Napoleon leads the way with innovative engineering, advanced manufacturing techniques, unsurpassed customer service and remarkable product quality. Our award-winning products offer a best-in-class experience for all customers’ home comfort needs. While we are proudly Canadian, Napoleon is also fortunate to operate on a world-wide scale.

The warmth and experience that Napoleon product brings to the homes of our customers transcends borders, language, and cultures to elevate everyday experiences, so you love being home. Throughout North America, Europe, South America and Asia, Napoleon creates memorable moments through our stunning designs and innovative technologies.

This posting is for an existing contract vacancy and is actively being recruited for.

Title: Production Planner - 12-month contract

Location: 24 Napoleon Road, Barrie (hybrid)

Reporting to the Production Control Manager the Production Planner is responsible to ensure work for Manufacturing departments is appropriately distributed and to address part planning issues.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Firm and release work orders, performing material availability checks
• Review early/late reports to ensure all open work orders are accurate and current
• Monitor capacity requirements
• Communicate daily with Sales, Production Planners, Senior Planners, Team Leaders, Supervisors, Manufacturing Managers and Purchasing regarding parts issues and priorities
• Request overtime, part production transfers to other facilities or outsourcing as needed to manage bottlenecks
• Maintain planning information in ERP system
• Maintain resource calendars in ERP system
• Coordinate down time recovery plans
• Monitor production part inventories and make adjustments accordingly. Perform root cause analysis accordingly and finding solutions for reoccurring parts opportunities

Education and Experience:

• Must have high school diploma or equivalent
• Minimum of two (2) years’ experience in a Production Planning role
• CPIM – Certified in Production and Inventory Management designation or working towards is considered an asset
• Proficient in Microsoft Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook
• MRP – Material Requirements Planning and ERP (preference for Microsoft Dynamics 365) systems knowledge

Artificial Intelligence Disclosure: As part of our commitment to transparency and fairness in hiring, we disclose that automated tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), may be used to support parts of the recruitment process. This may include functions such as resume parsing, candidate ranking, or initial screening. These tools do not make final hiring decisions but may assist Talent Acquisition in evaluating applications. AI tools used may include systems based on algorithms, statistical models, or machine learning.

The Napoleon Group of Companies is committed to fair and accessible employment practices that attract and retain Associates with disabilities. This includes providing accessibility across all stages of the employment cycle. Accommodation is available upon request.

We thank you for your interest in The Napoleon Group of Companies and for participating in our competition. Only those candidates selected for consideration will be contacted.