Production PlannerScheduler

Production Planner Scheduler

Industry: Plastics Manufacturing

An established plastics manufacturer in the Woodbridge area is seeking an experienced Production PlannerScheduler to develop and manage production plans across a high volume manufacturing operation. Thisrole works closely with production procurement customer service logistics engineering qualitymaintenance tooling and warehouse teams to balance customer demand with material labour tooling andequipment capacity.

What Youll Be Doing

• Develop and maintain daily weekly and monthly production schedules based on customer demand andmanufacturing capacity.
• Create finite production schedules considering machine capacity tooling availability labour rawmaterials changeovers and production priorities.
• Adjust schedules as customer requirements equipment downtime material shortages or otherproduction constraints change.
• Monitor schedule adherence and work with plant teams to resolve issues affecting productionperformance.
• Balance capacity across multiple manufacturing cells presses and extrusion lines.
• Translate customer forecasts sales orders and demand requirements into executable production plans.
• Coordinate with Procurement to ensure raw materials packaging and purchased components areavailable when required.
• Monitor finished goods work in process and raw material inventory and recommend appropriateproduction quantities.
• Generate and release production work orders and maintain accurate planning data within the ERPsystem.
• Participate in production meetings and communicate priorities capacity constraints and recovery plans.
• Support new product launches engineering changes outside processing and production transitions.
• Monitor and report planning and manufacturing performance metrics including schedule attainment ontime delivery inventory turns capacity utilization and production throughput.

What Were Looking For

• Bachelors degree in a related field.
• 3 to 5 years of production planning scheduling or supply chain planning experience in a high volumemanufacturing environment.
• Plastics manufacturing experience particularly injection molding and/or extrusion is strongly preferred.
• Working knowledge of MRP master production scheduling S&OP and capacity planning principles.
• Experience with manufacturing ERP/MRP systems such as IQMS SAP or similar systems.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills including pivot tables VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP formulas and dataanalysis.
• Strong understanding of inventory management production flow manufacturing constraints andscheduling methods.
• Strong analytical organizational and problem solving skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast paced manufacturing environment and work effectivelyacross departments.
• CPIM certification or progress toward certification is considered an asset.
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing continuous improvement and waste reduction is considered an asset.