Product Planner Job Description
Product planner
provides supplier performance feedback to Supply Chain, supporting effective management of supplier relationships and maximizing inventory performance.
Product Planner Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective product planner job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included product planner job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Development of all Bills of Material (BOMs) within Excel template and/or secondary platforms using Brand Team's product descriptions / notes
New Launch program execution partnering with Marketing, GBSC, Demand Planning, Distribution to coordinate a fixed Event Calendar for a rolling three month horizon
Oversee Marketing Grid integrity by ensuring timely receipt of Marketing Grids that clearly define event details for multiple Sales Organizations and across materials
Support Marketing requirements via event set-up, analyzing customer allocations versus forecast and evaluate incoming orders against inventory with intention to execute timely shipments at 100% Customer Service Level to meet on-counter requirements
Attain 100% order writing for current month’s programs
Initiate branded GBSC, Sales Admin, Distribution program status meetings to determine inventory position, by material, for events shipping within the three
Drive the implementation of the dashboard solution within the organization
Manage existing data collection and reporting products and lead the ongoing development of enhancements to support customers
Gather and analyze feedback from different departments including sales, marketing, operations and customers to set the strategic vision for existing development
Research, develop and implement best process strategies for new data analysis
Product Planner Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Product Planner
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: APICS, CPIM, PMP, PMI, CIPS, ERPII, MRP, ISM, APP, DC
Education for Product Planner
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the product planner job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and University Degree in Business, MBA, Engineering, Education, Management, Manufacturing, Business/Administration, Finance, Technical, Supply Chain Management
Skills for Product Planner
Desired skills for product planner include:
Practices
Procedures
Supply Chain and lean manufacturing concepts
Excel
Machine types and capabilities within Graco
Inventory management
Biotech
Manufacturing and Inventory Management
Microsoft Office
Desired experience for product planner includes:
Attention to detail balanced with high level process
Develop needs analysis, requirements and documents for new features and capabilities
Work closely with retention and customer communication teams to ensure accuracy of data visualizations being developed
Work with customers to understand business requirements and expectations in order to develop data analytics that will help them understand emerging trends for their service
Maintain knowledge of current and emerging technologies in the industry
Bachelor degree or an acceptable combination of education and relevant experience required
Product Planner Examples
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Product Planner Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for a product planner. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for product planner
- Track all PO's and ensure updated drawing numbers are updated on PO
- Critical follow through
- Updating manuals supplied with products
- Manage and organize labels
- New model planning - own the new model lineup
- Project Management assisting the System Integrator
- Bring new products to market by creating proposed product requirements and product development programs
- Conduct market research for new products, associated trends, & competitive intelligence
- Support financial exercise for Plan & Update cycles for defined product group at required due dates
- Assisting in the development of RFQ templates / preliminary costing
Qualifications for product planner
- Product Management background with Software as a Service
- Minimum 2 years of direct work experience in a product management capacity required
- Sound leadership and teambuilding skills
- Understand Video content services
- Experience with Big Data tools such as Hadoop, Hive, Impala, and Tableau
- Good working knowledge of agile programming methodology and associated tools platforms
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Product Planner Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of product planner. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for product planner
- Actively communicating across all business units to effectively coordinate planning operations between Brand Management and Project Management
- Ensuring all new items are set up in Oracle properly and meeting all timelines required throughout the development, purchasing and sales processes
- Ensuring that product BOMs are developed on time and accurately to support in-system RFQs, manufacturing and costing
- Assisting Department Manager in development of process improvements for the product specification, BOM, and ERP manufacturing processes
- Managing specific product groups as assigned by Planning Lead and possess system discipline from BOM creation to closure
- Ensure external and internal customer focus
- Print drawings and create job packs from SAP output for use by the floor as required
- Place purchase orders on time from system generated signals and also in response to non-linear “impact” order sizes
- Determines material requirements from the BRP (Business Requirements Planning) meeting, the Material Requirements Plan (MRP), and customer orders to confirm production schedules and maintain inventory at planned levels
- Establishes and executes production schedules for the facility utilizing the Material Requirements Plan (MRP)
Qualifications for product planner
- Ability to explain technical concepts and theories to non-technical audiences
- Strong evidence of time management skills required
- Able to quickly analyze issues and determine best course of action using available resources
- High degree of resourcefulness, flexibility, and adaptability
- Strong negotiation skills and ability to prioritize
- Manage the planning, ordering and delivery of assigned components, products and services to ensure on-time delivery across all levels of the organization for prototype, pilot run and initial mass production
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Product Planner Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a product planner. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for product planner
- Measures schedule attainment /root causes and drives corrective actions to improve processes
- Recommend and executes supplier purchase orders or contracts
- Identifies and recommends improvements to supplier delivery or quality
- Accountable for inventory turns for the product line
- Drives positive PPV (purchase price variance) for the product line
- Responsible for completing CAR or SCAR documents
- Coordinates and manages Risk Memo Purchases (last time buys, forecasts)
- Troubleshoots and follows up on potential schedule problems
- Manages engineering changes
- Coordinates with Engineering, Production, Purchasing and other applicable departments to achieve optimum utilization of facilities in meeting production schedules
Qualifications for product planner
- Provide timely and accurate reports to management on manufacturing timelines and delivery performance
- Bachelor’s Degree OR Associates Degree from a two year college or university AND 3 years’ experience performing a role substantially similar to the essential functions of this job description OR High School Diploma or equivalent AND 5 years’ experience performing a role substantially similar to the essential functions of this job description OR an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Demonstrated knowledge of global supply chain fundamentals
- Previous work or internship experience working in a manufacturing or distribution environment
- 5+ years’ experience in material management, production planning, purchasing or distribution preferably in electronics manufacturing
- Work directly with the Product Manager in many different areas to help launch a new service in Japan
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Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of product planner. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for product planner
- Coordinates and monitors sub-contract purchase orders (PO’s)
- Performs reconciliation of invoices or receipts, as required
- Participates on product teams as required
- Participates with NPI (new product introductions) as requested
- Maintains records such as reports on production and material deficiencies
- Manages & maintains FG Item Setup process in all systems
- Coordinates & communicates cross-functionally as needed to deliver on NPI and Product Discontinuances to targeted dates
- Acts as key point of contact for Supply Chain on NPI related activities
- Escalates issues when required capacity/supply needs are not met for customer delivery dates
- Provides new product and promotion volume information to vendors to initiate production planning
Qualifications for product planner
- Create and ensure implementation of new service strategy
- Help establish call center and call center processes and assist in mobile app development
- Familiarity with video streaming to ensure we fully understand the data requirements of our stakeholders
- Familiarity with Agile Development Methodology (previous Scrum Master experience is a plus)
- 5+ years of experience in Engineering or Product Planning/Product Marketing/Product Management
- Bachelors Degree plus 7+ years of experience in related area
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for a product planner. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for product planner
- Works closely with Marketing on planning new product introduction, customer mix reset management and product packaging changes
- Establishes & executes action plan to achieve monthly inventory goals & fill rate measurements
- Supports the S&OP process
- Identifies and resolves supply and demand issues in order to maximize fill rates and minimize inventory
- Assists planners in managing supply plan to meet inventory targets & positive sku health
- Supports the management of excess and obsolete finished goods inventories
- Identifies and Leads Process Improvement Projects within the Supply Chain organization
- Using market data to develop industry leading product concepts to maximize resources
- Monitors all aspects of a products lifecycle, including long and short-term development
- Stays abreast of trends in the marketplace to ensure the products competitive position
Qualifications for product planner
- Be the catalyst for coordinating and analyzing development objectives for the Stream GM product
- Write up functional specifications
- Participate on team projects / presentations
- Participate in Exchange and Industry committees and meetings where necessary
- Provide support for implementation of new products, modules or functionality
- Provide a level of service / support within our organization through office hours or as requested