Planning and Scheduling Manager
About the Role
The Materials Planning Manager leads end-to-end planning activities, including demand planning, production planning, inventory management, MRP, and capacity planning. This role ensures customer demand is translated into executable production and material plans while balancing inventory, service, cost, and operational objectives. The position partners closely with Operations, Procurement, Sales, Logistics, Finance, and Engineering to drive business performance, continuous improvement, and execution excellence.
Responsibilities
- Lead demand, supply, production, inventory, and capacity planning processes.
- Translate forecasts into achievable production and material plans.
- Manage MRP processes and planning parameters to support accurate execution.
- Identify and mitigate material, capacity, and supply chain risks.
- Support S&OP/IBP processes by aligning demand, supply, inventory, and capacity plans.
- Optimize inventory levels, safety stock, and replenishment strategies.
- Drive reductions in excess, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory.
- Develop short- and long-term capacity plans to support business growth.
- Participate in Tiered Management, escalating risks and driving corrective actions.
- Apply Lean, PDCA, and root-cause problem-solving methodologies to improve planning performance.
- Monitor key metrics including inventory turns, on-time delivery, schedule attainment, capacity utilization, and MRP execution.
- Lead, coach, and develop the planning team while fostering accountability and continuous improvement.
- Analyze and approve purchase orders, coordinate logistics and warehouse operations, and ensure material supply meets production requirements with minimum stock levels while optimizing costs.
- Provide direction according to established policies and management guidance, administer company policies directly affecting operations, and recommend policy changes.
- Execute inventory plans to meet business objectives and monitor continuous improvement programs and initiatives.
- Ensure data accuracy in Material Requirement Planning (MRP) systems, develop and implement system enhancement plans and initiatives.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, Engineering, or related field.
- 5–7 years of experience in supply chain, production planning, materials management, or manufacturing planning.
- 1–3+ years of leadership experience.
- Strong experience in demand planning, supply planning, inventory management, MRP, and capacity planning.
- Manufacturing experience preferred.
- Experience with S&OP/IBP processes and Lean principles preferred.
Skills
- Strong knowledge of supply chain planning, inventory management, MRP, capacity planning, and S&OP.
- Experience with ERP/MRP systems (SAP, Oracle, Dynamics, or similar).
- Advanced Excel, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, and leadership capabilities.
- Ability to drive cross-functional alignment, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Success Measures
- Inventory Turns
- On-Time Delivery (OTD)
- Production Schedule Attainment
- Supply Plan Adherence
- MRP Performance
- Capacity Utilization
- Excess & Obsolete Inventory Reduction
Core Expectation
Convert demand into executable plans, proactively identify constraints, drive issue resolution through Tiered Management, and continuously improve planning performance using Lean disciplines.
Pay
Competitive base salary: $103,500-129,400 (subject to change dependent on physical location). Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. Total Compensation = Base Salary + Incentive(s) + Benefits.
Benefits
A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401(k), disability, life insurance, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, and voluntary benefits.
About TE Connectivity: TE Connectivity plc (NYSE: TEL) is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. As a trusted innovation partner, our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal, and data to advance next-generation transportation, energy networks, automated factories, data centers enabling artificial intelligence, and more. Our more than 90,000 employees, including 10,000 engineers, work alongside customers in approximately 130 countries. Learn more at www.te.com.