Production Planner

Our client in Knowlton, QC, is a global leader in product innovation, manufacturing, and packaging for the world's most reputable beauty, health, and home-care brands.

Join Our Team and Drive Our Operational Excellence

Are you a logistics professional known for your analytical mindset and attention to detail? Our client, a leader in the manufacturing industry, is looking for an experienced Production Planner to play a pivotal role within their growing team. In this position, you will serve as the bridge between customer demand and manufacturing efficiency. As a Production Planner, your insights will directly impact our supply chain fluidity and operational success.

Why Choose This Opportunity?

•Impactful Leadership: A critical role created following a strategic alignment to best support and empower our supply chain team.
•Dynamic Culture: Work in an environment that fosters collaboration, autonomy, and continuous process improvement.
•Professional Growth: A permanent, salaried position within a structured and forward-thinking organization.


✨ We believe that our people are our strength. If you are a passionate leader who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, we’d love to meet you.

Advantages
• A fun and dynamic environment that welcomes diversity in all its forms, talent, ideas, and creativity;
• Vacation: 3 weeks upon hiring;
• Comprehensive insurance including vision, dental, travel, and more
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Telemedicine/telepharmacy
• RRSP: We contribute up to 4% of your salary, matching your contribution
• Bonus: Access to a bonus program based on our success as a company and on your personal goals achieved
• On-site cafeteria for convenient and pleasant lunch breaks
• Internal mobility and career development opportunities to develop your potential

Responsibilities
A Day in the Life as a Production Planner:

Your core responsibilities will include:
•Creating and scheduling manufacturing work orders based on incoming purchase orders in the system.
•Managing and adjusting production schedules within a long-term horizon (5–12 weeks).
•Validating and maintaining the absolute integrity of Bill of Materials (BOM) data.
•Generating recurring and customized reports to provide strategic visibility to relevant departments.
•Partnering with internal teams (planning, operations, logistics, supply chain, finance) to ensure alignment and flawless order execution.
•Identifying operational constraints or deviations early on and contributing to proactive problem-solving.
•Ensuring the reliability of ERP system data and supporting the standardization of planning methods.


Qualifications
We value diverse perspectives and backgrounds. To thrive as a Production Planner, you should bring:

•Education: College Diploma (DEC) in Administration, Logistics, or a related field; a Bachelor’s degree is highly valued.
•Experience: A minimum of 3 years of proven experience in a Production Planner role or in operations management.
•Tech-Savviness: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with an ERP system (AS400 or equivalent is considered an important asset).
•Language Skills: Professional bilingualism in French and English to effectively communicate with internal teams and interpret technical customer documentation.
•Core Skills: Strong organizational abilities, a collaborative spirit, reliability, and the agility to navigate a fast-paced environment.


Summary
Application instructions:
I would love to hear from you! If this Production Planner position in Knowlton, QC sounds like an interesting opportunity, please apply, and/or send us your resume to andres.velilla@randstad.ca

How to apply:
1) email your resume to andres.velilla@randstad.ca
2) apply online at randstad.ca
3) connect through LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andresvelilla/

Randstad is the largest employment agency in Canada, and each consultant is specialized in his or her field. In addition to providing you with information on your job search, they will be able to advise you on how to find a job that matches your skills.

Randstad is an equal opportunity employer. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.

Background:
kdc/one is a trusted, global provider of value-added solutions to many of the world’s leading brands in the beauty, personal care, and home care categories.

We partner closely with customers as a critical enabler of their success through ideation, formulation, design, packaging and manufacturing of products.

Every year, we help develop and manufacture products for brands sold in countries all over the world.

kdc/one is an equal opportunity employer. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.

REASON FOR WORKING KNOWLTON, QC:
• Here is the perfect balance. The dynamic balance that we all seek between the realization of our personal and professional dreams. The balance between proximity to major centers, with all the urbanity they provide, and rurality with its generous nature and diversified activities.
• Here, 40,000 students learn and develop skills through nearly 900 post-secondary programs and training and more than 100 vocational training programs. A wealth that generates creativity, a taste for going beyond and opening up to the world.
• Here, it is also health through the practice of activities of all kinds and through healthy lifestyles. Here, the playground is huge and nearby: peaks, trails, rivers, lakes, infrastructures and sports clubs. Whether you are a Sunday athlete or a high level athlete, you will find something to keep you in shape!
• Here, the landscapes of the Townships are varied and its nature is generous: lakes, rivers, mountains, vines, marshes, conifers, deciduous trees, valleys. Our bucolic landscapes encourage contemplation and letting go. In the fall, the landscapes ignite to create a panorama typical of southern Quebec.

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.