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Employment Type : Full-Time
KDC is a network of best-in-class custom formulators and manufacturers of color cosmetics, skincare, haircare, bath & body, fragrance, deodorant, home, health, industrial, and auto care products. KDC delivers high-touch innovation, operational excellence, and speed to market to well-known and emerging beauty, personal, and specialty companies from coast to coast. KDC has its head office in Longueuil, Québec. In addition, KDC has 10 operating facilities located throughout North America. Altogether, the company employs nearly 4,800 talented and dedicated employees in North America.
Title: Production Planner
Reports to: Manager, Planning
Department: Supply Chain
Organizational Relationships:
Direct communication with Operations, Purchasing, Business Development and Inventory Control.
Basic Function:
Evaluates customer order requirements, then plans, prepares and initiates production schedules for manufacturing and assembly to meet scheduled delivery commitments in conjunction with department and plant goals.
Responsibilities:
1. Updates the daily production schedule.
2. Prepares the daily and monthly production plan for finish goods, factory WIPs, and bulk.
3. Attends daily production meeting, coordinates and communicates priorities to support groups.
4. Prepares weekly assembly and people goal schedule and, when business trend warrants, a monthly goal schedule.
5. Reviews RCCP and S&OP for upcoming trends and challenges.
6. On new orders, establishes manufacturing date and assigns order completion date based on scheduling availability, and customer requested delivery, confirm all sales orders.
7. Prepares monthly forecast based on booked orders.
8. Communicates with manufacturing and assembly supervisors to insure an efficient operating schedule.
9. Communicates with Purchasing, Inventory Control, Quality Control and Order Department both on information received and required to schedule orders on time.
10. Creates Risk Mitigation action plans based on what-if scenario analyses.
11. Communicates standard sale order due dates.
12. Routinely assesses packaging and manufacturing equipment capacity against customer order utilization. Proactively recommends alternatives to labor, shifts, equipment, etc. to meet customer order commitments.
13. Evaluates open order backlog to identify equipment, work center or manpower capacity constraints. Recommends adjustments to equipment, and/or manpower, production goals to produce quality product on time at the least possible cost.
14. Works closely with Business Development and Purchasing to maximize inventory turns and to meet inventory goals.
15. Prepares status reports as required by Production.
16. Contacts CSR’s to update delivery and changes of sales order.
17. Request all batch cards necessary for sales order.
18. Responsible for bulk inventory disposition/liability.
19. Any other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
1. High School diploma plus college degree preferred.
2. Combined working experience including supervision of section/group for 1-2 years for which planning function will be performed.
3. Good logic, mathematic and writing skills.
4. Well organized and capable of working under pressure.
5. Capable of setting priorities for projects and re-arranging same to meet the production schedule.
6. Proficient with MRP, demand planning, capacity planning and Excel spreadsheet software/systems.
KDC-ONE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, gender, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. I understand that employment with KDC-ONE Company is at-will, meaning that I or KDC-ONE Company may terminate my employment at any time, or for any reason consistent with applicable state or federal law. I understand that KDC-One requires the successful completion of a drug and/or alcohol test as a condition of employment.