Manufacturing/Materials Planner
Core
Generate Master Production Schedules (MPS) to align output with capacity, release job cards, and manage material shortages to ensure on-time production starts and completions.
Role type
Manufacturing/Materials Planner (Production Controller)
Builds
Daily and weekly production schedules, job cards, and production output commitments
Domain
Manufacturing / Materials Planning
Required skills
MRP systems knowledge, MS Excel, production scheduling, shortage management, job card data integrity monitoring, resource allocation, problem solving, matrix organization influence
Preferred skills
Experience in similar production environments, strong oral and written communication, leadership, independent work
Technologies
MRP systems, MS Excel
Responsibilities
Generate daily and weekly production schedules; Manage shortages to maximize clear-to-build and on-time starts/finishes; Release job cards in line with MRP and action exception messages; Collaborate with ops team to provide output commits; Define daily/weekly production goals to track adherence; Monitor job card data integrity to ensure correct MRP signals
Seniority
Individual Contributor, operational level
