Production Planner

Job summary

The Production Planner is responsible for owning the production schedule to balance customer priorities, machine capacity, and material constraints. They will collaborate across departments to maximize resource utilization and ensure timely customer delivery.

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

The Production Planner is responsible for owning the production schedule to balance customer priorities, machine capacity, and material constraints. They will collaborate across departments to maximize resource utilization and ensure timely customer delivery.

Requirements

Candidates must have at least 5 years of production planning experience in manufacturing with hands-on expertise in Microsoft NAV or Business Central. Strong analytical skills and a deep understanding of MRP and finite capacity scheduling are essential.

Listed skills

• Production Scheduling · Preferred
• Production Planning · Preferred
• Microsoft Excel · Preferred
• Inventory management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Production Planning
• Production Scheduling
• Microsoft NAV
• Microsoft Business Central
• Advanced Planning & Scheduling (APS)
• MRP
• Finite Capacity Scheduling
• Manufacturing Routings
• Bills of Material
• Inventory Management
• Capacity Planning
• Microsoft Excel
• Bottleneck Analysis
• Shop Floor Data Collection
• Operational Performance
• Customer Service Coordination

Job areas

• Manufacturing
• Logistics
• Engineering
• Management & Leadership
• Consulting