Description
Our Inland Northwest Department (Spokane/Billings) Distribution site is seeking a Production Planner! We are seeking a motivated, customer service team member to assist in the management of our day-to-day logistic activity. This position reports to the Site Operations Manager, works with sales, and partners with third party vendors to provide reliable service to meet our customer’s need. If you love a fast-paced environment that requires problem solving and logistic support with room to grow, then join our team.

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Weyerhaeuser is an equal opportunity employer. Inclusion is one of our five core values, and we strive to maintain a culture where all our people feel a sense of belonging, opportunity and shared purpose. We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce and supporting an equitable and inclusive environment that inspires people of all backgrounds to join, stay and thrive with our team.

• Work as a member of the Fontana to continuously improve cost and efficiency.
• Prepares plans for the day, releases work to ensure that Cutters have smooth flow of work, batch size is consistent, and distractions are minimal.
• Establish appropriate time fences for production, in collaboration with Sales.
• Schedule and manage optimization and manual production process. Manage and schedule work for operations associates.
• Support analysis and identification of replenishment items (MRP)
• Schedules cut packs for production considering promised date, delivery schedule, lead times, cutter capacity, product series and customer ranking.
• Utilizes optimizer tool to schedule and release production orders to Cutters. Makes all necessary changes to production orders before releasing to Cutters.
• Creates manual production orders per replenishment signals for full unit cuts

Work within computer-based logistics system for truck movements, and problem solve to bring trouble loads to resolution.

• Ensure customer service and time objectives are achieved within existing financial constraints to maximize sales, market share and profit for the company and customer.
• Ensure customer service and time objectives are achieved within existing financial constraints to maximize sales, market share and profit for the company and customer.
• Provides leadership for operations associates in work scheduling, order release, schedule revisions, lead team meetings.
• Works to coordinate operations work schedule with needs of sales team by maintaining constant communications with
• sales team.