Engineering, Supply Chain, Business Development and Program Management to fully understand customer needs and internal capabilities to facilitate a production schedule which satisfies both.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

RESPONSIBILITIES

• The Manufacturing Planner will liaison between Material Planning and Material Control Team to facilitate the production schedule while efficiently balancing work center capacities and available resources while striving to minimize inventory levels and meet customer delivery dates.
• The Manufacturing Planner will interface with other disciplines including Master Planning, Material Control, Production,...

Gwynedd Manufacturing, a growing defense contractor located in North Wales, PA, is a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility dedicated to producing quality products for the U.S. Department of Defense and various U.S. Federal Law Enforcement Agencies. As an innovative company offering a wide array of products, we strive to continuously develop new technology and drive process improvement.

This position is also posted as a Production Planner, as we find candidates who hold these titles have a similar skill set. The Scheduler is a key role within our organization. This person utilizes their data-centric mind to extract data from within our ERP system to plan and schedule the work throughout our shop. The Scheduler is responsible for utilizing data to develop schedules.

Responsibilities

• Extract and analyze data from our ERP and other systems to create current and forecasted needs; review historical data to set part parameter; establish...