Trillium Engineering · 3 hours ago
Senior Production Planner
Trillium Engineering is a company focused on optimizing production processes, and they are seeking a Senior Production Planner. This role is responsible for owning and continuously optimizing the Master Production Plan to meet customer delivery commitments while balancing capacity, material availability, and inventory objectives.
Aerospace
Responsibilities
Oversee and maintain the Master Production Schedule (MPS), aligning demand, capacity, and material availability across all production lines
Develop and maintain detailed production and capacity plans, including constraint-based modeling and scenario analysis for demand changes, material disruptions, and engineering changes
Collaborate with material planning, procurement, production, engineering, warehouse, and configuration management teams to ensure timely availability of materials and accurate system data
Lead production planning inputs for monthly SIOP, including risks, mitigation strategies, capacity trade-offs, and recommended decisions
Translate approved SIOP plans into executable schedules and monitor plan adherence
Develop and maintain visual management tools and dashboards that communicate plan performance, risks, and recovery actions to senior leadership
Establish, track, and improve planning KPIs such as schedule adherence, plan stability, capacity utilization, and inventory health
Own and continuously improve planning-related master data and parameters within ERP and Advanced Planning systems
Serve as a subject-matter expert and mentor for planning best practices and support continuous improvement initiatives
Proactively identify planning gaps, lead root-cause analysis, and drive corrective actions
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
5–7 years of experience in production planning and scheduling within a complex manufacturing environment (high-mix, low-volume preferred)
Strong understanding of SIOP, MPS, capacity planning, and inventory management principles
3–5 years of hands-on ERP experience with production planning and inventory management; experience with Advanced Planning Systems strongly preferred
Proven experience developing and presenting data-driven planning insights to senior leadership
Physically able to lift up to 20 pounds (materials/equipment)
Effective use of computer, laptop, cell phone and other mobile device to exchange information
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
Excellent team skills and team-oriented
Excellent time management skills and meets deadlines
Flexible; able to multi-task in response to time-sensitive and changing situations
Effective listening skills
Objective, solution-oriented problem-solving skills
Handles highly sensitive and confidential information
Resourceful, able to network and connect people to appropriate resources
Technology savvy, comfortable using MS software products
Strong planning and organizational skills, and follow-through
Resilient, stays positive and solution-oriented
Perceptive, discovers underlying issues in situations and re-states them in a helpful way
Self-starter with a strong work ethic, able to work without direct supervision
Preferred
Experience with Advanced Planning Systems strongly preferred
APICS CPIM or CSCP certification preferred
Company
Trillium Engineering
Trillium Engineering is an industrial provider of actionable imagery for small UAS tactical operations.
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
J.F. Lehman & Co
2021-03-31Private Equity
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