Production Planner Jobs in Alabama

Job Title: Plant Production Planning Manager Company: Carter Brothers Mfg. Co., Inc. Location: Brundidge, AL Description: Description: Plant /Production Planning ManagerJob Purpose:Maintains production capacity by determining, monitoring, and updating production priorities; managing staff; Manufactures products by planning, organizing, directing, and evaluating plant resources;Duties:* Accomplishes production planning human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, determining accountabilities: coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures.* Develops manufacturing organizational strategies by contributing manufacturing information, analysis, and recommendations to strategic thinking and direction; establishing functional objectives in line with organizational objectives.*Achieves production planning operational objectives by contributing production planning information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends;* Establishes manufacturing operational strategies by evaluating manufacturing trends; establishing critical measurements; determining production, productivity, quality, and customer-service strategies; designing manufacturing systems; accumulating resources; resolving problems; implementing change.* Develops manufacturing financial strategies by estimating, forecasting, and anticipating manufacturing requirements, trends, and variances; aligning monetary resources; developing action plans; measuring and analyzing results; initiating corrective actions; minimizing the impact of variances.* Delivers customer-acceptable products by enforcing quality standards;* Improves quality results by studying, evaluating, and re-designing processes; implementing changes.* Plans operations by collecting relevant information; identifying short-term and long-range issues; identifying and evaluating options; choosing a course of action.* Maximizes equipment operation by developing and scheduling preventive maintenance; * Keeps materials available by scheduling, monitoring, and adjusting deliveries.* Avoids legal challenges by understanding current and proposed regulations; enforcing requirements; recommending new procedures.* Accomplishes manufacturing and organization mission by completing related results as needed.* Meets production planning financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.* Determines production priorities by reviewing customer orders and requirements and production schedules; analyzing equipment, materials, and employee availability; coordinating schedules with sales and warehousing.* Resolves production scheduling problems by analyzing reports; developing solutions.Skills/Qualifications:Coaching, Managing Processes, Tracking Budget Expenses, Documentation Skills, Production Planning, Controls and Instrumentation, Strategic Planning, Financial Planning and Strategy, Coordination, Manufacturing Control Planning, Documentation Skills, Manufacturing Methods and Procedures, Manufacturing Quality, Production Planning, Technical Management, Safety Management, Coaching, Control Engineering, Lean Manufacturing