Job Title:  Planner

Summary

The Planner develops, maintains, and communicates production plans and schedules that support customer requirements, material availability, manufacturing capacity, inventory objectives, and on-time delivery.

In this key planning role, the individual partners closely with Manufacturing, Purchasing, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, Customer Service, Shipping, Receiving, Inventory Control, and Finance to align production requirements with material and capacity availability.

Success in this opportunity requires strong analytical, communication, organization, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify risks, adjust priorities, and keep production and customer requirements on track.

Position Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain production schedules based on customer demand, forecasts, material availability, capacity, and business priorities.
• Analyze demand, inventory, backlog, and production requirements to support build-to-order and forecasted production needs.
• Release, reschedule, expedite, and close manufacturing work orders using the ERP/MRP system.
• Monitor material availability, shortages, inventory, work-in-process, production progress, and capacity constraints.
• Partner with Purchasing, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, and Engineering to resolve material and production issues affecting delivery.
• Communicate production priorities, schedule changes, shortages, delivery risks, and recovery actions to appropriate stakeholders.
• Maintain accurate ERP/MRP planning data, including lead times, order quantities, safety stock, and scheduling information.
• Support inventory accuracy through cycle counting, reconciliation, transaction review, and discrepancy resolution.
• Participate in production planning, shortage, schedule, and customer-delivery meetings and follow through on assigned actions.
• Support new product introductions, product transitions, prototype builds, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to improve planning, scheduling, inventory management, material flow, and ERP/MRP processes.
• Use AI tools appropriately to improve productivity, decision-making, work quality, and cost effectiveness, while critically evaluating AI-generated outputs.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.  

Qualifications You Need

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, Engineering, or a related field preferred; equivalent experience considered
• Three or more years of relevant experience in production planning, material planning, scheduling, inventory control, purchasing, or manufacturing operations preferred.
• Experience using ERP/MRP systems in a manufacturing environment; Oracle ERP experience preferred.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, problem-solving, and Microsoft Excel skills.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-making, work quality, and reduce costs.
• Due to the nature of Rotron's programs and products, applicants must have the legal right to work in the US and additionally must be legally authorized to access export-controlled information and source code. 

Qualifications We Value

• Experience in a high-mix, low-volume, electronics, aerospace, defense, or similarly complex manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of production planning, MRP, inventory control, Kanban, cycle counting, safety stock, BOMs, routings, and manufacturing constraints.
• Lean, Six Sigma, or other continuous-improvement experience.
• APICS/ASCM CPIM certification.