The Senior Planner is responsible for directing and coordinating all activities within the Production Control team to ensure that productivity, efficiency, and quality levels meet KPS Global’s organizational goals and customer expectations.

Major Responsibilities

ü  Ensuring relevant information is communicated to inside and outside sales staff regarding their orders and that pertinent data is relayed back to factory personnel for the continual build of product

ü  Ensuring every job ships complete to include buy-outs, steel, refrigeration units; also responsible for coordinating with other department and vendors to ensure periphery equipment arrives at the job site in concert with manufactured panels

ü  Maintaining complete and accurate information on production schedule and reports

ü  Planning and scheduling production activities by sequencing customer demand through individual work centers to maximize throughput

ü  Representing company management by developing relationships with the customer’s purchasing, design, and construction departments

ü  Working with customers and their logistic carriers to schedule shipments

ü  Analyzing work flow and aggressively identifying opportunities for continuous improvement projects to maximize the use of man power and equipment

ü  Assisting team members with problem resolution to ensure optimal levels of customer satisfaction

ü  Ensuring all build requests are assessed and that work with plant management creates the most effective and efficient build schedule possible

ü  Ensuring accurate, timely procurement and coordination of buyouts for customer orders

ü  Ensuring reporting systems provide effective and timely communications to management, project associates, inter-company department staff, and external customers

ü  Developing and maintaining capacity for all production resources, including establishing guidelines for production orders to provide schedule balance and constraint resolution

ü  Assisting in the reallocation of material not specifically linked to production orders and managing the excess and obsolete inventory as well as disposition of returns

ü  Creating and maintaining job instructions for all Production Control work processes and ensuring Production Schedulers are cross trained in all work processes

ü  Associate degree in Business Administration or similar field preferred

ü  1 – 3 years of experience in logistics, planning, manufacturing, or Oracle

ü  Strong written and verbal communication skills

ü  Intermediate ability to use Microsoft Office programs including Word, Outlook, and Excel

ü  Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to work well in a fast-paced environment

ü  Detail oriented and organized