Production Planning Coordinator

Position Title: Production Planning Coordinator

Compensation Range: $68,000 to $85,000

Department: Manufacturing

Location: Marshall, IL

About AGI

AGI is a global food-based infrastructure company publicly traded in Canada. With over 3,800 employees and over 30 global manufacturing brands, AGI is a leading provider of equipment and technology solutions for agricultural commodities including seed, fertilizer, grain and feed systems and an expanding platform for food processing facilities.

The Opportunity

The Production Planning Coordinator will be responsible for production planning and job order management working directly with the production team to track, monitor, and resolve production issues daily. This includes working closely with the Plant Manager, Purchasing Manager and Production management teams to ensure accurate inventory levels for forecasting and production planning.

The job description entails planning and organizing a manufacturing production schedule. This position will look at material availability as well as customer due dates to determine if the committed ship date is attainable. It is the duty of the Production Planning Coordinator to monitor the company’s production schedule within each day / week / and month and assist with making necessary adjustments to the production planning schedule when the need arises and communicating directly with Supply Chain management to reconcile and root cause on-going process flow challenges. This role will work closely with supply chain, purchasing, sales team, production team, quality team and the inventory team on any updates necessary.

The Production Planning Coordinator will review and monitor all order statuses within the production process to ensure committed delivery is on track and to communicate any changes to delivery commitments to the appropriate teams.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct planning and coordination of production schedules and follow up on delivery objectives consistently with the VSM, Production Supervisor, Operations Manager and Purchasing Manager
• Provide daily job order management including creation, tracking, and closure of job orders to ensure accurate inventory control.
• Participate in end of month processing for Job Orders and Negative Inventory resolution.
• Provide oversight to production schedules and workflow to ensure that deliveries are made in a timely manner.
• Coordinate and execute production plans with the company’s management team.
• Maintain efficient scheduling processes or methods to attain production goals.
• Work directly with Purchasing Team to ensure procurement of material needs and or purchase orders for production materials to avoid shortage in inventory by working in conjunction with the Purchasing Team
• Provide analysis of problem part issues that have to do with material shortage in a timely manner and strategize with the Purchasing Team on orders needed by looking a head into our forecast to avoid missed deliveries for lack of parts.
• Manage all production issues in a way that it does not hinder production and delivery.
• Work in conjunction with the Sales Teams to solve order, delivery, and customer issues and relay information to the Production Leadership Team
• Communicate and report to/from Production Team and Team Leads on production planning Conduct planning and coordination of production schedules and follow up on delivery op.

Qualifications:

• Associates degree, Bachelors, or 3+ years equivalent of education and experience.
• Minimum 3 years of planning or operations experience in a warehouse/manufacturing setting.
• Must have intermediate to advanced experience with computer software and operations.
• Must have an intermediate to advanced experience with ERP systems.
• Excellent communication skills on all fronts (listening and speaking).
• Must possess good people skills to be able to get along well with other workers (cohesion).
• Must have good coordination and organizational abilities. This is needed in a bid to always deliver products on time to customers.
• Must have excellent time management abilities.
• Must understand the basics of customer care.
• Willingness to work as part of a team or even lead a team when called upon.
• Ability to multitask if necessary and display flexibility while performing duties.

Why AGI?

We’re leading the way in global food supply chain solutions and here’s how:

We’re the leading global expert in providing farmers, processors and commercial customers with the right equipment and customized engineering solutions to produce, protect and deliver the world’s grain, fertilizer, seed, feed and food supplies. Dedicated to safety, innovation and customization, AGI offers one of the largest catalogs of equipment and full-service planning and engineering services for the storage, blending, mixing, conveying, conditioning, and processing of agricultural products worldwide. Supported by an extensive in-country sales and service team, AGI provides a global distribution network and state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Canada, the United States, Brazil, India, France, and Italy.

Our Culture

Safety and teamwork are the cornerstones of our global culture. In all aspects of our business, diverse and inclusive teams work together to deliver quality products, solutions, and services for our customers around the world.

Benefits offered:

• Annual bonus plan
• Paid Time Off
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life and AD&D
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• Voluntary Life
• Employee Assistance Program
• Spending Accounts
• 401k with match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with match

With AGI, you’re choosing an employer dedicated to strengthening and securing the global food supply chain.

Although base salary for this position falls within the above posted range, final compensation will be determined based on the candidate’s skills, experience, qualifications, and internal equity. Our total rewards approach is designed to provide competitive compensation with a focus on employee experience.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis, this position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

AGI is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.

Accommodations are available upon request for candidates with a disability taking part in the recruitment process and once hired.