Production Planner Job at Mikart, LLC in Atlanta

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Overview

The Production Planner is responsible for generating the plans and schedules for production and packaging and expediting items required to meet plans. The Production Planner also reports performance against plans and escalates issues.

Accountabilities

• Generate the master production schedule and the detailed production plans that sit below that schedule, to allow execution of the production schedule on-time in full.
• Notify projected ship dates for each order.
• Coordinate raw material testing with quality control/assurance personnel to ensure timely release of raw materials to meet projected schedules.
• Establish and report metrics for production, packaging and product delivery.
• Request issuance of Manufacturing and Packaging Records from Document Control as needed.
• Assess the supply and demand of production, packaging and QC resources needed to deliver projected customer orders.

Essential Job Functions

• Assign manufacturing dates based on Customer Service forecast and output from the S&OP process.
• Prepare monthly and weekly schedules for manufacturing, compression and packaging.
• Coordinate and schedule the testing of raw materials and packaging components to meet production schedules.
• Inform Production Management personnel of any impending schedule changes. Notify Customer Service of projected customer order ship date changes.
• Track all work-in-progress versus published schedules. Generate and distribute tracking reports.
• Develop and implement improvements in scheduling to achieve optimum productivity.
• Participate in the S&OP and schedule activities as agreed by the S&OP. Notify Customer Service of projected ship date for each new order.
• Request issuance of Manufacturing and Packaging Records from Document Control as needed.

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

• Management and Manufacturing

Industries

• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

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