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Production Planner Scheduler Supervisor

Colorado Springs, CO 80910

Posted: 12/10/2025 Employment Type: Permanent Industry: Operations Job Number: 50509791 Pay Rate: $70000-90000 / year

Job Description

Job Summary:The Production Planner Scheduler Supervisor is a senior-level role responsible for developing, maintaining, and optimizing detailed production schedules to ensure efficient manufacturing operations. This role coordinates cross-functionally with procurement, operations, logistics, and quality to meet customer delivery requirements, minimize inventory, and optimize resource utilization. The Planner/Scheduler Supervisor plays a strategic role in capacity planning, material requirements planning (MRP), and continuous process improvement.
Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop and manage mid- to long-term master production schedules based on sales forecasts, customer orders, and inventory targets.
  • Translate demand into production work orders, ensuring availability of materials and labor.
  • Collaborate with procurement and inventory teams to ensure material availability for production. Identify material supply issues and communicate with management potential schedule impacts and develop recovery strategies. 
  • Optimize production workflows by leveling workloads across work centers and resolving capacity constraints.
  • Monitor production performance daily, identifying delays or bottlenecks.
  • Analyze and Maintain schedules using ERP/MRP system.
  • Ensure on-time delivery of customer orders while maintaining optimal inventory levels.
  • Lead scheduling meetings with cross-functional teams to align priorities and address conflicts.
  • Implement best practices and continuous improvement initiatives in scheduling and planning processes.
  • Create reports and dashboards on key KPIs (e.g., schedule adherence, capacity utilization).
  • Support new product introductions by integrating requirements into production plans.
  • Train and mentor junior planners or schedulers.

Required Qualifications:
  • 5+ years of experience in production planning/scheduling in a manufacturing environment.
  • Proficiency in ERP/MRP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, M2M).
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Solid understanding of manufacturing processes, lead times, and capacity planning.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience with Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma methodologies.
  • Familiarity with demand planning tools and forecasting techniques.
  • Advanced Excel or data analytics experience (e.g., Power BI, Tableau).

Work Environment:
  • Office and manufacturing floor environments.
  • May require occasional travel to supplier or customer 
Benefits:
  • Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental and Vision)
  • 401k with company match
  • Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary and AD&D) Paid Time Off 
  • Short Term and Long Term Disability
  • Training and Development
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