Production Planning Supervisor - Manufacturing Job at Lee Spring Company in New

Lee Spring manufactures and distributes mechanical springs, wire forms, stampings and, fourslide parts worldwide. We offer an extensive product line of more than 25,000 inventoried products in a variety of materials available in stock and ready to ship today. In addition, we also manufacture springs made to your specifications. From short-run prototypes to long-run production, we can support your needs when and where you need it in the world. Lee Spring is the premier global source for stock catalog, and custom-designed mechanical springs and related products.

• We make it easy - exceptional personal attention
• We have it - over 25,000 catalog products
• We can design it - engineering expertise
• We can make it - extensive custom manufacturing capabilities

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the sales and customer service teams to understand customer requirements and communicate production timelines.
• Communicate with customer service and update availability dates on customer orders, which may include expediting orders and re-scheduling production.
• Analyze production data to update lead times.
• Provide delivery dates for overdue customer orders.
• Reviews factory orders for accuracy and allocates work to factory personnel.
• Analyzes and helps to improve the root causes behind late deliveries.
• Utilize the company's ERP system to:
  • Print and release all jobs to the factory.
  • Close jobs as they are completed.
• Plan, organize, and optimize the workflow for all work centers.
• Make recommendations to help increase production while minimizing unnecessary costs and maintaining current quality standards.
• Support the plant manager to optimize production output, product quality and, on-time shipping.
• Assist management in conducting weekly production meetings.
• Monitor operations and recommend corrective actions when needed.
• Reviews job summaries, addresses any immediate necessary corrections, and identifies areas of improvement.
• Helps to monitor and correct labor collection.
• Reviews, understands, and helps to improve labor and material variances.
• Influence and learn from senior management.
• Stay up to date with latest production management and manufacturing best practices and concepts.
• Be comfortable filling in as the location leader to cover for vacations.

Job Requirements:

• 3 years of related experience in the manufacturing environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to navigate complexities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in production planning software, ERP systems and MS Office
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy and precision.