Production Planner

Ken-tron Mfg., Inc.

Production Planner

Owensboro, KY
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    BENEFITS:

    ** * Salary commensurate with experience**

    • Health Insurance

    • 401K with profit sharing

    • Paid Vacation & Holidays

    • Life / Dental / Vision Insurance

    • Disability Insurance

    • Education Reimbursement

    • Day Shift Position

    ** _ JOB DESCRIPTION_**

    • Follow established guidelines, instructions, policies and procedures.

    • Monitor the production process to ensure that production orders are completed on time and within budget.

    • Grow professional relationships with various internal and external stakeholders.

    • Interact with purchasing and vendors to ensure timely delivery of goods and services.

    • Ensure cleanliness and tidiness of warehouse.

    • Meet and collaborate with management to assess reliability of supplies & vendors, and to identify solutions for ongoing problems.

    • maintain accurate records and files of activities.

    • Facilitate the flow of work and materials in our business.

    • Support the Ken-tron Mfg., Inc. Quality Management System.

    • Monitor aspects of processes such as purchasing, cost management and order changing, and forward issues to management.

    • Monitor inventory levels, regularly providing production status updates to management and facilitating the timely delivery of products to customers.

    • Monitor effectiveness of training in department.

    • Evaluate purchase orders to create suitable production schedules.

    • Estimate the amount of material, equipment and labor required for production.

    • Address and resolving production issues to minimize delays in production.

    • Coordinate production operations in accordance with material, labor and equipment availability.

    • Recommend viable solutions to reduce production costs as well as improve production processes and product quality.

    • Compile status and performance reports and submitting them to management in a timely manner.

    • Inform the relevant departments of changes to current production schedules.