Sr. Planner
- Location
- Corona, CA
- Listed
- 12 days ago
About the role
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is a world-famous brand with offices across the globe. Fender was born in Southern California and has built a worldwide influence beyond the studio and the stage. A Fender is more than an instrument; it's a cultural symbol that resonates globally.
In the role of Sr. Production Planner, you will maintain production schedules and mitigate risks, taking in consideration capacity and materials constraints to ensure that demand requirements are met on time.
Essential Functions
- Create and manage leveled production schedule for assigned Value Stream(s)
- Build production schedules and monitor daily, weekly and monthly schedule adherence
- Discuss and align with Engineering and Operations the manufacturing low level constraints to be managed in the production schedules
- Create and maintain production targets
- Conduct materials shortage analyses for short- and long-term production plan
- Plan inter-plant supply requirements and delivery schedules
- Create and maintain standard work in process and Kanban inventory levels to meet demand requirements
- Create, monitor, material availability reports for assigned Value Stream(s)
- Create and maintain key performance indicators for Planning
- Maintain compliance, enterprise resource planning master data
- Drive daily meetings with Operations and Procurement teams
- Additional duties as assigned
Qualifications
- 5+ years of equivalent work experience in Planning
- APICS certification is a plus
- Materials Requirements Planning (MRP)
- Experience using SAP or other ERP systems
- Microsoft Office: Excel (Strong), Word, PowerPoint
- Excellent communication and analytical skills
- Willingness to be on call when needed
- Ability to work on a fast-paced environment
- Spanish is a plus
About Fender Musical Instruments
Fender is required by law in certain jurisdictions to include a pay scale in the job posting for this position. "Pay scale" means the salary or hourly wage range that Fender reasonably expects to pay for this position; it is neither a promise nor a guarantee of the compensation that the successful candidate will receive.
The pay scale for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that Fender considers in making compensation decisions, including, without limitation: skill set, experience, and training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.
If this is a remote position, the pay scale disclosed herein may be adjusted further based upon the applicable geographic differential associated with the location from which the successful candidate will work.
Please note that it is not typical for a Fender employee to be at or near the top of the pay scale for their role - especially as a new hire - and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. Subject to the foregoing, the current pay scale for this position is $93,199 to $108,733 per year.
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Equal opportunity and legal notices
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) is one of the world's leading musical instrument manufacturers, marketers and distributors, whose portfolio of brands includes Fender®, Squier®, Gretsch®, Jackson®, EVH®, Charvel®, among others. Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, disability, veterans' status, sexual orientation, or any other protected factor.
From Fender's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 28, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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