Senior Manager, Operations Planning

About the role

The Senior Manager, Operations Planning will lead integrated planning in a make-to-order manufacturing environment. They will align demand, supply, production, and inventory to meet customer commitments, manage constraints, and support strong business performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead medium- and long-range planning to align market demand, operational constraints, and business priorities.
• Own the SIOP process and partner across Sales, Product Marketing, Operations, Procurement, and Finance to align forecasts, capacity, service, revenue, and inventory goals.
• Accountable for accurate and executable master production schedules by collaborating cross-functionally to balance labor, materials, equipment, and space constraints.
• Develop and execute inventory strategies that support customer lead times while managing cost, risk, and working capital.
• Improve planning processes through lean and continuous improvement methods that reduce waste, variability, and excess inventory.
• Lead, coach, and develop the planning team while supporting strong cross-functional execution and clear leadership communication.
• Maintain data quality in planning systems to support decision-making (ERP/ MRP, Forecasts, lead times, inventory levels).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Business, or a related field; equivalent experience may also be considered.
• Experience leading planning in a complex manufacturing environment, ideally within a make-to-order setting.
• Strong leadership, coaching, and team development skills.
• Expertise in SIOP, master production scheduling, inventory planning, and capacity planning.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with the ability to communicate trade-offs clearly.
• Proficiency with ERP/MRP systems, forecasting tools, and planning data management.
• Able to work cross-functionally, influence stakeholders, and turn plans into on-time execution.
• Continuous improvement mindset with experience applying lean principles to planning processes.

Preferred Experience

• APICS/ASCM certification such as CPIM or CSCP.
• Knowledge of Oracle ERP systems.
• Knowledge of Lean/JIT production.

Benefits

Hypertherm Associates offers a global, 100% employee-owned company for over 50 years, profit-sharing, employee stock ownership, five days/year community service time, strong commitment to environmental stewardship, and a stable, growing organization with a no-layoff philosophy.

Schedule

Up to 20% travel.

Pay

$103,329.00 - $172,215.00 Annual