Level Experienced Job Location Gorilla Glue Tri County - Sharonville, OH 45241 Position Type Full Time Job Shift 1st Shift Job Category Supply Chain
What’s in it for you?
Gorilla Glue has been recognized as a top place to work for 15 years in a row, thanks to our commitment to creating a supportive and engaged workplace culture. We offer competitive compensation packages, comprehensive healthcare benefits, and other perks and incentives to ensure our employees feel valued and supported.
Joining the Gorilla Glue family means being part of a team passionate about building strong brands and promoting a culture of excellence. As an employee, you'll be able to help create high-quality products and build brands that people love. Join us in an inspiring workplace where you can belong, grow, and make a difference.
Description:
This position schedules daily production for a manufacturing department to support customer demand for our growing business. This includes analysis of finished goods, inventory levels, customer orders, production capacity, and material availability. The Production Planner integrates these indicators to create a rolling production schedule at the SKU level. The Production Planner communicates effectively up and down the management ladder to develop an integrated plan that the Supply Chain and Operations Teams can support.
Responsibilities:
• Develop and maintain daily and weekly production schedules based on demand forecasts, customer orders and machine and labor capacity.
• Utilize Oracle modules (Supply Chain Planning and Production Scheduling) to manage work orders, track progress, and adjust schedules in real-time.
• Analyze MRP outputs within Oracle to ensure raw materials and components are available to meet production timelines
• Identify bottlenecks and labor constraints; collaborate with the cross functional teams to resolve resource conflicts.
• Maintain planning parameters within Oracle for items planned, Product Management Module
• Maintain, update and understand Bill of Materials (BOM) within Oracle.
• Maintain inventory levels to minimize excess and obsolescence.
• Coordinate with Procurement, Sales, and Logistics to align production outputs with customer needs and shipping schedules.
• Work cross functionally to Support new product development, new customer launches and special programming and events with customers.
• Participate in Six Sigma initiatives
What you bring to the table:
• BA or equivalent business experience
• 2-4+ years’ experience in manufacturing and production environment in production planning or scheduling preferred
• Proficiency in ERP/MRP systems (Oracle experience a plus)
• Strong analytical ability
• Must work well at the senior and middle management levels of the company.
• Must possess excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills.
• Understand how to facilitate the gathering of information to support the S&OP process.
• Must be able to work independently and demonstrate initiative.
• Strong Microsoft Excel user
• APICS certification a plus
Company Values:
Must adhere to The Gorilla Glue Company’s Core Values that ensure everyone works together to exceed expectations.
Are you ready to join one of Cincinnati’s Top Workplaces? Our employees love working here because of our environment, which is driven by our company mission and core values. If you have the right qualifications and thrive in a fun and fast-paced environment, we have a great opportunity for you to grow with us!
Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, The Gorilla Glue Company is a family owned, leading manufacturer of adhesives, moisturizers and tools that are known for high quality. The company manages the Gorilla Glue®, Gorilla Tape®, O'Keeffe's® and Lutz Tool® Brands. With over 800 employees, the company has seen much success and growth and has been recognized as one of the top places to work by the Cincinnati Enquirer over the last 15 years. This growth reiterates our need to continue to bring in the best people to help run and grow the business.
The Gorilla Glue® and Gorilla Tape® brands are leaders in adhesive solutions for DIYers, woodworkers and professionals. The company revamped the retail adhesive landscape with its 1999 introduction of the wildly popular Gorilla Glue, a unique, all-purpose adhesive with an amazing ability to bond almost any material including wood, ceramic, stone, metal and more. On a mission to make products that deliver impressive results, the company has since expanded its offerings to include Gorilla Tape®, Gorilla™ Super Glue Impact-Tough® Formula, Gorilla™ Wood Glue, and Gorilla™ Epoxy, further solidifying the brand’s reputation as the “go-to” product line FOR THE TOUGHEST JOBS ON PLANET EARTH®.
O'Keeffe's Company® manufactures and sells Working Hands® and Healthy Feet hand and foot creams to consumers across the USA and Canada. Developed more than 25 years ago by a pharmacist, these creams are targeted to people with severely dry, cracked hands and feet. They are sold in home center and hardware stores, drug, mass and grocery stores.
Gorilla Glue Company products are proudly Made in the U.S.A.
