Production Planner

Job summary

Own and maintain daily, weekly, and monthly finite production schedules, balancing customer priorities with machine capacity, labor availability, and material constraints. Administer scheduling in NAV and APS, monitor schedule adherence, lead daily scheduling meetings, support capacity planning, and recommend improvements to throughput and delivery performance.

Job details

Kitchener Executive Consultants Inc. is conducting an exclusive search on behalf of a highly respected manufacturing organization in their search for an experienced Production Planner. This is a highly visible role within the organization that will have a direct impact on customer satisfaction, operational performance, inventory management, and manufacturing efficiency. The Production Planner will become the central point for production scheduling working across Production, Purchasing, Customer Service, Engineering, and Quality to ensure customer commitments are achieved while maximizing the utilization of manufacturing resources. This role will be responsible for owning the production schedule within a very busy manufacturing environment while leveraging Microsoft NAV and Advanced Planning & Scheduling (APS) tools to balance customer priorities, machine capacity, labour availability, and material constraints. The Production Planner will develop and maintain finite production schedules on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis while continually adjusting priorities in response to customer demand, equipment availability, staffing changes, quality concerns, and material shortages. The Production Planner will administer scheduling activities within the NAV ERP and APS software, maintain accurate production data, support long-term capacity planning, identify manufacturing bottlenecks, and recommend improvements that increase throughput and machine utilization. This role requires a strong presence on the manufacturing floor, leading daily scheduling meetings, monitoring schedule adherence, collaborating closely with production leadership, and driving improvements that enhance schedule stability and customer delivery performance. Our ideal candidate will possess a minimum of 5 years of production planning or scheduling experience within a manufacturing environment and have demonstrated hands-on expertise with Microsoft NAV, or what's now, Business Central. A strong understanding of MRP, finite capacity scheduling, manufacturing routings, Bills of Material, work centers, and shop floor data collection is essential. Candidates should be highly analytical with advanced Microsoft Excel skills, exceptional organizational abilities, and experience managing multiple priorities within a fast-paced manufacturing operation. Our Client’s preferred Salary Target is $90 000 - $100 000 and we encourage all applicants interested in this opportunity to apply. Please note, the hiring salary will be based on the selected candidate’s experience and ability to support the organization. At Kitchener Executive Consultants Inc., we provide a bespoke and personalized recruitment experience where every candidate’s application is reviewed by our team of Search Consultants and measured to our clients’ specific hiring criteria and requirements. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not used in selecting a candidate within our detailed and professional recruitment process.

What you’ll do

Own and maintain daily, weekly, and monthly finite production schedules, balancing customer priorities with machine capacity, labor availability, and material constraints. Administer scheduling in NAV and APS, monitor schedule adherence, lead daily scheduling meetings, support capacity planning, and recommend improvements to throughput and delivery performance.

Requirements

Candidates need at least five years of production planning or scheduling experience in manufacturing and hands-on expertise with Microsoft NAV or Business Central. Essential qualifications include knowledge of MRP, finite capacity scheduling, routings, bills of material, work centers, and shop floor data collection, along with advanced Excel skills and strong analytical and organizational abilities.

Listed skills

• Production Scheduling · Preferred
• Production Planning · Preferred
• Microsoft Excel · Preferred
• Inventory management · Preferred
• Cross-Functional Collaboration · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Production Planning
• Production Scheduling
• Microsoft NAV
• Business Central
• Advanced Planning & Scheduling
• MRP
• Finite Capacity Scheduling
• Manufacturing Routings
• Bills of Material
• Work Centers
• Shop Floor Data Collection
• Microsoft Excel
• Capacity Planning
• Inventory Management
• Bottleneck Analysis
• Cross-Functional Collaboration

Job areas

• Manufacturing
• Logistics
• Management & Leadership
• Data & Analytics

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