Supv (Vendor) Materials Production Planning

About the role

This role engages in the process from the Vendor side of the business but frequently interacts with plant or site production planning team members as well as other functions to ensure proper execution.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of production planners and/or master schedulers.
• Set clear objectives, priorities, and workload balance across the team.
• Ensure planning roles, responsibilities, and accountabilities are clearly defined and applied.
• Drive a culture of discipline, ownership, and continuous improvement within the planning team.
• Oversee development and maintenance of master production schedules and detailed plans.
• Ensure plans are feasible, capacity-balanced, and aligned with approved SIOP/IBP decisions.
• Validate planning parameters (lead times, lot sizes, yields, routings) and ensure data integrity.
• Ensure proper management of planning horizons (frozen / slushy / liquid) and change control.
• Lead capacity planning at the plant level (labor, equipment, shifts).
• Identify short-term and structural constraints and drive mitigation actions.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to work with external suppliers, inbound materials & logistics.
• Proactively escalate gaps and scenarios requiring cross-functional or leadership decisions.
• Support make-vs-buy decisions, subcontracting, and load rebalancing where applicable.
• Ensure production plans are synchronized with material availability and procurement plans.
• Drive adherence to inventory targets (FG, WIP) while protecting customer service.
• Lead execution of phase-in / phase-out plans and obsolescence risk mitigation.
• Reduce firefighting, expedites, and last-minute rescheduling.
• Drive continuous improvement of planning processes, tools, and ways of working.
• Lead or support implementation and optimization of ERP / APS planning systems.
• Standardize processes and best practices across products, lines, or shifts.

Key Performance Indicators

• Schedule adherence.
• STS / STR customer service level.
• Inventory DOH.
• Capacity utilization.
• Expedite rate.