Junior Planner/Expeditor Job in Covina 91722, California US

Composites Horizons, Inc.(CHI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hampson Industries US Inc.,  designs, develops and manufactures products using Advanced Composite Materials.  Markets are Medical, Aerospace and Commercial in orientation; customers are global.  We are an ISO 9001-2008 and AS 9100 certified firm, committed to continuous improvement and 100% customer satisfaction.  We are a 140 employee subsidiary company in need of a Junior Planner/Expeditor to help us as we grow in the dynamic advanced composite business.

 

We are a 30 year supplier of advanced composite products.  Many of our team players have been with CHI over 10 years and we foster a small, close knit environment, focused on customer satisfaction resulting from exceptionally high quality products.  EOE

Job Title:             Junior Planner/Expeditor

Department:        Operations                                      

Reports To:          Business Unit Manager

This job description is intended to serve as general guidelines for day to day responsibilities.  CHI is a small company and all employees are required to perform duties outside of their job description from time to time.  The extra duties will not be defined, but the goal is for all CHI employees to pitch in and help other departments when help is needed for whatever reason.

SUMMARY

Schedules and coordinates flow of work within or between departments of manufacturing plant to expedite production by performing the following duties.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

 

Reviews master production schedule and work orders.

 

Establishes priorities for specific customer orders.

 

Revises schedule according to work order specifications, established priorities, and availability or capability of workers, parts, material, machines, and equipment.

 

Reschedules identical processes to eliminate duplicate machine setups.

 

Distributes work orders to departments, denoting number, type, and proposed completion date of units to be produced.

 

Confers with department supervisors to determine progress of work and to provide information on changes in processing methods received from methods or engineering departments.

 

Compiles reports concerning progress of work and downtime due to failures of machines and equipment to apprise production planning personnel of production delays.

 

Maintains inventory of materials and parts needed to complete production.

 

Expedites production of spare parts and establishes delivery dates for spare parts orders.

 

QUALIFICATIONS  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability

 

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Minimum of 2 years experience in production planning/expediting.

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of experience and education.