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Production Planning Analyst

Engtal

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$24-30 /h
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Hammond, IN
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Job Description

As posted by the hiring company

Job Overview:

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain daily and weekly production schedules based on customer demand and plant capacity.
  • Coordinate with production, purchasing, maintenance, and customer service to ensure materials and resources are available.
  • Monitor production progress and adjust schedules to account for downtime, material shortages, or changing priorities.
  • Maintain work orders, inventory transactions, BOMs, and production data within an ERP/MRP system.
  • Analyze production metrics, inventory levels, and capacity to identify opportunities for improved efficiency.
  • Create reports using Excel to support production planning and operational decision-making.
  • Participate in daily production meetings and collaborate across departments to keep operations running smoothly.

Qualifications

  • 1–3+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment with exposure to production planning, scheduling, materials, production control, or supply chain.
  • Experience using an ERP/MRP system such as SAP, Epicor, Oracle, JD Edwards, Infor, IFS, or similar.
  • Strong Microsoft Excel skills (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, data analysis preferred).
  • Excellent organizational, analytical, and communication skills.
  • Experience supporting production schedules, material planning, inventory control, or manufacturing operations is highly preferred.