Joselin Rivera

Paramount

Summary

Production professional with robust experience in coordinating and optimizing production schedules. Expertise in managing workflows, inventory control, and resource allocation to ensure timely and efficient production processes. Strong focus on team collaboration, adaptable to changing demands, and driven to achieve customer satisfaction with on time delivery. Proficient in using production planning software and skilled in problem-solving and communication.

Overview

years of professional experience

Work History

Production Scheduler

Goldbrecht, Inc.

Paramount, CA

11.2025 - Current

Developed production schedules to optimize workflow and resource allocation.
Coordinated with departments to align production timelines with inventory levels.
Analyzed demand forecasts to adjust scheduling strategies effectively.
Implemented process improvements that reduced lead times and enhanced efficiency.
Managed multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining high accuracy in scheduling tasks.
Optimized production schedules by closely monitoring resources and adjusting timelines accordingly.
Updated management and clients on progress of production.
Tracked progress of manufacturing orders using NetSuite software.
Boosted productivity, ensuring timely execution of work orders and coordinating resource allocation.
Flagged potential issues by monitoring timelines.

Production Planner and Purchasing

TCI Precision Metals

Gardena, CA

03.2020 - 10.2025

Secure material allocation with Aluminum mills.
Source new metal suppliers and special processors.
Negotiate pricing with several suppliers on material bids.
Keeping track and documenting order profitability.
Closing work orders after analyzing run times, material transactions and other outliers that might’ve affected the orders efficiency or cost.
Review current shop-load and bottle necks and distribute load based on open capacity.
Process inventory cycle counts for finished and raw materials. Review and solve material discrepancy.

Head Production Planner

Deco Lighting

Commerce, CA

11.2014 - 02.2020

Determining manpower capacity, raw material availability to cover production demand using capacity planning tools to keep track of orders and ensuring that they are within appropriate cycle time in every step of production. By doing this I would maintain a good level of workflow per department, shipping, production, pickers.
As a planner I would run daily scheduling tools in order to determine product shortages and the items needed to be ordered and distribute that information to our purchasing team.
Review all new orders and determine if the bills of materials have any component errors and relay that information to the engineering team.
Distributing scheduling reports daily to the company’s assembly plant in Tijuana, Mexico.
Analyzing what region, the customers ship to address is, and allocating the sales order to a 3PL warehouse with the respective items, to ship from that location.
Collaborating with warehouse staff, engineering and customer service to Manage projects, by reviewing bills of materials, inventory accuracy, and making sure we can meet customer delivery expectations of major projects.
Working with engineering and purchasing to solve shortage problems and seek alternative components.
Using documented data to manage errors and order delays to create preventative measures.
Creating customer sales orders, processing vendor purchase orders. Negotiating pricing and lead times.
Taking on-time delivery from 59% to high 85% within 6 months using scheduling tool to proactively review trending late, and at-risk orders.

Education

High School Diploma -

Paramount High School