Production Planner

Weatherford
Houston, TX
Weatherford is seeking a Production Planning Specialist to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for defining, developing, and maintaining planning activities within our facility. You will collaborate closely with production teams, engineering, procurement, quotations, and order management to ensure resources, materials, and capacities are allocated effectively and aligned with customer need dates.

Responsibilities
  • Develop and maintain production plans, ensuring alignment with customer requirements, forecasts, and available resources
  • Schedule new sales orders by assessing material and capacity availability
  • Act on MRP/DRP messages daily and create and release work orders to the workshop and assembly
  • Escalate material and equipment shortages as required and coordinate with cross-functional teams to identify potential bottlenecks
  • Monitor material availability and coordinate with Procurement to prevent disruptions
  • Identify supply chain risks and work closely with Procurement and Sourcing leads to proactively eliminate them
  • Collaborate with the engineering team to incorporate ECN changes into the production schedule
  • Ensure workorder plans comply with customer-specific quality plans and witness/hold points
  • Provide regular reports to management on planning metrics and mentor team members as appropriate

Education
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited university in Supply Chain, Engineering (manufacturing, mechanical, industrial) or related fields is preferred.

Certifications
  • Certified Purchasing Professional (CPP), APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), APICS Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM), or Sourcing Certificate is preferred
  • Lean or Green Belt Six Sigma certification is preferred

Requirements
  • Minimum of 2+ years of experience in planning/scheduling in an MRP-driven environment
  • Experience in MRP/ERP systems
  • Strong communication skills, ability to communicate at various levels within the organization
  • Proficiency in English and potentially other languages relevant to the local hub
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of a team
  • Intermediate Excel user and proficiency in MS Word and Outlook
  • Solid understanding of Materials Requirement Planning (MRP)
  • Proven organizational, project management, and leadership skills
  • Analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, and ability to handle multiple tasks and prioritize effectively
  • This role may require 10% domestic and potentially international travel.

About Us

Weatherford is a leading global energy services company. Our world-class experts partner with customers to optimize their resources and realize the full potential of their assets. Across our operating locations, including manufacturing, research and development, service, and training facilities, operators choose us for strategic solutions that add efficiency, flexibility, and responsibility to any energy operation.

When you join Weatherford, you instantly feel connected to something bigger - a community that is grounded by our core values and driven to create innovative solutions for our customers. We celebrate each other's successes, grow together, and learn from each other constantly. Individually, we are impressive. Together, we are unstoppable. We are One Weatherford.

Weatherford is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
Posted 2025-11-18

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