Production Planner Job Description

A Production Planner job description template to hire for your Production department.

About the Production Planner position

We are looking for a Production Planner who will organize our production processes according to demand and quality standards. Your duties will include ensuring the smooth and cost-efficient flow of our production operations and organizing the efficient distribution of goods and materials.

You should be organized٫ well-versed in production procedures and ways to optimize them and have a results-driven approach together with great problem-solving skills. Advanced communication and computer skills are also required.

Production Planner responsibilities are:

• Plan and organize production workflow for one or multiple products
• Review and prioritize operations to ensure maximum performance and minimum delay
• Estimate project needs of manpower٫ equipment and raw materials
• Set goals٫ tasks and priorities for workers and other staff
• Set shifts according to production needs
• Supervise production activities to ensure they will finish on time and within budget
• Detect and resolve issues when they arise
• Collect output information٫ including number of finished products٫ percentage of defectives and so on
• Create status and performance reports and present them to managers
• Manage the project paperwork
• Work together with quality control٫ warehouse and other staff

Production Planner requirements are:

• 2+ years’ experience of working on a Production Planner or other similar position
• Significant experience with production planning and quality control activities
• Significant experience in manufacturing resource planning
• Good knowledge of MS Office and ERP systems
• Strong math and statistics skills
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills
• Good communication abilities
• High school diploma; additional degree or certification will be a bonus