1. Establishes guidelines and develops production schedules for manufacturing department in conjunction with production planning staff.
2. Supervises planners and the oversight of the preparation and finalizing of production schedules for manufacture.
3. Determines the status of expedited orders and alters schedules to meet unforeseen conditions.
4. Ensures the execution of planning objective and interfaces with purchasing, Key Account Manager, logistics, receiving and shipping in order to fully coordinate customer shipments.
5. Manages production planning staff and scheduling of material flow to meet production schedules and customer requirements.
6. Creates and maintains a master schedule that supports business forecast,
7. Analyzes demand requirements to identify production and supply bottlenecks and recommends actions for resolution.
8. Directs production planning to ensure on time availability of products to fill customer orders and on-time shipments.
9. Conducts capacity planning and provides input to manufacturing regarding anticipated machine or manpower capacity issues.
10. Coordinates with purchasing departments for any changes or updated requirements for purchased goods and materials.