WE ARE A PRODUCT COMPANY.

WE ARE A PROCESS COMPANY.

ABOVE ALL, WE ARE A PEOPLE COMPANY.

The history of the Acushnet Company is tightly woven into the fabric of golf. From the start, we’ve been committed to enriching the experience of dedicated golfers through superior product performance, technological innovation, unmatched quality, and exceptional service. We are more than a collection of leading golf brands and products. We are a team united in our passion for the game. We are bridge builders who embrace our responsibility to leave our brands, businesses, communities, and the game of golf in a better position than when we started.

Together we live by the credo, “Autograph your work with excellence.” We earn our position as unrivaled leaders in every category in which we compete, striving for excellence in all that we do – from the performance and consistency of our products to our engagement with golfers and trade partners, to our commitment to creating a workplace built on diversity, inclusion, belonging and respect.

Summary: The Production Planner will plan and schedule orders for configured products through various printing and packing workflows. The incumbent is responsible for optimizing labor and equipment utilization while maintaining an elevated level of customer service in a make-to-order environment. This role will also interface cross-functionally across to ensure effective communication, prioritization ad appropriate insights occurs for these custom orders. Scheduling product lines across global vendors.

Responsibilities:

• Plan schedule, coordinate and manage capacity constrained material and production flows all Custom warehouses and vendors, to drive the successful execution of daily production requirements that meet or exceed our on-time excellence standards.
• Maintain, develop, and execute processes across production, customer service (order entry), digitizing, and the warehouse to manage the business in an efficient manner to serve the marketplace effectively. 
• Communicate production load status to Production Control Manager/Supervisor and other stakeholders as needed.
• Troubleshoot systemic and other manufacturing order issues. 
• Aid in maintaining production model parameters and testing new software releases/fixes.
• Coordinate between warehouse and raw material planning on material shortages. 
• Notify Sales of any scheduling impacts to customers. 
• Maintain production planning documentation.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Bachelor Degree in Business, Supply Chain or Operations is ideal with a Bachelor Degree a must.
• Minimum of 3 years experience in an analytical role preferably in the consumer goods industry (Golf or Equipment a plus)
• Very strong Microsoft Office & analytical skills; Strong working knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)concepts and best practices.
• Knowledge of ERP (Lawson Infor M3 / Cognos SAP preferred) principles, practices and procedures preferred. 
• Advanced skill set in Microsoft office (Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint); SQL & Qlik a strong plus.
• Demonstrated competency in the following areas: Team Player - Consensus building skills to support planning, decision-making, facilitating and process improvement; Takes responsibility for team decisions and activities; Makes self-available to stakeholders and teammates; Provides regular and constructive feedback to team and leaders; Innovation - Displays original thinking and creativity; Generates suggestions for improving work; Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment; Manages competing demands and effectively prioritizes; Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.