Manager, Production Planning

This onsite role is responsible for establishing, reviewing, and maintaining the master production schedule in alignment with the Sales, Inventory, and Operations (SIOP) consensus plan.

Establishing the master schedule will involve leading cross functionally with operations leaders, supply chain leaders, production planners, finance, and value stream leaders to coordinate manufacturing plans that achieve the company objectives related to customer service, efficient resource/capacity utilization and inventory investment. 

This is a key leadership position requiring an experienced SIOP leader able to facilitate and drive results in a fast-paced and demanding, growth environment, leveraging their strong interpersonal and leadership skills. 

 Key Accountabilities:


* Lead the SIOP management reviews, prepare all data and metrics for review, identify gaps and scenarios that must be presented, guide final decision making on open items and trade-offs, and prepare escalations for executive review where appropriate.


* Translate the monthly SIOP consensus plan by product family to a detailed weekly master production schedule (MPS) with a 12–18-month planning horizon into the ERP system for MRP generation.


* Creates and maintains MPS horizons in line with manufacturing strategy and capability.


* Facilitate long term capacity assessment (RCCP) and development of countermeasure/action plans.


* Conducts a demonstrated lead-time analysis and measures gap to published lead times. 


* Serve as a factory subject matter expert (SME) for ERP production planning and scheduling modules. 


* Maintain data integrity of ERP planning parameters.

Parameters such as lead times, lot sizes, safety stocks, delivery times, and order fill data for all master scheduled items.


* Drives Finished Goods stocking policy in line with value stream leadership.


* Monitor and drive resolution of MRP processing errors.


* Create and publish daily/weekly/monthly factory schedule adherence, capacity, and inventory reports.


* Provide training on master production scheduling procedures and processes. 


* Partner with marketing and sales, to ensure the demand consensus process delivers an agreed upon, workable volume forecast (mid and long term)

 

Requirements:


* Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering or related field (Master’s preferred).


* 6+ years of experience in demand planning and/or operations planning.


* Experience with capacity planning (labor, machines, suppliers) and constraint management in a repair and/or manufacturing environment.


* Understand manufacturing planning, forecasting, and scheduling principles.


* Prior experience in implementing lean/six sigma methodologies.


* Strong analytical skills with proficiency in data analysis tools (Excel, SQL, Power BI).


* Experience with SIOP software and ERP systems (SAP, Epicor, Oracle).


* CPIM Certificatio...