Planning Manager

As the Planning Manager, you will lead our talented planning team and own the master schedule that drives our shop floor and suppliers. Reporting directly to the Director of Supply Chain, you will oversee demand and supply planning, material requirements, and customer promise dates. This is a critical leadership role utilizing Oracle E-Business Suite and Advanced Supply Chain Planning (ASCP) to balance manufacturing efficiency, inventory targets, and customer satisfaction.

Core Responsibilities

• Team Leadership: Manage the Planning Team by overseeing day-to-day operations, recruitment, performance management, coaching, and talent development.
• S&OP; Ownership: Build and lead the supply side of a monthly sales and operations planning (S&OP;) process, collaborating with Sales on forecast accuracy and presenting capacity-constrained plans.
• Capacity & Production Planning: Develop processes to ensure a feasible production plan, check load against demonstrated capacity at bottlenecks, and balance manufacturing costs against inventory targets.
• Customer Delivery: Own customer promise and schedule ship dates at order booking, manage changes, and coordinate scheduling to meet delivery dates and financial goals.
• NPI Collaboration: Partner with New Product Introduction (NPI) teams to establish processes for launching new products into general availability, including program schedules.
• Material & Inventory Control: Release requisitions with appropriate lead times, coordinate with Purchasing to expedite/reschedule shipments, and establish stocking policies (ABC segmentation, safety stock) with Finance and Operations.
• Schedule Stability: Maintain plan stability inside the planning time fence, minimize unnecessary changes, and focus the team on critical exception messages.
• Reporting & Metrics: Prepare weekly, monthly, and quarterly shipment outlooks, clear-to-build, and shortage reports; track KPIs including on-time delivery, schedule adherence, and inventory targets.
• Disruption Management: Investigate schedule disruptions, implement production control systems to resolve bottlenecks, and notify affected departments of delays or variances.
• System Optimization: Maximize Oracle E-Business Suite and ASCP functionality, maintain strict data accuracy (lead times, time fences), and train the team on proper system usage.

Function: Supply Chain
Experience Level: Mid-Senior Level