Production Planner

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Description

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Produces production schedules for product lines, initiates shop orders, and establishes priorities for specific customer orders.
Generating daily production schedule for high mix, low volume production environment
Revises schedule daily according to work order specifications, established priorities, and availability or capability of labor, parts, materials, machines, and equipment.
Establish and communicate to customer facing department(s) ship dates based on customer requested dates, material availability, and capacity constraints.
Respond to questions from Production Supervisors regarding schedules, order submittals, drawings, drawing distribution, etc.
Assist in reviewing and responding to needed adjustments, delivering root cause analysis corrective actions
Works as a liaison between Customer Service and Production on all expedite requests
Assist in setting and maintaining product master and planning fields in ERP system
Ability to write work instructions for departmental tasks
Work collaboratively with cross plant planning counterparts
Work with purchasing and operations teams on schedule impacts and resolution.
Respond to questions about job status and scheduling, including delivery status of sales orders
Cultivate and manage effective communications and working relationships cross-functionally
Communicate change orders and hot jobs to shop personnel.
Act, Live, and Behave by TCF Core Values.
Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:
Associates Degree or 3+ years related manufacturing experience
APICS CPIM certification a plus
Previous experience with ERP system (Epicor preferred but not required)
Good communication skills including the ability to respond to inquiries from other internal departments or manufacturing personnel
Proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Word.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORKING CONDITIONS:
Standard office environment
Ability to occasionally lift up to 20 pounds
Ability to occasionally climb, balance, stoop, kneel, reach
Ability to work extended hours sitting at a computer

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
While performing the duties of this position, the employee may be occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and extreme heat. The employee is occasionally exposed to high places, fumes or airborne particles and/or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the plant environment is usually loud.

SAFETY:
Twin City Fan is dedicated to providing a safe and healthy work environment. Each and every employee must understand and continually work within the safety and health rules and policies. The use of good judgment and common sense is critical to workplace safety, and Twin City Fan expects every employee to work in a safe and conscientious manner.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)