Production Planner

**Key Responsibilities**
* **Scheduling:** Assist the Senior Production Planner in developing and maintaining the daily and weekly production schedules (MPS), ensuring alignment with material availability and established line capacity. Analyzes internal impact (e.g., line scheduling, procurement, logistics, shipping, etc.) of customer scheduling changes, communicating risks and necessary adjustments to functional teams.
* **Material Readiness Execution:** Coordinate closely with warehouse and procurement teams to ensure all necessary components are released to the production floor on time.
* **Data Maintenance:** Maintain the accuracy and integrity of critical planning data within the ERP/MRP system, including lead times, minimum order quantities (MOQs), and Bill of Materials (BOM) revisions.
* **Inventory Control Support:** Monitor work-in-process (WIP) and component inventory levels on the production floor. Help identify and report potential excess, surplus, or obsolete inventory.
* **Line Coordination:** Act as the direct daily link between the planning office and the production floor supervisors, communicating schedule changes, prioritizing hot jobs, and addressing immediate material discrepancies, especially for specialized **liquid cooling** and **rack assembly** stations.
* **NPI Support:** Assist in planning the material and capacity ramp for **New Product Introduction (NPI)** builds, ensuring planning parameters are accurately set up in the system prior to pilot runs.
* **Reporting:** Generate standard daily and weekly reports on schedule adherence, material shortages, and line capacity utilization for management review.

* 4 to 6 years of experience in a planning, material control, or scheduling support role within a manufacturing environment.
* Foundational knowledge of the Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) or a similar high-tech assembly sector. Exposure to complex system integration is a plus.
* Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations Management, or a related field.
* Practical experience working with ERP/MRP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle). Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, for data analysis and tracking.
* Basic understanding of manufacturing workflow, demand planning principles, and the relationship between inventory and production schedules.
* Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and a proactive, problem-solving attitude.
* Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers.