Production Planning Manager

Core Responsibilities

• Owes the master production schedule and planning rhythm that turns booked work into realistic factory execution.
• Translates customer commitments, engineering release dates, long-lead buys, and labor capacity into a visible and controlled plan.
• Drives work-order release, shortage management, kitting readiness, and sequencing discipline across the factory.
• Builds planning dashboards and KPIs around schedule adherence, open shortages, WIP age, constraint visibility, and output forecast.
• Leads recovery planning when material, engineering, or labor issues threaten key milestones.
• Presents tightly with warehouse, supply chain, production, and project management so priorities stay aligned.
• Improves MRP / ERP transaction discipline that supports clean planning signals and realistic promise dates.
• Supports continuous improvement of GrayWolf's overall planning, production-control, and execution system.

Qualifications

• Work Experience Required: 8+ years of production planning, master scheduling, production control, or materials-planning leadership experience in manufacturing, modular construction, or engineered-to-order environments. Hands-on success translating backlog, engineering release, material availability, and labor constraints into executable factory schedules.
• Skills & Competencies Required: Strong MRP / ERP discipline with experience driving work-order release, shortage visibility, and schedule recovery planning. Ability to align engineering, supply chain, warehouse, and production around one operating plan. Preferred Experience with modular data center products, power equipment, cooling systems, skids, or other high-mix industrial assemblies. Lean or continuous-improvement mindset.
• Education Required: Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Business, or a related field preferred. APICS / CPIM or equivalent planning credential is a plus.
• Software & Technology Required: Proficiency with ERP / MRP systems, Excel, dashboard reporting tools, and planning systems; experience with Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project is a plus.