Production Planning Manager

Responsibilities

• Provides an interface between customers and in-house personnel, including scheduling, coordinating, monitoring the expedient flow of parts through manufacturing processes, and shipping to satisfy customers’ delivery requirements.
• Communicates with customers concerning requirements, addresses customer service-related concerns, and answers questions.
• Approximately 35% of available time is spent preparing and maintaining customer contacts.
• Acts as liaison between customers and manufacturing and support teams, communicating customers’ requirements and concerns.
• Serves as the customer intermediary to ensure specifications are met and delivery is timely (about 25% of time).
• Draws up master schedule to establish sequence and lead time of each operation to meet shipping dates according to sales forecasts or customer orders.
• Uses system and customer files to ensure tooling availability, coordinate with toolroom for reworks and coatings, coordinate with the Tooling Manager for tooling builds, align with department input schedules, meet weekly input quantities, meet weekly LOH targets, and meet weekly revenue targets.
• Analyzes production specifications and plant capacity data and performs mathematical calculations to determine manufacturing processes, tools, and human resource requirements.
• Plans and schedules workflow for each department and operation according to established manufacturing sequences and lead times.
• Plans the sequence of fabrication, assembly, installation, and other manufacturing operations for guidance of production workers.
• Confers with department supervisors to determine status of assigned projects.
• Stays current with planning yields versus standard yields.
• Monitors throughput and alters schedules to