College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Department of Horticulture

Production Planner

Hiring Organization: Sawyer Nursery
Employment type: Full-Time
Job Location: Hudsonville, MI
Application Due Date: August 1, 2022

SAWYER NURSERY, INC.

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE:                Production Planner

DEPARTMENT:        Production/Sales

REPORTS TO:           General Manager

DATE:                        July 11, 2022

JOB SUMMARY

Under supervision by the Purchasing/Planning Manager, creates production plan from data. Maintains current and complete schedules. Oversees production plan from start to finish. Key responsibilities include planning, execution, maintaining the process. Performs other duties as necessary.  Annual Salary: $55,000

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Using Sales inputs, enter into the system and manage the annual production plans for container and plug sales supporting the Annual plan management timeline requirements.
2. With sales, operation, and grower support allocate the plan to all the Sawyer facilities and contractors in the most efficient manner.
3. Resolve, update and manage plan change request daily using the sales and grower teams as resources. Implement “plan change procedures”
4. Work closely with the sales team on a regular basis to determine what changes are needed, determined by customer program changes or plant availability.
5. Work closely with the contract coordinator to decide what items need to be contracted because of space constraints or growing expertise.
6. Manage the orphan plug and surplus container inventories providing information to generate solutions.
7. Working closely with the grower task force help create, enter into the system, and maintain all recipes including input types, lead times, over starts and other requirements.
8. Strategize improvements to the recipes and plans to create efficiencies and lower costs supporting the company’s goals.
9. Build new items and recipes as required.
10. Maintain data and produce reports to management as required on a scheduled and requested basis.
11. Maintain the planning activities on a 3 year rolling forward basis.
12. Other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

1. Three years experience in production and material planning; or equivalent. Experience with perennial products and work experience in a manufacturing setting preferred.
2. Ability to determine, understand and manage how financial resources will be spent to get work done, and accurately account for these expenditures.
3. Ability to manage projects and independently make judgments and decisions while weighing the relative costs and benefits of a potential action.
4. Ability to create, execute and manage a production plan.
5. Good time management skills and ability to work independently on multiple tasks with changing priorities.
6. Demonstrated proficiency with computer software and applications related to job duties.
7. Strong communication and negotiation skills to interact with internal and external customers in a professional and courteous manner.
8. Active listening and social skills. Must be able to actively look for ways to help people and listen to what other people are saying, asking questions as appropriate.
9. Ability to work as a team and interact and influence various segments of the organization.

Email: mendez@sawyernursery.com