Production Planner - Print
$60,000–$60,000 year
RemoteCalifornia, United States or Arizona, United States
Job Summary
Prepare, coordinate, and approve the master production and delivery schedule for all products through print production. Interface with operations and purchasing to ensure successful project execution, while analyzing activity planning data to calculate start dates and sequence tasks to meet target deadlines. Attend regular planning meetings, review activity requests, and assign work to staff, machines, and work centers. Monitor delivery reports, confirm activity durations, and communicate with area managers and project managers to identify and resolve schedule issues. Candidates in the EST time zone are preferred, with occasional onsite visits to Butler, PA possible.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Manufacturing, Engineering, Production or related fields
- Previous production scheduling experience
- Equivalent combination of education and experience
- Print industry experience
- (Routine/Periodic/Occasional) travel either locally, nationally, and/or internationally
- High degree of proficiency in MS Office Suite, Outlook & Internet applications
- Strong analytical, prioritizing, interpersonal, problem-solving, presentation, budgeting, project management (from conception to completion), & planning skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills (including analysis, interpretation, & reasoning)
- Solid understanding and application of mathematical concepts
- Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships with peers and colleagues across the organization, as well as, internal and external clients
- Ability to work well autonomously and within a team in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment
- Ability to work with and influence peers and management
- Self-motivated with critical attention to detail, deadlines and reporting
- Regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk, hear and see
- Regularly/Occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
- Regularly/Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, extreme cold & heat, risk of electrical shock, and toxic or caustic chemicals
- The noise level in the work environment is usually low/moderate
- Candidates in EST time zone preferred
- occasional onsite visits to Butler, PA may be necessary
- This is a remote position in the US
- open to candidates in various states, with the exception of those residing in the following: AK, DC, ME, NH, NM, OK, HI, MS, MT, NV, NE, ND, SD, VT, WY, WV
- The U.S. pay range for this position is $60,000 USD - $70,000 USD annually
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Manufacturing, Engineering, Production or related fields preferred but not necessary
- Previous production scheduling experience preferred
- Print industry experience preferred
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