Job Description:

Position: Production Planner
Work Location: Portsmouth, NH 03801
Duration:12 Months contract assignment

How will you do it

• Proactively maintain and continuously improve the pre-campaign schedule to ensure flawless execution.

• Build, track, and maintain schedules for defined departments to drive short-term execution of plans, while balancing demand priorities against efficient production sequencing.

• Collaborate with relevant departments to incorporate input and ensure schedules are realistic, strictly respecting existing labor and asset capacities.

• Collaborate with all collaborators to resolve scheduling conflicts in a timely manner, ensuring schedules are achievable based on planned material availabilities.

• Optimize resource utilization (facility/suite, equipment, staff, materials) for efficient operations.

• Ensure all feedback regarding changes to existing plans is incorporated into schedules in a timely manner.

• Maintain detailed planning and scheduling parameters within the planning system for efficient use of system functionality.

• Generate and analyze critical metrics and operational measures to support identification of trends and root causes of sub-optimal performance.

• Perform other duties as assigned to support the team and company goals.

What we look for

• High school diploma or equivalent required; Bachelor's Degree preferred.

• 5-10 years of experience in a scheduling or planning role, with a proven track record of successfully implementing scheduling processes.

• Outstanding ability to determine priorities and manage multiple tasks.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with different departments.

• Ability to analyze data and generate insights to drive improvements.

• Proficiency with planning systems and scheduling software.