Production Control Specialist - Planner

Candidate will plan, schedule, and optimize flow of approved materials, components, and related materials through all phases of material planning, from scheduling, requisitions, and deliveries to meet production requirements.

• Report manufacturing status by assembly line
• Receive and input the customer forecast on various computer files
• Provide backup the receiving and shipping functions, as needed
• Receive and input the customer orders in the system
• Issue and maintain kanbans
• Material Planner with Lean Manufacturing experience such as; material/product pull systems, line balancing techniques, and time study experience are a must. Must also have strong problem solving and kaizen abilities
• Provide maintenance to the weekly production schedule
• Input the reported production in the system, opening and closing of orders
• Issue daily production orders to the manufacturing area
• Calculate requirements and issue component orders to our suppliers
• Will plan, schedule and optimize flow of approved materials, components, and related materials through all phases of material planning, from scheduling, requisitions, and deliveries to meet production requirements
• Finish goods cycle time
• Conduct the necessary customer/supplier contacts
• Supports new products preparation activities in order to ensure that the start of the production is trouble free. (i.e. pulling parts for trial builds, coordinate builds & shipments, perform audits and approve New Product Shipments using a checklist, etc.)
• Follow the Phase in / Phase out procedure

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or at least four years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience

Benefits Include

Competitive pay

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Prescription

Vision

401K + Company match

Life Insurance

Short Term Disability

Long Term Disability

Education Assistance

Flex Spending

Employee Assistance Programs

12 Paid Holidays

Paid Time Off

TAC Manufacturing, Inc. is a Japanese owned automotive parts supplier, serving the Japanese Transplants (Toyota, Nissan, Subaru, etc.) as well as the domestic OEMs (Ford and GM). Located in Jackson, MI, TAC Manufacturing, Inc. is a subsidiary company of Tokai-Rika Co. LTD, which is located in Nagoya, Japan. TAC was founded in 1991 and currently employs 700+ people at our Jackson, MI location.

We manufacture security and safety-related products: shift levers, shift-by-wire, steering wheels, steering locks, key cylinders, mechanical and remote keys, and more.