Plan, schedule, monitor, and analyze the movement of material through key work centers within the facility to ensure that the Master Schedule is executed. Collaborate with and synchronize efforts of Sales, Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, and Engineering to ensure customer needs and organizational objectives are met. Administer planning support to various tasks/projects including performance monitoring, material analysis, reporting, and expediting. Develop and implement the production schedule for the manufacturing work cell, and purchasing function taking into consideration available capacity, material availability, customer order requirements, best production order sequence, and above all, the financial targets established in SIOP for revenue. Schedule production, factoring in work orders, maintenance, new product development, inventory availability, and capacity planning. Measure and track performance of all critical factors to ensure compliance to plans, including publishing of KPI’s. Identify action and take the lead in resolving issues when products are behind schedule or at risk of being behind schedule. Perform rough-cut and detailed capacity plans to identify gaps between forecasted demand and production capabilities. Orchestrate ownership of production orders from start to finish, recording time and output and troubleshooting any discrepancies immediately, with a common goal of correcting the problems. Align objectives customer service and sales to minimize packaged goods inventory levels and prevent aged out inventory.

Provided planning support to various tasks/projects including performance monitoring, material analysis, reporting, and expediting. Established weekly work center schedules to support various product lines factoring in resource capacity, backlog demand, and level-loading of shop orders. Established daily priorities for Logistics and Quality Assurance team members. Identify resource capacity constraints by work center and recommended appropriate action as required. Interfaced with operations and support groups (Purchasing, Finance, Master Scheduler, Quality Control, Engineering) to eliminate barriers that prevent constant flow of product. Identifies potential shortage situation and initiates action to limit impact to the production schedule. Utilized Oracle MRP system to research and interpret data for inventory, purchase requisitions, purchase orders and other transactions to aid in the development and publishing of reports. Applied planning principles such as capacity planning and level loading in order to develop solutions to a variety of problems. Monitor shop orders through the assembly process and proactively identify idle products and coordinate with the appropriate support groups to resolve issues. Worked closely with Project Management, Engineering, and Business Development in regards to critical path and schedule risk analysis. Interprets engineering change orders (ECO), implements dispositions affecting stock and work in progress. Developed tools to improve production planning activities and better track and manage work in progress

Ensure daily production requirements are achieved to meet internal and external customer expectations. Worked closely with Quality team resolve open NMRs and complete material to stock. Follow-up as required with all teams to expedite flow of materials and documents to meet production schedule and customer expectation. Interacts with shop floor management daily to resolve issues regarding manufacturing efficiencies or additional information as requested from Manufacturing, Program Management, Planning, and others.

Provided production control support to various tasks/projects including performance monitoring, material analysis, reporting, and expediting. Established weekly work center schedules to support various product lines factoring in resource capacity, backlog demand, and level-loading of shop orders. Identify action and take the lead in resolving issues when products are behind schedule or at risk of being behind schedule. Identifies potential shortage situation and initiates action to limit impact to the production schedule. Utilized SAP MRP system to research and interpret data for inventory, purchase requisitions, purchase orders and other transactions to aid in the development and publishing of reports. Monitor work orders through the assembly process and proactively identify idle products and coordinate with the appropriate support groups to resolve issues.

Oversaw quality of service, increasing efficiency of department resources and equipment performance. Complete shipping orders and warehouse transfers. Maintain accurate counts and inventory documentation. Leverages and analyzes logistics data, drive gap analysis, and lead improvement.