Production Planner
The Company
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation is a thriving, values-driven company focused on doing the right things. We’re a fast growing, publicly traded company (NYSE: ZWS), with an enduring reputation for integrity, giving back, and providing an engaging, inclusive environment where careers flourish and grow.
Named by Newsweek as One of America’s Most Responsible Companies and an Energage USA Top Workplace, at Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation, we never forget that our people are at the center of what makes us successful. They are the driving force behind our superior quality, product ingenuity, and exceptional customer experience. Our commitment to our people and their professional development is a recipe for success that has fueled our growth for over 100 years, as one of today’s leading international suppliers of plumbing and water delivery solutions.
Headquartered in Milwaukee, WI, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation employs over 2800 employees worldwide, working from 24 locations across the U.S., China, Canada, Dubai, and Mexico, with sales offices available around the globe. We hope you’ll visit our website and learn more about Zurn Elkay at zurnelkay.com.
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The Production Planner is responsible for developing, maintaining, and executing shop schedules that align customer demand, material availability, and production capacity. This role prints and releases production orders, monitors order readiness, and coordinates closely with production to drive timely execution and completion of orders.
The Production Planner proactively identifies and resolves material shortages, capacity constraints, and other issues that could disrupt the schedule. Success requires strong problem-solving, disciplined follow-through, and clear cross-functional communication across production, supply chain, purchasing, customer care, shipping, and other business partners.
Key Accountabilities
- Develop, maintain, and communicate detailed shop schedules based on customer demand, production capacity, labor availability, material readiness, and business priorities.
- Print, review, and release production orders to the shop floor in accordance with the approved schedule and established planning parameters.
- Monitor open production orders from release through completion, identify schedule risks, and coordinate corrective actions to keep work moving on time.
- Partner closely with production supervisors and shop teams to confirm priorities, sequence work, address execution barriers, and support timely completion of orders.
- Proactively review material availability, identify shortages before they affect production, and coordinate with purchasing, supply chain, inventory control, and production to resolve constraints.
- Reschedule or reprioritize work as conditions change, balancing customer commitments, operational capacity, and material availability.
- Provide clear, timely communication regarding schedule status, order priorities, shortages, recovery plans, and delivery risks to relevant stakeholders.
- Coordinate with customer care, sales, shipping, and warehouse teams to support accurate delivery commitments and on-time order fulfillment.
- Analyze planning and execution issues, determine root causes, and drive practical cross-functional solutions.
- Maintain accurate planning data and production order status in the enterprise system.
- Support inventory planning, production performance, and on-time delivery objectives.
- Participate in continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen scheduling discipline, material flow, production execution, and customer service.
Qualifications / Requirements
- High school diploma required; associate or bachelor’s degree in supply chain, operations, business, or a related field preferred.
- Demonstrated experience in shop scheduling within a manufacturing environment is required.
- Experience with production planning, production order management, material planning, or supply chain coordination.
- Strong problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify constraints, assess tradeoffs, and coordinate timely corrective action.
- Proven ability to work cross-functionally with production, purchasing, supply chain, inventory, customer care, shipping, and other stakeholders.
- Clear and proactive written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate priorities, risks, and recovery plans effectively.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and adjust schedules in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Strong attention to detail, organization, follow-through, and data accuracy.
- Working knowledge of manufacturing processes, production workflows, material availability, and capacity constraints.
- Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) is a plus.
Total Rewards and Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- Medical, Dental, Vision, STD, LTD, AD&D, and Life Insurance
- Matching 401(k) Contribution
- Health Savings Account
- Up to 3 weeks starting Vacation (may increase with tenure)
- 12 Paid Holidays
- Annual Bonus Eligibility
- Educational Reimbursement
- Matching Gift Program
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan – purchase company stock at a discount!
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