Production Planner

Your Job

Phillips Medisize, a Molex company is seeking a Production Planner to maximize the effectiveness of both pre-production and production manufacturing processes at our Hudson, WI facility.

In this role, you will be responsible for planning and communicating build activities across the organization to ensure seamless operations.

You will establish and maintain strong, mutually rewarding relationships with both internal teams and external customers by prioritizing and meeting customer expectations.

By engaging cross-functional resources and the broader team, you will play a critical part in delivering high-quality products on time, supporting our commitment to excellence and customer satisfaction.

Our Team

At Philips Medisize, we aspire to be the preferred partner of choice for leading global customers, to create innovative products that help people around the world live healthier, more productive lives.

We are an end-to-end provider of innovation, development, and manufacturing solutions to the medical, regulated products, automotive, consumer and defense markets.

Companies count on Phillips Medisize to bring their breakthrough ideas and innovative branded products to market - with confidence.

As a contract design and manufacturing organization (CDMO), we work closely with our customers to deliver proven, highly engineered products.

What You Will Do



* Manage and communicate build schedules across multiple programs to optimize on-time delivery (OTD) and meet program timelines.


* Act as liaison between Program Managers, Project Engineers, and Operations to ensure alignment and timely issue resolution.


* Coordinate with vendors and Operations to track the status of parts sent for secondary operations and ensure on-schedule completion.


* Prioritize shipments internally to minimize premium freight costs while meeting customer commitments.


* Serve as backup Buyer, handling procurement tasks as needed to support operations continuity.


* Notify Program Managers and Project Engineers of changes impacting cost such as price adjustments, overtime premiums, and expedited requests.


* Forecast and monitor weekly resource and machine capacity requirements to maximize production efficiency and reduce overtime.


* Oversee end-to-end production scheduling, considering preventative maintenance and planned downtime to ensure on-time shipments.


* Manage ERP system order entry, prioritization, and adjustments to support accurate production workflows.


* Ensure availability of all required components, documentation, subassemblies, supplies, and equipment for scheduled jobs, including coordination with other facilities.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)



* Experience in Microsoft Office applications, specifically Word and Excel


* Experience using ERP systems; SAP preferred.


* Experience with basic inventory, production control techniques, JIT, work cells, and self-managed teams


* Bachelo...