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Production PlannerScheduler
Job Location:
Job Location:
Elkhart, KS - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
21 May 2026 (30+ days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
18 August 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Job Title: Production Planner/Scheduler
Reports To: Purchasing Manager
Direct reports: None
Key relationships: All departments
Role Purpose:
Plan and maintain an executable master production schedule that meets confirmed customer demand while optimizing capacity materials and labor. Translate sales forecasts and orders into detailed production schedules and work orders drive schedule adherence and ontime delivery and collaborate crossfunctionally (Production Purchasing Product Management Engineering Inside Sales and Quality) to remove constraints and continuously improve planning accuracy and flow.
Requirements:
- Education: Associates or Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Operations Management Industrial Engineering or related field or equivalent experience.
- Experience: 35 years in production planning/scheduling within discrete manufacturing; proven success meeting ontime delivery and schedule adherence KPIs.
- Systems: Working knowledge of ERP/MRP (work orders BOMs routings lead times) and intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel (e.g. pivot tables lookups).
- Technical: Ability to interpret bills of materials routings and manufacturing drawings; understanding of capacity planning and material requirements planning.
- Methods: Familiarity with Lean/Continuous Improvement concepts (5S value stream mapping pull systems standard work).
- Soft skills: Strong analytical problem solving organization attention to detail communication and collaboration; sense of urgency with calm under pressure.
- Other: Comfortable facilitating daily/weekly planning meetings and presenting status; able to work across departments to resolve shortages and expedite priorities.
- Vista Core and Leader Competencies
- Other Essential Attributes: Flexible attention to detail patient modest ambitious deductive reasoning advanced math skills and persistence.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain the master production schedule from demand inputs (forecast orders backlog) aligned to capacity material availability and labor.
- Convert the master schedule into timephased work orders; release sequence reschedule and close orders to meet customer promise dates.
- Perform roughcut and finite capacity analysis; identify bottlenecks and balance load across cells/lines while minimizing changeovers and downtime.
- Coordinate material availability with Purchasing; drive shortage resolution with clear dates and priorities using systematic escalation.
- Lead daily/weekly planning huddles with Production Sales and Quality; communicate schedule constraints and recovery plans.
- Monitor and report planning KPIs (ontime delivery schedule adherence capacity utilization plan vs. actual WIP ageing) act on trends and develop or refine additional KPIs as needed to improve planning performance.
- Maintain ERP data accuracy (item master BOMs routings lead times calendars); propose changes through the appropriate document control process.
- Provide input on customer commit dates based on capacity and material constraints; ensure alignment between production schedule and sales commitments
- Analyze demand changes; update promise dates and proactively notify Inside Sales of impacts; prepare commit reports for key accounts.
- Support new product introductions and engineering changes by validating capacity/material readiness and integrating builds into the schedule.
- Drive continuous improvement in planning processes (kanban sizing reorder point logic lot sizing takt alignment standard work).
- Partner with Inventory Control to ensure inventory accuracy and reliable planning signals; address discrepancies impacting scheduling and material availability.
- Follow all requirements to support Quality Objectives and the companys management system; complete required training when applicable.
- Identify and drive improvements in planning systems and evaluate additional tools to enhance scheduling effectiveness.
- Attend and actively participate in cross-functional meetings to communicate planning status align priorities and support issue resolution.
- Perform other related duties as assigned consistent with the role purpose.
- Follow all requirements to support Vista Quality Objectives
If deficient in any area of responsibility appropriate training will be implemented and successful completion evaluated. The above items are not an exhaustive description and additional duties may be required.
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