Production Planner

Production Planner 3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 21 Northwestern Drive, Salem, NH 03079 $60,000 - $75,000 a year - Full-time Advanced Programs, Inc. 10 reviews $60,000 - $75,000 a year - Full-time Since 1969, Advanced Programs Inc. (API) has been developing secure, mission-critical solutions that serve the United States, NATO, and allied partners. As a small, agile company supporting national security initiatives, we offer a tight-knit environment where each employee plays a meaningful role in real-world impact. Join a team that moves quickly to respond to evolving defense and intelligence challenges—often working directly with government stakeholders to translate urgent needs into engineered solutions. You'll have the chance to make a difference, but you'll also be expected to bring initiative, flexibility, and technical curiosity every day. Production Planner The Production Planner will receive, review, and release manufacturing orders to operations using a systematic process to assure that customer orders are produced and delivered in accordance with the customer's requested delivery schedule. Key Responsibilities Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned. Proactively generates and releases manufacturing jobs for customer orders based on production schedule. Determines if there are products/parts shortages for orders that have been released for assembly, takes actions to expedite missing products/parts. Enters data into the company ERP system at the close of a production run to produce the shipping pick list for the products manufactured. Issues required components to orders from floor stocking locations. Keeps an accurate and up-to-date inventory of all material on the production floor. Returns material, not used during a production run and not allocated to another job, to the warehouse inventory in a timely manner ensuring that the material is available to fulfill other orders. Reviews customer contracts/purchase orders for special shipping and labeling instructions If required, notifies customer of shipments via e-mail Reviews ENC's/BOM change report/Temporary Deviations and updates production jobs accordingly Provides customer reporting when needed to the sales reps, i.e. serial number, OEM part numbers, etc. Reviews reports to correct production jobs for close Supervisory Responsibilities There are no supervisory responsibilities for this position Education and/or Experience Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; OR one or more years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Language Skills Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employee of the organization. Mathematical Skills Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. Reasoning Ability Ability to solve practical and highly detailed problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus. Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. API is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions. The likely salary range for this position is $60,000 to $75,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range. The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, API considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.