Production Planning Analyst
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Overview

• Develop and implement production plans to maximize the use of the organization's resources and meet established production specifications and schedules; volume, cost, and wastage targets; and quality standards.
• Use engineering plans, contracts, and production specifications to produce schedules and production plans and estimate the human resources, tools, and equipment needed to manufacture products.
• Monitor production activity and analyze production data so that the flow of materials is timed meet production requirements.
• Adjust schedules to accommodate backlogs, design changes, and material or labor shortages.
• Prepare work orders for production or purchase requests based on production schedules.
• Evaluate production specifications and plant capacity data to determine manufacturing processes and calculate machine and operator loads.
• This is an individual contributor role that requires the use of judgement in applying professional expertise and is expected to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Roles typically require a university degree or an extensive amount of practical knowledge gained through experience.
• Job requires an understanding and application of procedures and concepts of own discipline.
• The job requires the ability to make judgements based on practice and previous experience.
• This job typically requires a degree or equivalent and no experience