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Position Title: Production Control Planner I

Location: Arcola, IL

Starting Pay for position: $25 - $30 / per hour 

Travel: 5%

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About Herff Jones:

Indianapolis-based Herff Jones is the leading provider of graduation and educational products and services designed to inspire achievement and create memorable experiences for students. Herff Jones’ products include class rings and jewelry, caps and gowns, diplomas and announcements as well as motivation and recognition programs. Focused on building long-term relationships through a nationwide network of over 1,400 employees and sales partners, the professionals at Herff Jones have been helping elevate the student experience throughout the lifelong journey of education for more than 100 years. For more information about Herff Jones, please visit www.herffjones.com. 

Your Opportunity: 

• The production Planner will be responsible for multiple work centers within a production area to achieve on-time delivery targets while positioning the production departments to achieve maximum production efficiencies.

What You’ll Be Doing On A Daily Basis:

• Manage inventory and workflow from initiation to completion from raw material to final product being shipped to the customer.
• Responsible for planning, scheduling, coordinating, and monitoring products throughout the entire production cycle.
• Reviews, refines, and develops scheduling rules and SOP’s to achieve plant service level commitments.
• Work cross functionally with all plant departments to maintain accountability.
• Directly oversees all production control and outsourcing coordination employees/activities.
• Works with operations to monitor production output against customer requirements.
• Attends daily Gemba walks with production floor leaders.
• Maintains top level customer requirements to drive total manufacturing requirements
• Conducts regular business and performance reviews with demand planning, sales and operations, including participation in S&OP processes.
• Monitor supply and demand through delivery season status against the master schedule and take action to protect both the internal build plan and the customer ship/delivery plan against stockouts, downtime, and other impediments to the schedule.
• Take lead to involve appropriate personnel to resolve material and capacity issues; calling out significant conflicts to management’s attention when master scheduling issues are likely to impact the internal build plan or customer delivery.
• Responsible for overall master data maintenance in systems associated with supply planning such as lead times, transportation times, sourcing information, safety stocks, min/max levels, etc.

What You’ll Bring to the Table: 

• Prior experience in scheduling and planning without ERP and MRP systems.
• Experience with ERP systems is highly preferred, specifically Microsoft Dynamics AX or D365, as well as Microsoft Excel.
• Moderate to advanced skills with Microsoft Office (specifically Excel) and learning new systems/technology with understanding some work is processed manually.
• American Production Inventory Control Systems (APICS) and or Six Sigma certification is preferred.
• Proven success to effectively communicate (listening, writing, and verbal) to multiple teams, ensuring the delivery of the message stays consistent.
• Well-organized, be able to multi-task and have a high level of attention to detail.
• Customer service driven, able to understand and support the business goals and objectives.
• Interface and interact well with all departments of the company and is an ambassador for planning in a seasonal environment.
• Proven ability to manage inventory levels and adjust goals due to time and cost constraints.
• Multiple examples of lean projects, initiated successfully, that resulted in cost and time savings.
• A strong sense of urgency and desire to exceed expectations.
• Ability to maintain a positive attitude in an extremely fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated success managing multiple processes and tasks.

 Education / Certifications Required (if needed):

• Bachelor’s or associate’s degree in related field preferred

Physical Requirements:

• Daily activity includes but is not limited to lifting, carrying, sitting, grasping, reaching, standing, kneeling, walking, bending, twisting.

• Reading, communication, math.

• Moving around the production floor for a 10+ hour shift

• Sitting at a computer for long periods of time

• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to above average

Herff Jones, Inc. and its affiliates are equal opportunity employers and maintain affirmative action plans to recruit, retain, develop, and promote qualified individuals without unlawful consideration of race, gender, gender identity, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Herff Jones strives to maintain a work environment free from unlawful discrimination and harassment, where associates are treated with respect and dignity. 

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