Production Analyst Duties & Responsibilities:
- Create and maintain production orders in line with demand, material availability, and production constraints.
- Develop production forecasts to support the business objectives and customer needs.
- Review forecasts and production reports with leadership group.
- Develop production status reports for operations, customer service, and leadership team.
- Make modifications to the production schedule as needed based on customer needs.
- Continually seek and identify areas for improvement, in line with strategic direction of the organization with a view to improving service levels to customer.
- Balance the production plan according to internal capacities and constraints in the manufacturing line.
- Expedite and assign priorities to production orders, cascading priorities to internal supply.
- Interact with supply planners to make an achievable production plan and provide information on production order and expedite status impacts to customer.
- Daily review and communication with the Operations Team Manager about production schedule.
- Other duties as assigned.
Production Analyst Qualifications & Education Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience.
- Minimum three years prior experience as production planner in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong proficiency in Excel and JD Edwards or SAP MRP systems.
- Excellent math skills.
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to work in a fast paced dynamic environment