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Material Planning Assistant

$21.8-$24.2    MEDWAY, MA
•  Contract to Hire
•  Job Number:270487
•  Posted:4/16/2026

Primarily responsible for planning, monitoring, and coordinating the job flow within and between each of the manufacturing and support departments to ensure the accurate and on-time completion of customer orders.

Position responsibilities:

  • Reviews customer orders requirements against material and tooling availability for the generation of production work orders.
  • Identifies material requirements on all work orders, enters “Request for Quote” and ensures purchase orders have been entered.
  • Generates and releases all Engineered Product work orders to Production.
  • Creates production schedules.
  • Reserves raw material for future deliveries.
  • Reviews, approves and processes Order Amendments and expedite requests from Customer Service.
  • Advises the Production & Customer Service staff via production meetings or emails on priorities
  • Ensures that all costs associated with the job have been applied properly 
  • Review and address/correct schedule exception reports daily.
  • Responsible for daily transactions related to work orders.
  • Ensure same day shipments of stock products.


Requirements

  • High school education or equivalent, plus at least 2 years related training
  • At least 2 years of related production planning/scheduling experience
  • Knowledge of data processing as it relates to production planning and scheduling.
  • Strong computer skills; MS Office proficiency/ ERP/MRP experience desired.
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