Senior Production Planner

The Sr. Production Planner will work with plant leadership to meet daily production requirements, track inventory, and support production needs and improvement goals. This role leads planning strategy across multiple lines, areas, or plants, drives cross-functional coordination, and supports long-term improvements in scheduling, inventory flow, and operational performance.

This position reports to the Planning Manager and is expected in the office.

According to the FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act), this position is classified as:

· Exempt

This role is well-suited for someone who thrives in both independent and collaborative environments, stays organized, and enjoys contributing to cross-functional outcomes. Key responsibilities include:

· Own planning strategy and backlog management across multiple lines, operational areas, or plants, ensuring alignment to operational and customer delivery priorities

· Oversee daily and weekly production planning strategy to support customer demand, operational goals, and long-term business needs

· Oversee ATPs, fill rate, and inventory flow strategy, and proactively identify operational risks and implement long-term corrective actions

· Act as the lead planning authority for assigned operations, leveraging planning systems and analytics tools to drive operational decisions

· Lead forecasting and advanced operational analysis to support production planning, inventory strategy, and customer delivery performance

· Lead resolution of complex cross-functional or cross-plant production, inventory, warehouse, and material flow issues

· Develop long-term planning and inventory strategies aligned with operational, financial, and customer service objectives

· Ensure strong coordination across planning, warehouse, manufacturing, purchasing, supply chain, and customer service functions

· Oversee inventory health, raw material availability, and production continuity strategies while minimizing excess and obsolescence

· Drive large-scale operational improvement initiatives across plants to improve efficiency, delivery performance, and scalability

· Drive process standardization and long-term planning improvements across plants and monitor effectiveness through operational metrics

· Oversee execution of plant-wide or multi-site initiatives and align cross-functional teams around priorities and results

· Establish, monitor, and adjust key planning metrics including backlog management, schedule attainment, inventory health, on-time delivery, and customer delivery support

· Develop planning standards, training processes, and operational best practices across teams

· Lead cross-functional problem resolution and help align teams during operational conflicts or shifting priorities

· Communicate strategic priorities, risks, and recommendations to leadership

· Build strong cross-functional partnerships, influence leaders, and support development of other planners or team members

· Lead with accountability, adaptability, and a focus on continuous improvement

· Oversee safety, compliance, and operational discipline across broader areas of responsibility

· Perform other duties as assigned

To perform this job successfully, you must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily, and regular attendance is required. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to perform this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to support individuals with disabilities.

· High school diploma or equivalent

· 5+ years of Production Planning Experience or Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Business or related field

· Strong Excel and ERP system experience

o Preferred experience utilizing Oracle

o Excellent analytical and communication skills

The physical demands described here must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to support individuals with disabilities.

· Sit for up to 8 hours per day

· Exposed to a computer screen for up to 8 hours per day

· Utilize a computer mouse, keyboard, computer, and other standard office equipment

· Required to talk or hear frequently

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those you may encounter while performing the essential functions of this job.

· Corporate office environment – indoor and climate-controlled

Customer Driven, Accountability Focused, Integrity Always, New Solutions – Every Day

If you excel in a dynamic, collaborative environment and are looking for meaningful challenges and opportunities to grow, you’ll find a great fit here. Banner Engineering is a premier employer headquartered in MN, offering competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for professional development as we rapidly grow in the Industrial Automation industry.

Banner Engineering is an equal opportunity employer that considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

Affirmative Action (AA)/Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/D/V

This job description reflects management’s assignment of key responsibilities.

It does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.