Manufacturing Production Planner

Production Coordinator

Position Summary : Responsible for coordinating and expediting the flow of work and materials within or between departments according to the production schedule. Duties include reviewing and distributing production, work, shipment, and shipping schedules; conferring with department supervisors to determine progress and completion dates; and compiling reports on progress of work, inventory levels, costs, shipping status, and production problems.

Essential Job Duties :

• Create and manage all job orders for production.
• Schedule, plan, and release work to the production floor based on labor availability, material readiness, and level-loading goals.
• Determine which jobs can be performed in-house versus those that need to be outsourced, balancing capacity and cost.
• Communicate and report departmental capacity loading and shipping / dispatch capacity to ensure visibility and proactive adjustments.
• Collaborate with department supervisors and other stakeholders to assess progress, identify bottlenecks, and make schedule adjustments as needed.
• Revise production and shipping schedules in response to design changes, labor or material shortages, backlogs, or other disruptions; coordinate with management, sales, project management, engineering, operations, and logistics teams.
• Record and report key production data, including output volumes, raw material consumption, quality control metrics, and shipping performance (on-time shipments, carrier performance, shipping accuracy).
• Distribute updated production and shipping schedules and work orders to the appropriate departments in a timely manner.
• Apply Lean Manufacturing principlessuch as level loading, labor optimization, overtime management, cost control, and shipment efficiencyto improve production and dispatch consistency.
• Oversee outbound shipments : ensure finished goods are packaged correctly, shipment documentation is accurate, carriers scheduled, tracking maintained, and follow-up performed when shipments are delayed or damaged.
• Maintain coordination between production and shipping / receiving functions to align production completion with dispatch schedules and order-fulfillment commitments.

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Work Location : In-person, San Antonio area.