Sr. Planning Manager

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of planners across multiple manufacturing locations, fostering a high-performance and accountable culture.
• Establish standard planning processes, performance metrics, and continuous improvement initiatives to drive consistency and scalability.
• Partner with operations, engineering, and sales to align planning strategy with business goals and capacity constraints.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for complex project or order issues; ensure rapid and effective resolution.
• Drive cross-functional communication to ensure timely delivery of engineered systems, including maintaining project timelines, production packets, and job traveler documentation.
• Facilitate planning meetings to coordinate schedules, milestones, and material readiness with key stakeholders.
• Oversee order intake, including customer PO review, order acknowledgment, change order management, and invoicing.
• Manage ERP data integrity, ensuring accurate component entries, routing, and BOM alignment.
• As the voice of the customer internally—translate commercial requirements into operational action.
• Collaborate with Procurement to ensure availability of required materials; assist with vendor communication to mitigate delays and expedite delivery.
• Monitor and coordinate material staging, job kits, and inventory transactions to support production readiness.
• Support non-conforming material processes, freight claims, and stock replenishment strategies.
• Develop and maintain detailed production schedules across multiple sites; adjust proactively to reflect changes in demand or capacity.
• Generate and distribute key planning and production reports to inform leadership and support decision-making.
• Provide data-driven insights on backlog, capacity utilization, and on-time delivery performance.
• Ensure transparency of planning status and order progress with internal teams and customers.
• Support quoting and product configuration processes by providing lead time, cost, and availability inputs.
• Lead resolution of customer return issues in collaboration with service and quality teams.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Business Administration, Engineering, or related field required. Equivalent experience may be considered.
• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of progressive planning or supply chain experience in a manufacturing or engineered-to-order environment. 3+ years of leadership experience managing teams and cross-functional initiatives preferred.
• Skills & Abilities: Advanced knowledge of ERP systems (e.g., JobBOSS, P21); strong analytical and organizational skills; excellent communication and interpersonal skills; strong customer orientation and problem-solving mindset in a deadline-driven environment; working knowledge of hydraulic systems or engineered industrial equipment is a plus; proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel.