Production Planner

• Lead daily production huddles and scheduling discussions, setting priorities across work centers
• Manage the production job schedule across multiple work centers and planning horizons to support on-time supply and delivery dates
• Build and assess planning scenarios in response to demand changes, capacity constraints, or supply disruptions
• Resolve complex scheduling, WIP, and delivery issues that exceed day-to-day planner scope
• Review sales forecasts and recommend production forecasts for leadership input and approval
• Analyze inventory performance and forecast accuracy; identify risks and recommend corrective actions
• Identify and recommend routine discontinuations or runout actions based on demand trends and inventory analysis
• Identify and drive demand planning efficiency improvements in collaboration with Production teams
• Analyze capacity, labor, and material constraints across functions to identify and resolve planning risks
• Proactively identify risks to customer delivery and escalate as needed
• Compile and maintain strategic watchlists for high-risk or high-impact items
• Partner with Procurement and Engineering on material risks and supplier constraints to protect supply continuity
• Prepare KPI and metric reporting; monitor performance against targets, identify trends and root cause of misses, and drive actionable improvement recommendations
• Recommend process improvements and system changes to enhance planning effectiveness
• Coordinate new product release planning across Planning, Production, Engineering, and Procurement to ensure supply readiness at launch
• Provide capacity and constraint data inputs to support long-range planning discussions
• Support financial review processes by providing planning data inputs for inventory and forecast analysis; collaborate with Finance on inventory performance
• Mentor and support Production Planners and Planning Coordinators
• May provide functional guidance to L1/L2 team members; no formal direct reports

Production Planner jobs in Tennessee

Senior Production Planner – Production Planner III