Production Planner

What we offer

Want to work for a company that feels like home? The plant here in Lexington is a state-of-the-art particleboard production facility. EGGER offers job stability, training and development and growth potential for all of its team members. We offer an excellent benefits package including comprehensive health insurance, dental and vision insurance, 401K retirement plan with company match, paid time off and paid holidays.

About EGGER

Founded in 1961, EGGER GROUP is a more than $3 billion privately-held, family-owned company comprised of more than 10,100 associates. With 19 production plants worldwide, and the 20th plant that just started production here in Lexington, EGGER is a global leader in the manufacturing of wood-based materials for the furniture and interior design, flooring and building products industries. The company’s extensive and value-added product range, including raw particleboard, laminates, Thermally Fused Laminate (TFL) edge banding and laminate flooring can be found in countless private and public spaces worldwide.

Production Planner

Location: Lexington, NC

 Type: Full-time

Your Tasks

Sets the production plan for Egger Wood Products LLC. Oversee a  production line and group of materials to create the most efficient production plan optimizing machine efficiency, warehouse storage, and customer demands..     

• Capacity planning for the respective production  work centers
• Daily production planning performance/target adjustment of the respective production work center, report to sales in case of deviations
• Arrange appointments for sales and production (considering plant capacity and components availability)
• Optimally block orders according to set-up requirements
• Materials planning, and stock materials replenishment
• Create all production documents which are necessary for production order processing (pallet labels / production order documents etc.)
• Report the current utilization of work centers and storage capacities
• Date control, with sales people and suppliers
• Materials planning, order processing, stock materials order monitoring and replenishment control
• Materials planning, order processing and requirement-based order monitoring of materials
• Warehouse stock management at optimal costs (MRP parameter maintenance)
• Monitor critical stock (non-moving items, slow-moving items)
• Optimize the MRP parameters (product groups, classifications)
• Master data maintenance (Purchasing info records)

Our Requirements

• Secondary education preferred.
• Current production planning experience required.
• SAP experience preferred
• Experience using Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and Word  required
• Excellent communication skills

Note: This description is intended to give you a general overview of the position and is not an exhaustive listing of duties and responsibilities.