- Salary
- $80k – $136k/yr
- Location
- Santa Maria, California, US
- Type
- Full-time
- Seniority
- Manager
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Education
- Bachelor
- Source
- BetterTeam
Description
The planning manager will lead a team of planning professionals and will be responsible for all aspects of scheduling, planning and inventory activities. Some key areas of activities include: developing a production plan, plan work flow and schedules, monitor status and ensure customer delivery requirements and sales and operations planning(S&OP).
Also, the planning manager is responsible for the accuracy of all items within the business system that have an impact on company-wide financial reporting.
Responsibilities:
Also, the planning manager is responsible for the accuracy of all items within the business system that have an impact on company-wide financial reporting.
Responsibilities:
- Implement, execute and maintain world class strategies for planning, scheduling, inventory and customer satisfaction.
- Oversee production planning and management activities within the business unit.
- Develop production plan, budget and timeliness according to production specifications.
- Determine production requirements based on plant capacity and production specifications.
- Communication of needs and objectives to the planning team along with training, developing, mentoring and assisting team members is essential.
- Plan work flow and schedules for production departments.
- Monitor production status and ensure timely delivery.
- Identify delays and accordingly adjust schedules to meet deadlines.
- Establishes and maintains premier customer service.
- Assist in production risk assessment and mitigation activities.
Planning Manager manages planners to ensure they:
- Analyze engineering documents and generate bills of materials (BOM) accordingly.
- Plan all materials on dock at kit due dates and deliver requisitions on time to purchasing.
- Release & order work orders for in house fabrication and assembly parts.
- Maintain inventory levels to meet company goals.
- Approving/analyzing drawings in CCB.
- Maintain engineering revision control.
- Generate work order (WO) instructions in coordination with production & quality.
- Ensure accuracy of all pertinent data used in the company ERP system.
- Meeting customer requirements.
- Responsible for continuous improvements within the planning, scheduling and inventory functions. May also extend to suppliers and customers.
- Provides leadership by promoting team concepts, coaching, counseling, retaining, mentoring, training, talent management, and individual development. Drives a culture of accountability and results through strategy deployment and effective performance management.
- Execute working knowledge of MRP/ERP systems and all the applicable tools used for materials management.
- Evaluate current production processes and recommend improvements.
- Strong working knowledge of sales and operating planning (S&OP) processes.
- Adhere to established communication protocol, including the promotion of regular conference calls, WebEx and meetings to communicate and/or evaluate current performance and improvement plans.
- Some travelling may also be required from time to time.
Skills & Requirements:
- Education: Bachelor's degree.
- Experience:
- 5 years of experience in progressive planning, scheduling and inventory management experience in aerospace, automotive or mechanical manufacturing environment with the ability to lead and influence others.
- 2-5 years of experience leading teams.
- Experience working with MRP/ERP systems.
Other Skills:
- Strong written and verbal business communications abilities, must be comfortable delivering information to all levels of the organization including senior leadership.
- Working knowledge of business finance skills and abilities.
- Understanding of S&OP, planning, scheduling and inventory management.
- Problem solving, well organized, detailed oriented and accurate.
Preferred Skills: (not required):
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business management or operations.
- APICS CPIM and/or ISM certifications.
- Experience in AS/ISO standards quality management experience.
- Problem solving skills (Six Sigma Green Belt, etc).
Skills
Customer ServiceERPInventory ManagementSix Sigma