Production Planner

Production Planner

Company: ABARTA Coca-Cola Beverages

Job Location: 4900 Cleveland, OH

Other Potential Locations: Bedford Heights, OH; Cleveland, OH

We are actively seeking enthusiastic team players who want to work with the world's most trusted and iconic brands.

About ABARTA

ABARTA Coca-Cola Beverages is a family-owned company committed to being a visible, engaged partner to the customers and communities we serve.

We value diversity and individuality and when you thrive, we thrive.

ABARTA offers the perks of a large corporation with the personalized touch of a smaller company.

We are a workplace that encourages sharing ideas in a supportive environment, growing professionally, maintaining a healthy work/life balance, and interacting with all levels of the organization.

We would love for you to become a part of our family to help make our vision of Quenching the Thirst of Our Neighbors a reality!

Summary

The Production Planner develops and maintains production schedules for assigned manufacturing operations to ensure product availability while balancing customer demand, inventory objectives, material availability, production capacity, and operational constraints.

The role works closely with Manufacturing, Materials, Warehouse, Procurement, Logistics, and Supply Chain teams to translate demand requirements into executable production plans and proactively identify risks that could affect service, inventory, or production performance.

Responsibilities

Production Planning and Scheduling


* Develop short- and medium-term production schedules based on demand forecasts, customer orders, inventory targets, manufacturing capacity, and material availability.


* Sequence production to support customer requirements while considering line capabilities, production efficiencies, changeovers, planned downtime, and product availability.


* Adjust production schedules as demand, material availability, equipment conditions, or other operating requirements change.


* Communicate schedule changes and priorities to manufacturing and other impacted functions.

Capacity and Constraint Management


* Evaluate production requirements against available manufacturing capacity and identify potential capacity, labor, material, or equipment constraints.


* Partner with Operations to develop solutions when production requirements exceed available capacity or when unplanned disruptions occur.


* Provide visibility to potential service or inventory risks resulting from production constraints.

Inventory and Materials Coordination


* Monitor finished goods and material inventory in support of established service and inventory objectives.


* Coordinate with Procurement, Materials, Warehouse, and other supply chain functions to identify and resolve material shortages that may affect production.


* Support efforts to balance product availability while minimizing excess inventory, shortages, and production inefficiencies.

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