Sr Manager Production Planning

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Job Title

Sr Manager Production Planning

Manage production planning and inventory control functions maximizing plant resources to meet or exceed planned results in inventory levels and operating costs. Coordinate and expedite the flow of work and materials within or between departments and manufacturing unit(s) according to production schedule to provide exceptional service to customers. Coordinate monthly S&OP planning process within the supply planning function to ensure plants can communicate requirements to achieve forecasted demand.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Manage the production planning functions, including development, maintenance, and execution, of the master production schedule and maximize plant resources to meet demand. Organize and coordinate various sections of manufacturing. Follow up performance against estimates.

• Manage effective and service-oriented planning functions to ensure that correct procedures are established and adhered to for achieving the maximum return possible on customer orders, while continually improving responsiveness, reliability, and service. May coordinate inside sales activities with customer service staff.

• Manage site inventory including raw materials, work in process, and finished goods. Responsible for optimizing inventory levels to support customer demand fulfillment. Generate regular reporting of inventory, highlighting inventory health to drive continuous improvement.  

• Coordinate the monthly S&OP supply review process for the business unit ensuring capacity or staffing constraints are understood and communicated effectively.  

• Lead the supply planning strategy and analysis of multi-site manufacturing, supporting the business unit product management decisions on longer term production allocation, optimizing costs and capacity.   

• Instrumental in continuous improvement activities through research, benchmarking, and identification of improved methods or tools to increase efficiency.

• May audit inventory transactions and data entry of daily cycle counts.

• Review and analyze reports, records and directives, and confer with managers/supervisors to obtain data required for planning activities, such as new commitments, status of work in progress, and problems encountered.

• May supervise the maintenance of purchase orders/invoices/receiving records system, and may prepare instructions regarding purchasing systems and procedures.

• Provide clarification to employees on issues pertaining to department processes, interpretation of product specifications, technical drawings, and purchase orders.

• May authorize retention of data and preparation of documents for use during governmental or customer inquiries.

• Perform tasks where the ability to identify, define, and make recom