Senior Planner
Orange, CAFull-time$90–110K/yrSeen 2w ago
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Job overview
The Senior Planner links customer demand, plant operations, and procurement by overseeing production scheduling and material flow at a manufacturing facility. The role develops master schedules, manages capacity and inventory, resolves material shortages, and improves ERP/MRP systems and planning workflows. It also leads Lean/Kaizen initiatives and supports compliance with AS9100, ITAR, and other relevant regulatory requirements.
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Full job description
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Job Title: Sr. Planner
Job ID: 683
Location: Orange, CA
Department: Supply Chain
Reports To: Supply Chain Manager
Job Type: Full Time
Compensation: $90,000 - 110,000 per year
Summary:
As our Senior Planner, you will be the vital link between customer demand, plant floor operations, and procurement. You will oversee end-to-end production scheduling and material flow in our manufacturing facility, creating and optimizing master production schedules that maximize plant throughput and ensure 100% on-time delivery. You will address complex capacity bottlenecks, resolve material shortages, and drive continuous improvement within our ERP/MRP systems and planning workflows.
Leadership & Core Responsibilities
Strategic Planning & Capacity Management
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Develop and execute detailed finite daily and weekly production schedules for multiple production lines and work centers.
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Conduct capacity planning and analysis to balance labor, machinery, and material availability against forecasts and customer orders.
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Optimize inventory parameters (Safety Stock, ROP, EOQ) and monitor WIP levels to prevent bottlenecks and control lead times.
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Track and report on operational KPIs, including Schedule Attainment, OTIF, Inventory Turnover, and Downtime due to material shortages.
Operational Execution & Continuous Improvement
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Partner with Production Supervisors and Operations Managers to review schedule adherence, address line stoppages, and re-sequence orders dynamically.
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Collaborate with Procurement to ensure raw materials and components arrive to align with production starts.
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Act as an ERP/MRP super-user, maintaining master data integrity (BOMs, routings, lead times).
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Lead Lean/Kaizen initiatives and ensure compliance with AS9100, ITAR, and relevant regulatory requirements.
Position Requirements
Education & Technical Qualifications
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Education: Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Business, or related technical field preferred, or equivalent experience
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Experience: 6-8+ years in production scheduling, master planning, or material control in high-mix/volume environments.
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Industry Domain: High-mix, regulated environments (AS9100/ISO9001 highly desired).
Certifications & Competencies
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Certifications: APICS/ASCM (CPIM/CSCP) strongly preferred.
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Systems Proficiency: Advanced ERP/MRP proficiency (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Syspro) and advanced MS Excel or BI tools (Power Query, Power BI).
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Core Competencies: Lean, Kanban, JIT, Theory of Constraints, data-backed decision-making, and strong interpersonal skills.
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Total Rewards & Compensation
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Base Salary Range: $90,000 - $110,000 per year, based on experience.
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Benefits & Perks: Comprehensive benefits package including health coverage, 401(k) match, and career development resources.
EEO Statement
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer (Minorities/Women/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities). We adhere to all federal, state, and local laws governing non-discrimination and strictly prohibit workplace harassment of any kind.
How this job compares
Set against the 528 open Production Planner jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$90–110K/yr
- California median$83–125K/yr68 salary ranges
- US median$74–110K/yr268 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $100K, is close to the California median midpoint ($100K) — in the middle half of Production Planner salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 90 open Production Planner jobs in California and 528 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Anduril Industries13 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience — more than three in four Production Planner postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 392 postings).
- Education
- 121 of the 528 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 4, 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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