Production Planner
GENTEX AT A At Gentex Corporation, weve created an environment where great ideas and great people can thrive.
Leveraging a history that spans over 125 years, Gentex is a global leader in personal protection and situational awareness solutions for defense forces, emergency responders, and industrial personnel operating in high performance environments.
Join our multinational team of exceptional and dedicated employees around the world and work on challenging and rewarding projects, grow your skills, and advance your career all while making a positive difference in the lives of our customers.
Together, you and Gentex can build a career thats uniquely yours.
ABOUT THE JOB As the Production Planner, you will oversee the receipt and movement of released orders to all necessary production, inspection, and test areas as subassemblies or end items are manufactured.
Provide inputs to shipment schedules, plans and forecasts as knowledge of production status develops.
Identify any issues/bottlenecks in the production flow and ensure that necessary labor, material, or support is applied to relieve the issue.
Reports daily production metrics.
ESSENTIAL Coordinates production schedule and activities with support departments and resolves production constraints related to methods, tools, fixtures, materials, and manpower.
Attend/lead daily meetings to prioritize and plan production activities to maintain on-time delivery Communicate the status of job orders to internal and external customers on regular basis Participates in the generation of the daily/weekly/monthly production build plan and issues the plan to the assembly, inspection and test areas.
Reports manufacturing metrics from individual cells and combines information into daily reports.
Ensures all white board cellular metrics are updated for each area Identifies schedule and MFIs (material flow interruptions) and develops and implements corrective actions.
Follows up on status of past due orders Participation in product rescheduling and modification of the production run (pulling in or pushing out).
This includes interfacing with the Programs Office, Contracts Administration, quality, operations, engineering and customer representatives Coordinate with Department Manager to develop policies and procedures Manage and track the released work orders to confirm production fulfills planned requisites.
Determine the sequence of the production work orders to be released based on material availability and manufacturing schedule priorities.
Identify and resolve material shortages required for the planned production work orders.
Review all material needs based on the manufacturing schedule requirements for sales orders and appropriate inventory levels.
PI226579121 Recommended Skills Administration Forecasting Manufacturing Medical Emergency Metrics Sales Orders Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Leveraging a history that spans over 125 years, Gentex is a global leader in personal protection and situational awareness solutions for defense forces, emergency responders, and industrial personnel operating in high performance environments.
Join our multinational team of exceptional and dedicated employees around the world and work on challenging and rewarding projects, grow your skills, and advance your career all while making a positive difference in the lives of our customers.
Together, you and Gentex can build a career thats uniquely yours.
ABOUT THE JOB As the Production Planner, you will oversee the receipt and movement of released orders to all necessary production, inspection, and test areas as subassemblies or end items are manufactured.
Provide inputs to shipment schedules, plans and forecasts as knowledge of production status develops.
Identify any issues/bottlenecks in the production flow and ensure that necessary labor, material, or support is applied to relieve the issue.
Reports daily production metrics.
ESSENTIAL Coordinates production schedule and activities with support departments and resolves production constraints related to methods, tools, fixtures, materials, and manpower.
Attend/lead daily meetings to prioritize and plan production activities to maintain on-time delivery Communicate the status of job orders to internal and external customers on regular basis Participates in the generation of the daily/weekly/monthly production build plan and issues the plan to the assembly, inspection and test areas.
Reports manufacturing metrics from individual cells and combines information into daily reports.
Ensures all white board cellular metrics are updated for each area Identifies schedule and MFIs (material flow interruptions) and develops and implements corrective actions.
Follows up on status of past due orders Participation in product rescheduling and modification of the production run (pulling in or pushing out).
This includes interfacing with the Programs Office, Contracts Administration, quality, operations, engineering and customer representatives Coordinate with Department Manager to develop policies and procedures Manage and track the released work orders to confirm production fulfills planned requisites.
Determine the sequence of the production work orders to be released based on material availability and manufacturing schedule priorities.
Identify and resolve material shortages required for the planned production work orders.
Review all material needs based on the manufacturing schedule requirements for sales orders and appropriate inventory levels.
PI226579121 Recommended Skills Administration Forecasting Manufacturing Medical Emergency Metrics Sales Orders Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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