JOB DESCRIPTION
Position Summary:
The production planner is responsible for translating customer demand and business forecasts into executable production and material plans that support on-time delivery, inventory optimization, and operational efficiency. This role serves as a critical link between Customer Service, Production, Purchasing, Engineering, Logistics, and Suppliers to ensure material availability, schedule adherence, and achievement of service level objectives.
The position owns end-to-end supply planning activities including production scheduling, inventory management, capacity analysis, shortage mitigation, and continuous improvement initiatives while supporting the Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP) process.
Essential Functions
- Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Develop and maintain short-, medium-, and long-term production schedules aligned with customer demand, capacity constraints, and inventory targets.




- Convert demand requirements into executable production plans and manufacturing orders.
- Balance customer requirements, production capacity, labor availability, and material constraints to optimize plant performance.
- Drive schedule adherence and production order fill rate performance.
- Monitor capacity utilization and identify opportunities to improve throughput and resource efficiency.
- Support SIOP, forecasting, and demand review processes
- Monitor inventory levels, safety stock strategies, excess and obsolete inventory, and inventory turns
- Review component shortages and develop mitigation plans to avoid production disruptions.
- Manage production order releases, prioritization, and scheduling activities within SAP.
- Perform ATP reviews, shortage analysis, and production readiness assessments.
- Analyze and resolve system exceptions including COGI and planning errors.
- Coordinate engineering changes, PPAP implementation, prototype launches, and

📌 PRODUCTION PROGRAMMER 1 (Ciudad Acuña)
🏢 Knorr Bremse Group
📍 Ciudad Acuña