Production Planner

Why We Exist and What We Do:

At Dr. Squatch (www.drsquatch.com), we’re raising the bar on men’s personal care with our line of natural, high-performance products. We’re on a high-growth, fast-moving ride, continually introducing new product categories, launching into retailers nationwide, and growing internationally. We have been recognized and certified by Great Place to Work® multiple times, and we achieved status as a certified B Corp in 2023. We are looking for passionate, talented people who want to join us in our mission to inspire and educate men to be happier and healthier!

About the Role:

The Production Planner will be responsible for production planning, inventory management and strategic analysis at our manufacturing locations. The individual will develop production schedules to ensure target goals are met on a weekly and monthly basis. The role helps determine material, labor and equipment requirements, and they will prepare and deliver performance reports for Operations leadership.

This role will report to the Operations Planning Sr. Manager.

This is a full-time, on-site role with company benefits based out of our manufacturing facility in Brea, CA. 

The anticipated base compensation for this role will be $80,000 - $90,000. Compensation will be commensurate with the candidate's experience and local market rates.

What You'll Do:

• Production Planning
  • Proactively communicates and mitigates issues with production constraints.
  • Create and schedule production orders as per plan.
• Manage production plan, work order priorities, short- and long-term capacity plans, and reporting for all lines.
• Coordinates production plans to ensure materials are provided to maintain production.
• Collaborates with Procurement, Production, Logistics, Quality and Engineering to review execution of production schedules, testing schedules, backlog status, and other potential schedule interruptions or rescheduling.
• Support the scheduling of shipments between plant and 3PL partners to ensure timely delivery of target work orders.
• Interact with shop floor management daily to resolve issues regarding production scheduling or to provide additional information as requested from Production teams.
• Inventory Management
• Management of raw materials and finished goods stocking levels to achieve work order deliveries while balancing warehouse capacity constraints. 
• Develop actions to disposition and prevent slow moving inventory.
• Ensure data integrity of WMS and other production tracking tools is maintained.
• Longer Term Strategic Analyses
  • Make recommendations on cost savings and efficiency improvements by identifying opportunities in material usage variance and yield
  • Utilize tools to assess risk.
• Develop and achieve departmental / company goals and controls.
• Develop, manage, and maintain tools to manage key metrics, review variances, and understand drivers and impact of changes.
• Develop tools to synthesize information across various manufacturing systems to leverage data and analytics for further efficiencies

About You:

• Bachelors degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, or Business Admin preferred
• 3+ years related experience
• Proven ability to manage multiple and competing priorities
• Strong planning, organizational and analytical skills
• Outstanding communication (oral and written) skills, with ability to:  collaborate effectively with peers across multiple areas of the business, communicate effectively and efficiently with external partners (suppliers etc.), and ability to efficiently communicate upwards with senior business leaders
• Detailed, organized, structured and efficient problem solver, able to quickly identify the most important things to focus on in an environment where things are rapidly changing every day
• Able to develop and maintain strong cooperative working relationships within the group and across the organization
• Demonstrated excellence using Excel or GSheets to monitor performance, develop and report on KPIs and create documentation to codify manufacturing processes.
• Experience using an ERP system; SAP experience a plus
• Experience using a WMS system is a plus
• Someone who gets things done without perfect resources, is innovative and works with a sense of urgency
• Someone who has high standards, takes ownership, and is invested in the outcome
• Someone who proactively help others, stays positive and has a good sense of humor

#LI-FULLTIME #LI-ONSITE

Who We Are:

Our core values come naturally and make us a better, more whole, and unique team. We are Bold & Innovative - we are creative, rethink how things are done, and find a way. We Play to Win - we have high standards, we encourage ownership of work, we are scrappy, we act with urgency, and we invest in the outcome of our work. We are Team Squatch - we are humble, help others outside our own wheelhouse, stay positive, have fun, and have approachable and transparent leadership.

We offer a competitive salary in a growth-focused & collaborative team environment. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, 401k with Squatch match, and PTO. We also have great perks like healthy snacks, frequent company events, and of course, free products!

For Applicants with Disabilities. Reasonable accommodation will be made so that qualified applicants with disabilities may participate in the application process. If you need any accommodations during the hiring process, please let us know when you submit your application and we'll do our very best to adjust as needed.

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Unsolicited Resume Policy. Dr. Squatch (“DRSQ”) employs an internal Talent Acquisition department. Exceptionally, DRSQ may choose to supplement that internal team with support from temporary staffing agencies, placement services, and/or recruiting agencies ("Agency"). Agencies are hereby specifically directed NOT to contact DRSQ employees directly in an attempt to present candidates. DRSQ’s Talent Acquisition team is responsible for all candidate presentations to our hiring managers.

To protect the interests of all parties, Dr. Squatch will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to DRSQ, including unsolicited resumes sent to a DRSQ email address or mailing address, directly to DRSQ employees, or to DRSQ’s resume database will be considered property of Dr. Squatch.

DRSQ will not pay a placement, service or other fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. This also includes partial resumes, LinkedIn profiles, general candidate profiles, and/or candidate details or information. DRSQ will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees.

DRSQ’s Talent Acquisition team must provide advance written approval to an Agency to submit resumes and/or profiles for a specific job-opening, and the approval must be in conjunction with a valid fully executed staffing, placement or other service agreement. DRSQ will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have a fully executed agreement in place prior to submission, receipt and placement of candidates.