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IPEX Group of Companies

Maintenance Excellence Manager

Montreal , Canada

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Lead the creation and maintenance of a production schedule for an advanced plastic piping facility, ensuring optimal efficiency across departments and accurate inventory management.

IPEX is one of the North American leading providers of advanced plastic piping systems. Our mission is to shape a better tomorrow by connecting people with water and energy.


We currently have an exciting opportunity as a Production Planner. This role is based in our Bermondsey Plant in Toronto, Ontario and reports to the Production Manager.


Do not miss the opportunity to join a diverse group of people-centric professionals, thought leaders and rapid thinkers, entrepreneurs in spirit and status quo-fighters!

Job Summary

We are currently looking a Production Planner to create and maintain and finite weekly schedule for a production facility with injection moulding machines. The individual will work with different departments to ensure everything is ready for production.


Principal Responsibilities

  • Create and maintain production schedule daily. Review and discuss in morning meetings.
  • Generate production schedule daily after back flush from the schedulers workbench into machines based on MES history. Work with Mould and Setup department to ensure everything is ready for production, seek to reduce setups, priority flag items and optimize schedule.
  • Coordinate with plant production teams to keep them informed with changes to the schedule, and provide daily feedback on schedule attainment.
  • Maintain master data in our planning system ensuring planning records are up to date and accurate.
  • Respond to inquiries from sales, customer service, and manufacturing in a timely manner.
  • Leverage business intelligence tools and provide weekly/monthly reporting to the Plant Manager.
  • Calculate inventory requirements for WIP on a daily basis.
  • Coordinate with purchaser to prioritize back order and ensure availability of raw materials, components and packaging.

Requirements

Qualifications & Experience

  • Minimum 3 years experience as a production planner or production scheduler
  • Post-Secondary Education, APICS (CPIM) or equivalent experience in production planning
  • Strong excel skills required.
  • SAP scheduling experience would be considered an asset.
IPEX Group of Companies

Who we are… The Leaders in Thermoplastic Piping Systems At IPEX, our vision is to be the leading supplier of thermoplastic piping systems in North America. While most people don’t get excited about the products we make, that’s okay. Because we do. Our systems can be found wherever people live, work, and play: below streets, inside walls, and under counters. As a trusted name in building and infrastructure for more than 50 years, we’re a customer-focused company that grows through product innovation broadening the solution for the entire industry. When you invest in us, we invest in you As a customer-focused organization, we believe in honesty, fairness, and integrity—the Golden Rule. Within IPEX, roles span a range of disciplines, including engineering, R&D, innovation management, sales, and marketing. IPEX supports a culture of respect and equal opportunity. We promote from within and encourage development within a role. This practice helps our people grow a depth of product knowledge and expertise that fosters trust and long-term relationships with our customers.The Responsible Choice for Over 50 Years Every day construction projects are breaking ground in some of the world’s toughest and most demanding environments. Chances are IPEX brand products and people are there. Whether it’s a water pipe being installed for a municipal system in the dead chill of an Alberta winter, or electrical fittings being installed in a new Arizona residential development under a punishing desert sun, an IPEX company is hard at work delivering reliable performance and value. But what IPEX offers goes far beyond pipes, valves and fittings. Our commitment to excellence means IPEX also brings accountability, reliability and integrity to each and every project, backed by strong distributor relationships and the industry’s most comprehensive and experienced sales and support network.

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