Senior Fabrication Material Planner

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for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). We need to map content to these headings. We should not repeat job title. We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. So we need sections like About the role (position overview), Responsibilities (What you'll do), Requirements (Required Qualification), Qualifications (Preferred Qualifications?), Skills maybe? Benefits, Pay. Also maybe "Key Performance Indicators" could be under Responsibilities or a separate section? Not in list but could be included as part of Responsibilities. But we should follow instruction: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we can combine. We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not include boilerplate like EEO, etc. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we need to strip out the EEO statement, SMS consent, privacy policy links, etc. We need to keep all other details: company description, position overview, responsibilities bullet points, key performance indicators list, required qualifications, preferred qualifications, leadership expectations, compensation and benefits. We need to format using

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  for prose. We must not include / or markdown fences. Let's decide sections: - About the role (position overview + company description? The instruction says About the role heading for section headings. Could include position overview and maybe company description? But company description is generic; could be part of About the role. We'll include a short paragraph summarizing company description and position overview. - Responsibilities (What you'll do) - include bullet list of duties. - Requirements (Required Qualification) - bullet list. - Qualifications (Preferred Qualifications) - bullet list. - Benefits (What's in it for you? benefits) - bullet list. - Pay (Annual base salary range, Bonus target range) - maybe a

  with details. We could also include Key Performance Indicators as part of Responsibilities or a separate section "Performance Metrics". But not in the list; maybe we can incorporate into Responsibilities as a bullet list. We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual numbers for pay, so we can include Pay section. We must not include Schedule section because not mentioned. We must not repeat job title as heading. We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. Now, let's extract content. Company description: "Hunter Douglas is the world’s leading manufacturer of window coverings and a major manufacturer of architectural products. We are a brand that you know and trust. With more than 100 years of innovation, we’ve defined our industry with proprietary products that deliver revolutionary style and functionality and can be found in millions of homes and commercial buildings globally.We are searching for candidates that are driven, intelligent, creative, and entrepreneurial. By offering challenging and accelerated opportunities for growth, powered by a shared hunger for success, we create a space for your career to thrive. In return for your expertise, we are committed to providing competitive and robust total compensation and benefit packages to ensure you feel valued. Our dream is to become the fastest growing, most loved, window covering company in the world. What’s yours?" We can incorporate that into About the role. Position Overview: "The Senior Fabrication Planner serves as the site leader for fabrication planning and material availability, ensuring the uninterrupted flow of materials required to support manufacturing while optimizing inventory investment and schedule stability. This role bridges Supply Planning, Manufacturing, Warehouse, Procurement, Logistics, Engineering, and Customer Service to proactively identify risks, resolve material constraints, and drive execution against customer commitments.The Senior Fabrication Planner owns the planning and readiness of materials, fabrication work orders, inventory health, and planning processes that enable successful manufacturing operations. The role is expected to provide technical expertise, operational leadership, and continuous improvement to ensure a stable and scalable planning function." We can combine. Now Responsibilities (What you'll do) list: - Material Planning & Execution - Own site fabrication planning activities to ensure material availability in support of customer demand and production schedules. - Review and coordinate SAP MRP exception messages with respective planners to maintain planning accuracy and minimize shortages. - Collaborate with production assistants to prioritize fabrication orders based on customer commitments, business priorities, and operational constraints. - Monitor material flow from suppliers through warehouse operations into manufacturing, ensuring timely availability of all required components. - Coordinate recovery plans for material shortages, late deliveries, and fabrication delays. - Material Availability & Shortage Management - Serve as the site owner for daily material availability. - Lead cross-functional shortage reviews and establish recovery actions to minimize customer impact. - Maintain accurate material ETAs and communicate changing supply conditions to Manufacturing, Customer Service, and Supply Planning. - Identify potential stockouts before they impact production through proactive analysis of demand, supply, and inventory. - Escalate critical shortages and coordinate expedited material movement when required. - Maintain visibility to all customer-impacting material constraints and ensure timely communication across the organization. - Inventory Management - Maintain optimal inventory levels by balancing customer service, working capital, and operational stability. - Monitor safety stock health and recommend adjustments based on demand variability and supplier performance. - Reduce excess, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory through proactive planning strategies. - Audit inventory accuracy and investigate discrepancies impacting material availability. - Partner with Inventory Control to ensure transaction accuracy and inventory integrity. - Planning Systems & Master Data - Ensure planning data accurately reflects manufacturing capabilities and supplier performance, including lead times, MOQs, lot sizes, safety stock levels, and other planning parameters - Validate planning outputs and continuously improve MRP effectiveness. - Drive improvements to planning parameters that enhance schedule stability and inventory performance. - Cross Functional Leadership - Coordinate daily priorities across Supply Planning, Manufacturing, Fabrication, Warehouse, Logistics, Procurement, and Customer Service. - Lead daily material availability meetings and communicate site risks, recovery actions, and expected material ETAs. - Serve as the primary site expert for material planning and planning execution. - Partner with Production Planning to ensure material readiness supports execution of the production schedule. - Collaborate with Engineering on new product introductions, engineering changes, and material transitions. - Operational Excellence - Audit planning processes to ensure daily, weekly, and monthly planning activities are completed accurately and on time. - Analyze inventory adjustments, material usage variance (MUV), and transactional discrepancies to identify root causes and implement corrective actions. - Develop and maintain standardized planning processes and work instructions. - Lead continuous improvement initiatives that improve planning efficiency, inventory performance, and service levels. - Support Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen events, and operational excellence initiatives. - Analytics & Reporting - Monitor and report key planning performance indicators. - Maintain accurate reporting for stockouts, shortages, aged orders, and material availability. - Provide root cause analysis for service failures and inventory variances. - Develop actionable recovery plans based on planning metrics and operational trends. We could split Analytics & Reporting as separate bullet under Operational Excellence. Now Key Performance Indicators list: we could include as a separate section maybe "Performance Metrics". But we can incorporate into Responsibilities as a bullet list under a heading "Key Performance Indicators". However instruction says use headings from list; but we can still add a heading if it's substantive. It says use

  for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings, but says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could add a section for Key Performance Indicators if we want, but maybe better to include under Responsibilities. We'll keep sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay. Now Required Qualification bullet list: - 5+ years of experience in manufacturing planning, materials management, or supply chain. - Advanced SAP planning experience including MRP execution and inventory management. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret complex planning and inventory data. - Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams without direct authority. - Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and reporting tools. - Ability to confidently lead meetings and articulately speak to the ongoing problems and action items being taken by the plant Preferred Qualifications bullet list: - Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business, Engineering, or equivalent experience. - APICS CPIM or CSCP certification. - Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma experience. - Experience supporting multiple manufacturing departments within a high-volume manufacturing environment. - Experience with SAP planning master data and inventory optimization strategies. Leadership Expectations paragraph: could be included under Requirements or a separate section "Leadership Expectations". But we can incorporate into Requirements as a paragraph. Now Benefits bullet list from "What's in it for you?": - Annual base salary range: $78,000 - $100,000 - Bonus target range: 10% - 20% - Generous benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, disability - A company culture that prioritizes internal development and professional growth - Time off with pay - 401(k) plan with a degree of employer matching - Paid parental leave - Wellness programs and product discounts We need to separate Pay and Benefits. Pay: base salary and bonus. Benefits: rest. Thus Pay section:

  Annual base salary range: $78,000 - $100,000
  Bonus target range: 10% - 20%

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      About the role

      Hunter Douglas is the world’s leading manufacturer of window coverings and a major manufacturer of architectural products. With more than 100 years of innovation, the company delivers proprietary products that provide revolutionary style and functionality found in millions of homes and commercial buildings globally. Hunter Douglas seeks driven, intelligent, creative, and entrepreneurial candidates, offering challenging and accelerated growth opportunities backed by a shared hunger for success. The Senior Fabrication Planner serves as the site leader for fabrication planning and material availability, ensuring uninterrupted material flow to support manufacturing while optimizing inventory investment and schedule stability. This role bridges Supply Planning, Manufacturing, Warehouse, Procurement, Logistics, Engineering, and Customer Service to proactively identify risks, resolve material constraints, and drive execution against customer commitments. The planner owns material readiness, fabrication work orders, inventory health, and planning processes that enable successful manufacturing operations, providing technical expertise, operational leadership, and continuous improvement for a stable and scalable planning function.

      Responsibilities

      • Material Planning & Execution
        • Own site fabrication planning activities to ensure material availability in support of customer demand and production schedules.
        • Review and coordinate SAP MRP exception messages with respective planners to maintain planning accuracy and minimize shortages.
        • Collaborate with production assistants to prioritize fabrication orders based on customer commitments, business priorities, and operational constraints.
        • Monitor material flow from suppliers through warehouse operations into