Planning Supervisor

Planning Supervisor

Manages the facility's master production schedule through directing the purchase and on time delivery of raw materials, shop traveler generation, and inventory flow through manufacturing operations. The Planning Manager coordinates with Sales, Engineering, Quality, and other departments to ensure on time delivery of forgings to the customer.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities :

• Reviews master schedule for all production travelers scheduled to start and establishes priorities to meet shipping dates according to customer delivery requirements. Ensures the purchase and delivery of raw materials to facilitate on time production release.
• Supervises and trains planners, audits traveler documents, and develops a Master Schedule in conjunction with Engineering, Metallurgy, Quality and Production requirements.
• Monitors conversion yield results and evaluate any anomalies. Reports any significant trends to management for evaluation and takes a lead in developing effective corrective actions.
• Responsible for quotation review to assure customer requirements are met and quality review of in-house form (QA-180). Attends new order kick-off meetings and first article review meetings to present status of master traveler, last production traveler release and obtain information for master traveler revision to improve production.
• Assigns duties and examines work for exactness, neatness, and conformance to policies and procedures. Studies and standardized procedures to improve efficiency of department.
• Initiates meetings with Engineering, Manufacturing, Metallurgy and Quality to develop optimum process in the planning stage of new orders.
• Utilizes Shultz Pro program conversion data to plan an ingot reduction (material type, using ingot size ratio, surface condition or process requirements) to determine or improve conversion yield. Utilize Shultz Pro program mult chart data to improve billet utilization and reduce end loss scrap.
• Provides daily, weekly, and monthly reporting to management on status of key planning KPIs Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the Company's policies and applicable laws as department responsibilities are assigned.
• Directly supervises 5-10 employees in the Planning department. Responsibilities include interviewing and hiring, training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• All other duties as assigned.

Required Skills :

Experience & Education :

Physical Demands :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and / or move up to 35 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment :

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Shultz Steel LLC is an equal opportunity employer. The company's policy and practice is to provide equal employment opportunities and to assure those opportunities, without regard to age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions, gender, race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation including gender identity or gender expression, religion, (including religious dress and religious grooming), mental or physical disability, legally protected medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, reproductive decision making, or any other status protected by applicable local, state or federal anti-discrimination laws.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.