Regional Planner Jobs in Wisconsin

Production PlannerThe Role of the Production Planner

The Production Planner is the link between sales orders, raw materials, and the production floor — making sure the right jobs are scheduled, the right materials are on hand, and inventory stays accurate from receiving through finished goods. This person owns the production schedule across our machines, builds and manages work orders from order entry through completion, and keeps Global Shop transactions and reporting accurate along the way.

This role requires someone comfortable juggling a high volume of moving pieces — building and maintaining the production plan across days, weeks, and months while adapting as priorities and material needs change. The Production Planner is detail-oriented, proactive, and confident working inside an ERP system to keep production running smoothly.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Monitor machine schedules daily and adjust as needed to meet customer dates; position new orders within the schedule to hit ship dates.
• Create and release work orders for all machines, including print orders after proof receipt, and orders generated from new sales orders (automated or one-by-one as needed).
• Monitor in-house stock levels and create stock orders as needed to maintain availability.
• Identify and correct Global Shop transaction errors — staging, WIP-to-finished-goods, and recording issues — to keep inventory and job costing accurate.
• Perform cycle counts as part of ongoing inventory accuracy efforts.
• Send out pick sheets needed to cover orders for stock items.
• Review raw material needs on a recurring basis — placing material POs as needed and coordinating off-site paper inventory, including working with transportation to schedule trucks to bring material in.
• Monitor stock pallets and order as needed; monitor scrap trucks and coordinate switches/pickups as needed.
• Create routers (Bill of Materials) for new parts/SKUs as they're introduced; reprice routers and estimates on a monthly basis.
• Complete month-end closing of all finished work orders, and create new monthly orders for all lines.
• Act as the primary point of contact for production scheduling questions from the floor, leadership, and sales.
• Communicate proactively with purchasing, leadership, and transportation on material constraints, schedule risks, or order changes that could impact ship dates.
• Support accurate downtime and productivity tracking by ensuring schedules and work orders reflect real floor conditions.

Experience

• 10+ years of experience in production scheduling, planning, or materials/inventory coordination in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience working within an ERP or production scheduling system (order entry, work orders, inventory transactions); experience specifically with Global Shop is a strong plus, though not required.
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and shifting deadlines without losing track of details.
• Experience coordinating with purchasing or vendors on raw material/component availability is a plus.

Other Skills and Qualifications

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail — comfortable owning a high volume of orders, work orders, and transactions without things falling through the cracks.
• Comfortable working with numbers and data; able to spot and correct system errors rather than working around them.
• Clear, proactive communicator — able to flag schedule risks or material gaps to the right people before they become problems.
• Able to work independently and make sound day-to-day scheduling decisions, while knowing when to escalate.
• Comfortable with Microsoft Excel for tracking, reporting, and reviewing schedules.
• Proficient in ERP systems for scheduling, work order management, and inventory transactions; hands-on experience with Global Shop or a comparable manufacturing ERP is preferred.
• Skilled at managing relationships across departments — able to work effectively with production, sales, purchasing, and transportation to keep information flowing and priorities aligned.
• Demonstrates leadership potential — this role is expected to grow into a supervisory capacity as the organization expands. We’re looking for someone who takes ownership, earns credibility on the floor, and is ready to step into that responsibility when the time comes.
• Ability to multi-task and reprioritize quickly in a fast-paced production environment.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $65,000.00 - $70,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person