Production Planner

Kinsa is recruiting for a: Production Planner
Location: Baltimore MD or Cincinnati OH (Onsite)

For more than a century, our client has been on the forefront of flavor! They are looking to add a Production Planner to their team in Cincinnati or Baltimore, responsible for developing and maintaining production schedules across manufacturing operations. In this critical role, you will work cross-functionally to balance customer demand with production capacity, labor, material availability and inventory requirements while supporting efficient manufacturing operations and customer service.

Compensation & Benefits:

• $90-110k base salary plus generous annual bonus

• Medical, Dental, Vision

• 401(k)

• PTO & holiday pay

Key Responsibilities and Goals:

• Develop, maintain, communicate and adjust executable production schedules across both manufacturing facilities, balancing customer demand with capacity, labor, materials, inventory and changing operational priorities.

• Partner with Operations, Supply Chain and Demand Planning to align forecasts, production plans, inventory availability, manufacturing requirements and customer-service objectives.

• Identify production constraints, supply risks and potential service impacts; communicate changes, recommendations and planning priorities proactively to cross-functional stakeholders.

• Maintain accurate planning data in ERP/MRP or production-planning systems and use planning information to improve scheduling, sequencing, resource utilization and operational performance.

• Support planning for new products, changing customer requirements, business needs, cross-functional planning meetings, continuous-improvement initiatives and other planning/supply-chain responsibilities as required.

Competencies Needed for Success:

• Production planning, production scheduling or related supply-chain experience in a food manufacturing environment, including hands-on schedule ownership.

• Strong understanding of production capacity, inventory, material availability, manufacturing constraints, changing priorities and service requirements.

• Experience using ERP/MRP or related planning systems, with strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational and cross-functional communication skills.

Referrals are our best source for the top talent our clients need so if you know of anyone with these skills in the food and beverage industry, please pass me their name and email/phone number, or share this job posting with them. Kinsa pays referral bonuses if someone you refer gets hired by our client!

Check out our other food and beverage industry career opportunities at https://www.kinsa.com/food-beverage-industry-jobs/#!/

Recruiter Information:
George Blomgren
georgeb@kinsa.com