Production Planner Job at Averro, Renton, WA

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  • Averro
  • Renton, WA

Job Description

TITLE: Sr. Production Planner

LOCATION: Renton, WA

EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Direct Hire

PAY RANGE: 90-110K base plus benefits

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Planner / Senior Planner is a key member of the Operations team responsible for ensuring effective production planning, scheduling, and material availability to meet customer demand. Proficiency in SAP is essential from the outset, as this role requires daily interaction with the system to manage sales orders, production schedules, material requirements, and backlog visibility. The ideal candidate will be confident navigating SAP modules related to planning, production, and inventory, with a focus on driving accurate data and timely execution.

As a senior-level planner, this role is expected to operate with a high degree of ownership and foresight. The planner will work closely with production, engineering, procurement, and sales to balance capacity, monitor constraints, and support on-time delivery goals. Responsibilities include developing and adjusting production plans, analyzing lead times and order statuses, identifying potential delays, and initiating corrective actions. This position will also help shape planning processes and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across operations.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Strategic Capacity and Resource Planning: Evaluate long-range production requirements against available capacity and identify potential bottlenecks.
  • Maintain Accurate Backlog Notes in SAP: Ensure all work orders, sales orders, and planning data in SAP are up to date with clear and concise backlog notes.
  • Review and Align Backlog with Demand: Collaborate with sales and operations to prioritize orders based on delivery commitments, lead times, and production constraints.
  • Forecasting and Demand Alignment: Lead open order reporting to align sales, engineering and operations.
  • Data-Driven Reporting and Analysis: Generate and present weekly and monthly reports on production health, resource utilization, and scheduling alignment. Pull and interpret key performance indicators (KPIs) directly from SAP and convert insights into actionable plans.
  • Report out weekly/monthly: Floor health utilization, forecast alignment, and planning accuracy.
  • Drive Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to streamline planning processes to improve ERP system usage.
  • Identify constraints : Work cross-functionally to resolve.

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS:

  • Proven experience (5+ years) in production planning, supply chain, or operations in a manufacturing or assembly environment
  • Strong proficiency in SAP, with hands-on experience in planning, scheduling, and material management modules. SAP Business ByDesign experience a plus.
  • Solid understanding of MRP, capacity planning, and production workflows
  • Ability to analyze data, interpret KPIs, and present clear planning insights and recommendations
  • Strong collaboration skills with cross-functional teams including sales, engineering, and procurement
  • Experience developing and maintaining production schedules and backlog visibility tools
  • Proficient in Excel and capable of working with reports, and data extracts from SAP
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present updates to leadership
  • Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, operations, business, or a related field preferred; equivalent experience considered.

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