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Job overview
The Planner prepares production programs and schedules for industrial product manufacturing, monitors the master plan, and coordinates operations and materials to meet customer delivery requirements. The role focuses on optimizing production, inventory, and investment efficiency. It also controls shop orders, expedites delays, prepares planning reports, maintains KPIs, and participates in production meetings, Gemba walks, and Kaizen events.
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Job Description
JOB SUMMARY & ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Responsible for the planning and preparation of production programs for the manufacture of industrial products to monitor the master plan through the issuance of operations and materials to meet the level of delivery required by the customer. Optimizing the production and investment efficiencies of Inventory.
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Plan and prepare production schedules for the manufacture of products in the assigned areas in a timely manner.
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Level production to achieve the optimal use of both material resources and man-hours.
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Responsible directly for the control of shop orders within the production floor and changes of orders of the assigned areas, participating in daily meetings with production.
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Expedites operations and/or materials that are delaying production according to conditions preventing meeting the promised date
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Prepare daily, weekly and monthly planning reports.
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KPIs maintenance in Tier meeting
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Gemba Walks
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Participate in Kaizen events
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Efficient with minimal supervision
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Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
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Analysis, Solving Problems and Making Decisions
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Must be action-oriented with an eye for finding opportunity and solving problems.
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Detail-oriented with the ability to complete tasks in a timely manner.
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Performs with a high sense of urgency
QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum Qualifications: (education, experience level, knowledge, skills, designations/certifications).
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Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Manufacturing or supply chain.
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At a minimum of three (5) years of planning of a manufacturing operation experience.
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Self-starter. Ability to solve problems, take responsibility and deliver results with a spirit of innovation and a strong commitment to excellence.
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Fluency in English (read, write and speak).
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Proficiency in use of MS Office Software - advanced PowerPoint skills required.
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Desirable experience using MRP or Enterprise systems in Planning or Production Control.
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APICS CPIM or CSCP desired but not required.
COMPETENCIES:
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Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
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Demonstrating Ethics and Integrity
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Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
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Analysis, Solving Problems and Making Decisions
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Communicating Effectively
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Must be action-oriented with an eye for finding opportunity and solving problems.
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Detail-oriented with the ability to complete tasks in a timely manner.
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Analytical with a high sense of urgency
How this job compares
Set against the 502 open Production Planner jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$73–108K/yr264 salary ranges
- US median$30–35/hr40 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 16 open Production Planner jobs in South Carolina and 502 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Lockheed Martin40 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Production Planner postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (370 postings).
- Education
- 117 of the 502 open Production Planner jobs (23%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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