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About The Position

Meet the Smart Safety Company

At Safe Fleet our name says it all. We make fleet vehicles – and everyone in and around them – safer. Our fleet safety platform brings together best-in-class products, ground-breaking technology, and a 100-year history of fleet know-how and innovation to solve the world’s biggest fleet safety problems.

Our core value is safety. Without safety first, efficiency and productivity are not possible. This is true for our products, our culture, and our relationship with our community. Our vision is to reduce preventable deaths and injuries in and around fleet vehicles with a goal of ZERO accidents.

We are re-defining what safety means for fleets of every type – from school buses to waste collection trucks, firefighting to utility vehicles, police cruisers to delivery vans.

Whether you work in our Charlotte plant to build life-saving stop arms for school buses, or design advanced camera vision products in our Vancouver office, forge valves and high-quality nozzles to fight fires, or dream up new ways to protect fleet operators in our Corporate HQ in Kansas City, you’ll contribute to our goal to keep everyone safe.

We are a fast-growing manufacturing, service, and technology company with over 1700 employees in over 15 locations across Canada and the US. We’re looking for motivated self-starters with innovative thinking to join our team and help us achieve our growth and performance goals. Sound like you?

Compensation is base salary. We also offer paid vacation time, sick/personal days and fully paid benefits after 3 months’ probation (Life, Accidental Death & Disability, Short and Long-Term Disability, Extended Health, Dental, Employee Assistance Program and RRSP Program with company matching your contributions, up to 3% of your salary).

The Role:

The Planner/Scheduler manages the order fulfillment process including order administration and capacity evaluation. The Planner/Scheduler coordinates requirements with the production, shipping, warehouse, and Engineering Services team. This position will also successfully support the ongoing and changing operational requirements of the department. The Planner/Scheduler will be working within a team environment to contribute to process improvements.

• Review Production work order material requirements and completion dates
• Provide operational support as required to all team members within the department
• Schedule Sales orders and monitor the shipping schedule to ensure on-time customer delivery
• Review inventory levels and sales order demand in coordination with Purchasing
• Liaise with Sales when required to resolve customer sales-order-related issues
• Evaluate shipping capacity to meet the organization’s monthly/annual targets
• Manage inventory warehouse transfers to support facility shipping requirements
• Monitor production work order schedule to meet shipment schedule
• Ensure timely and accurate data entry in ERP database
• Assist in other duties within Operations as required

At Safefleet, we are an equal opportunity employer that is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone is valued and respected. We embrace diversity and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other legally protected status. We promote fair and equitable hiring practices and foster a culture of inclusivity and respect. Our core values of integrity, innovation, teamwork, customer focus, and safety guide our efforts to provide a workplace where all employees can thrive and reach their full potential.

Requirements

REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Proficient in Microsoft Office with advanced working knowledge in Excel.
• Highly organized person with exceptional attention to detail, a strong work ethic and a willingness to learn new skills
• Operations Management certificate or training is an asset
• Experience in manufacturing, production planning and/or a material control function
• Demonstrated ability to work well under pressure, to show initiative, and to handle multiple tasks.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills
• Crystal reports experience is also preferred
• Work Order management experience
• Advanced ERP knowledge with report generation capability