Production Planning Manager - Ship Shafting

There is an opening for a Production Planning Manager of Ship Shafting for Ellwood National Forge (ENF) in Irvine, PA, however, scope of work and assignments do include the Warren/Corry plants.  This exempt salary position reports to Greg Cameron, VP of Operations. Responsibilities include but are not limited to those detailed below:

 JOB DUTIES:

• Lead cross‑functional planning to establish customer order delivery commitments by directing Engineering, Manufacturing, Sales, and Supply Chain capacity reviews. Ensure commitments align with enterprise capability, customer expectations, and contractual requirements.
• Strategically allocate engineering and manufacturing capacity to balance workload, maximize throughput, and meet milestone and shipment objectives for the Ship Shafting product lines.
• Oversee creation and execution of the material release strategy, ensuring optimal utilization of raw materials, alignment of start dates with production capacity, and minimization of excess inventory across ENF sites.
• Develop and own monthly, quarterly, and annual production forecasts based on bookings, capacity constraints, historical performance, and expected future demand. Provide analysis to senior leadership to drive operational and financial decisions.
• Review and interpret demand profiles across in-process and upcoming shafting components to identify bottlenecks, validate capacity assumptions, and initiate corrective actions with operations and leadership teams to maintain schedule integrity.
• Manage Work‑In‑Process (WIP), inventory levels, and product release sequencing to maintain alignment between demand, capacity, bookings, and customer delivery schedules.
• Direct the rescheduling and prioritization of in‑process work orders in response to real‑time production feedback, emergent issues, or customer changes while mitigating schedule risk.
• Facilitate cross‑site collaboration with ENF and sister divisions to resolve production barriers and improve process flow to support naval program commitments.
• Establish governance around production schedule adherence through job audits, KPI monitoring, exception reporting, and proactive communication of risks or deviations to senior leadership.
• Oversee all advanced raw‑material procurement activities, ensuring requisition timing aligns with production plans, engineering changes, and work‑order releases to support uninterrupted manufacturing flow.
• Partner with Sales, Engineering, and Program Management on new product introductions, including trials, R&D projects, manufacturability assessments, and process validation activities unique to the Ship Shafting product line.
• Leverage and optimize the ERP system (Syteline) to structure production routing, resource planning, and capacity visibility, ensuring maximum flow and data accuracy across production centers.
• Approve and integrate rework operations or additional job steps in the ERP system when deviations occur, ensuring documentation accuracy, traceability, and compliance with quality and NAVSEA requirements.
• Evaluate production job performance regularly and lead continuous improvement efforts by identifying trends, optimizing routings, enhancing tooling/processes, and driving alignment with best‑in‑class shafting manufacturing practices.
• Perform additional leadership responsibilities as required, supporting enterprise initiatives, operational reviews, process improvements, and organizational readiness for emerging Navy shafting programs.
• Prepare and clearly present planning and scheduling information to internal ENF leadership and customers of shafting, ensuring schedules, risks, and updates are communicated accurately and effectively.

• Any other duties and responsibilities as required from time to time to support the business needs.

 MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business operations field or 15 years experience in a planning, estimating, or management role.
• 10 years Previous ERP and Microsoft Projects experience in a planning, estimating, program management role.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints/schematics.
• Ability to work well with a team.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills across multi-functional teams and external business partners.

Equal Opportunity Employer-minorities/ females/veterans/individuals with

disabilities /sexual orientation/gender identity.