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We are currently hiring for a Production & Material Planner in our London, Ontario location
The Production Planner is responsible for planning and controlling the Master Production Schedule (MPS) and detailed work centre schedules to achieve customer on-time delivery, quality, and cost objectives. This role ensures the integrity of ERP/MRP data, including item masters, bills of materials (BOMs), routings, and planning parameters, to support accurate planning and execution. The incumbent creates, releases, and adjusts Manufacturing Orders (MOs) in accordance with established policies, prioritizes and sequences work across work centres based on the approved MPS and available capacity, and proactively identifies and escalates capacity, material, or quality constraints that may impact customer commitments. The role also supports continuous improvement initiatives related to production planning, scheduling, and material flow, and actively leads or participates in planning-related improvement projects.
Main Function Responsibilities
- Translate the production plan into a daily/weekly/monthly MPS at article level.
- Perform RCCP to check MPS feasibility and propose scenarios (overtime, outsourcing, etc.).
- Lead the weekly MPS/Planning meeting and align stakeholders on priorities and recovery plans.
- Prioritize and release MOs by work centre based on MRP, capacity and customer priorities.
- Monitor MO progress, resolve bottlenecks with Production, and manage emergent demand.
- Ensure BOMs, routings and revisions on MOs are correct and current.
- Run and review MRP; action exception messages (reschedule, cancel, expedite).
- Drive shortage resolution with Purchasing, Stores and Production.
- Contribute to inventory targets and planning parameters for WIP, semi-finished and finished goods.
- Maintain planning parameters in ERP (lot sizes, lead times, safety stocks, planning methods).
- Support configuration control for items, BOMs and routings with Engineering and Quality.
- Assess and implement engineering changes in planning data and schedules.
- Track and report planning KPIs (OTD, schedule adherence, capacity, inventory, data accuracy).
- Analyse deviations, define recovery plans and support CI/lean projects.
- Ensure ERP data and procedures reflect improvements and new standards.
- Interface with Customer Service, Engineering, Quality, Purchasing and other sites on demand, changes and constraints.
- Participate in stock takes, audits and assessments (including AS9100).
- Complete Rofo financial projections to support financial planning and reporting.
- Perform other duties and special projects as assigned by the Supply Chain Manager or senior leadership in support of organizational objectives.
