Senior Production Planner

Salary Range: 82000 to 105000 (Currency: USD) (Pay period: per-year-salary)

ABOUT THE ROLE

B-O-F Corporationis looking for a Senior Production Planner to own the connection between customer demand, materials, and the production floor in our fast-paced, growing operation. In this role, you’ll make sure we build the right products, at the right time, with the materials needed to support them.

You’ll build and maintain the master production schedule, plan material requirements and inventory levels, and resolve ERP/MRP exceptions before they disrupt production. You’ll balance demand, capacity, changeovers, and material constraints, make clear tradeoff decisions when priorities shift, and report on planning performance to operations leadership.

This is a highly cross-functional role. You’ll work closely with sales, production, purchasing, shipping, and customer support every day, and you’ll often be the person who keeps everyone working from the same plan. It’s a great fit for someone who enjoys being at the center of the action, likes solving problems as they come up, and takes pride in finding better ways to get things done.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Order intake and scheduling

Review incoming sales orders, quotes, and contracts to determine deadlines, quantities, specifications, and production requirements.

Build, revise, and distribute master production schedules that reflect sales commitments, machine and labor capacity, and material lead times.

Sequence jobs to balance efficiency, such as fewer changeovers and less setup time, against on-time delivery.

Create and release accurate work orders in NetSuite, and make sure materials are picked and staged before production starts.

Re-prioritize the schedule when rush orders, cancellations, or capacity changes come up, and keep every affected team informed about what changes as a result.

Cross-functional coordination

Serve as the main point of contact between sales, production, purchasing, and shipping so every team works from the same timeline.

Work directly with customers on delivery timelines, order status, and special requests, and manage expectations when conflicts arise.

Partner with suppliers and freight providers to confirm inbound and outbound timing, and escalate and resolve delays.

Work with customer support to communicate shipping delays early, with revised timelines and alternatives where possible.

Coordinate with department leads so materials, tooling, and paperwork move smoothly between stages of production.

Problem-solving and continuous improvement

Spot recurring bottlenecks, find their root causes, and drive fixes across departments.

Work with quality and production teams to trace product defects to their source and put corrective and preventive actions in place.

Analyze production data, including throughput, on-time delivery, schedule adherence, and downtime, to catch trends and risks before they affect deadlines.

Build recurring reports and dashboards on planning performance, and present findings and recommendations to leadership.

Recommend capacity solutions such as overtime, staffing, outsourcing, or equipment investment based on demand trends.

Lead or contribute to process improvements that reduce lead times and improve schedule reliability.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

5–7 years of experience in production planning, scheduling, or materials/inventory planning in a manufacturing environment.
Experience owning planning end-to-end, ideally on a small operations team.
Hands-on experience with an ERP/MRP system (NetSuite preferred) for planning, scheduling, and inventory management.
Experience with demand forecasting, inventory planning, production scheduling, and capacity planning.
Strong analytical skills and comfort using Excel to model schedules, track exceptions, and analyze planning data.
The ability to balance competing priorities like demand, capacity, and material availability, and to make clear tradeoff calls.
Clear written and verbal communication, with the confidence to explain scheduling tradeoffs to both the production floor and leadership.
A bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Industrial Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience helping build or improve planning processes, especially in a growing company.