Production Planning Manager

Job Duties

• Operations Team Leadership: Lead, coach, and develop a multi-shift team of Production Planners and Water Spiders, setting clear expectations for daily execution, responsiveness, and accountability.
• Daily Production Execution: Convert the SIOP consensus plan and MPS into weekly and daily priorities that support on-time delivery, labor utilization, material readiness, and shop-floor flow.
• Material Flow & Constraint Removal: Own the follow-through on MRP signals and material readiness, partnering with Operations, Logistics, Quality, and Supply Chain to identify shortages, resolve constraints, and keep work moving.
• SIOP & Cross-Functional Alignment: Support the Director of Planning with supply plans, capacity inputs, constraints, inventory outlook, and risk mitigation while ensuring operational realities are reflected in planning decisions.
• Capacity & Resource Coordination: Monitor work center load, labor capacity, tooling availability, and competing priorities to support short- and mid-term execution decisions.
• ERP Discipline & Planning Data Accuracy: Ensure planning parameters, work orders, lead times, order policies, lot sizes, planning horizons, and safety stocks are accurate enough to support reliable execution.
• Inventory & Point-of-Use Readiness: Partner with the Logistics Manager to align stocking strategies, cycle count execution, point-of-use inventory levels, and AS9100 requirements with operational needs.
• Performance Management & Daily Accountability: Track and communicate key planning and operations KPIs, lead daily Tier meetings, and drive corrective actions that improve schedule attainment, material availability, and team performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or related field.
• 4+ years of experience in production planning, operations supervision, manufacturing leadership, or material flow execution; aerospace or regulated industry experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of production scheduling, MPS/MRP logic, ERP planning tools, and how planning decisions impact shop-floor execution.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams, manage daily priorities, resolve constraints, and drive accountability in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Strong analytical capability, including Excel proficiency; Power BI experience is a plus.
• Familiarity with AS9100, configuration-controlled environments, Lean manufacturing, or continuous improvement practices preferred.
• APICS CPIM or CSCP preferred (or willingness to obtain).