Planning Manager (Manufacturing / Production)

Sazerac Company Overview

BuzzBallz is a woman-founded, ready-to-drink cocktail brand launched in 2009 in Carrollton, Texas. Known for bold flavors, quality ingredients, and a fun, distinctive approach to beverages, BuzzBallz quickly grew from a local idea into a nationally recognized brand. In 2024, BuzzBallz joined Sazerac, one of the world’s most respected and family-owned spirits companies with more than 400 years of heritage and a global portfolio of iconic brands like Buffalo Trace, Pappy Van Winkle, Fireball, 99 and Southern Comfort. Together, we combine BuzzBallz’s creativity and innovation with Sazerac’s craftsmanship, scale, and operational excellence.We’re building teams that value safety, quality, continuous improvement, and doing things the right way—while still having fun along the way. For more information, please visit our website: www.BuzzBallz.com

Company/Location Overview

BuzzBallz is a beverage manufacturer producing ready-to-drink cocktails and spirits in Carrollton, TX. Our facility is located at 2114 McDaniel Dr., Carrollton, TX 75006.

Job Description/Responsibilities

We’re looking for a strategic and results-driven Planning Manager to lead production planning, scheduling, and customer service operations in our manufacturing environment. This role ensures production schedules, inventory strategies, and supply chain activities align with customer demand while optimizing efficiency and controlling costs. 

This leader partners closely with operations, procurement, materials, and commercial teams to maintain accurate system data, ensure material availability, and drive continuous improvement across the planning function.

Key highlights of the role:

• Lead production planning and scheduling to meet customer demand, service targets, and inventory goals.
• Develop and maintain master production schedules while balancing plant capacity, workforce resources, and material availability.
• Partner with procurement, materials, and operations teams to ensure raw materials and packaging components are available for production.
• Manage ERP planning systems and ensure data integrity for BOMs, routings, inventory levels, and production transactions.
• Analyze production and inventory data to identify bottlenecks, improve efficiency, and support cost reduction initiatives.
• Lead and develop planning and customer service teams while fostering cross-functional collaboration across departments.
• Drive planning strategies that balance customer demand, production capacity, and inventory levels while supporting company growth

Qualifications/Requirements

Requirements (Must-Have)

• Bachelor’s degree required in Supply Chain, Business, Operations, Engineering, or related field; Master’s preferred
• Minimum 7 years of experience in production planning, supply chain planning, or manufacturing operations.
• Minimum 3+ years in a leadership capacity
• Strong experience with manufacturing systems such as ERP, MRP, MPS, or WMS (NetSuite experience strongly preferred).
• Demonstrated ability to lead planning functions in a complex manufacturing environment.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to collaborate across departments and leadership levels.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and make strategic decisions in a fast-paced production environment.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice-to-Have)

• Experience in alcohol beverage, food manufacturing, or consumer packaged goods (CPG) industries.
• APICS certification, Six Sigma certification, or similar supply chain certification.
• Master’s degree or MBA.
• Knowledge of import/export regulations including FDA and U.S. Customs requirements.
• Experience supporting co-manufacturing operations or multi-site production planning.

Culture and Benefits

Benefits include: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, as well as FSA options. 401k with employer matching, PTO, free lunch on weekdays and growth opportunities. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. We are a diverse workforce. We fully support and embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workplace. Be you, respectfully. We firmly commit to Equal Employment Opportunity, affirmative actions, and comply with Federal, State, and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on age, gender, race, national origin, color, disability, protected veteran status, and other protected classifications.

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