Production Planner

Job Description

Your Job

You have the profile of a detail-oriented and analytically skilled Production Planner, capable of interpreting technical specifications and aligning production schedules with business objectives and customer expectations. You are proactive in identifying constraints and opportunities within the production process and can define planning strategies that reflect both company policies and the dynamic market environment.

Our Team

We are a collaborative and agile team at the core of production coordination. Working closely with cross-functional departments, we ensure timely execution of plans, resolve bottlenecks, and support dispatch and material flow. Our focus is on responsiveness, ownership, and continuous improvement to meet delivery goals and drive operational success.

What You Will Do

- Planning and prioritizing operations to ensure maximum performance with minimum lead time which includes analyzing backlog.
- Need to release shop package to shop in timely manner.
- Collaboration with production support groups like Quality, Engineering, Warehouse, etc.
- Need to generate route card for hard wares and need to coordinate for In House manufacturing it as well as for direct purchase.
- Coordination of production flows across multiple products.
- Involvement in Lean projects and/or proposals of projects and strategies to ensure continues improvement.
- Conversion of planned orders daily to ensure demand is being reflected promptly.
- Coordination with vendors for sub-contracting activity and need to ensure for timely completion.
- Generating optimizing layout for max. utilization of material.
- Working for Nonstandard wooden boxes based on drawings.
- Maintain wooden box inventory, also need to indent in timely manner and need to coordinate with vendor.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

- Bachelor of Engineer or Diploma in Mechanical Engineering.
- Good communication skills required.
- Should have problem solving approach not for only problem highlighting.

What Will Put You Ahead

- Knowledge of ERP (Infor LN is beneficial).
- Embrace and apply Principle Based Management (PBM) framework and create culture carriers within the team.
- Contribution Motivated.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy

Who We Are

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter. Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify.

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Koch is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.