Production & Materials planning Manager

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To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Production & Materials planning Manager located in Orangeburg, SC.

Reporting to the Director of Materials the Production & Materials planning Manager coordinate and expedite the flow of work and materials within or between departments of an establishment according to production schedule.

What a typical day looks like:

• Develop and manage production forecast based on master plan, timelines, material needs in order to define production requirements based on plant capacity, which are aligned with company goals.
• Adjust plans as necessary to accommodate changes in demand, communicating updates to all relevant parties and ensure material supplies able to meet the changes
• Produces revenue investigation and annual operating (AOP) plan and other forecast reports.
• Conducts special studies, investigations relating to the introduction of new products or processes to effect cost reduction and gives in improvements.
• Reporting on the production status and any production issues to upper management
• Liaise with operation team to resolved daily production line disruption and productivity issues.
• In charge of the development and implementation of the company’s production control functions including Master Scheduling, Production Planning/Coordination, Shop Scheduling, and Dispatching.
• Develops material planning models to ensure proper material planning and optimal inventory positions for customer programs. Utilizes models for defining material planning parameters for components.
• Approves quantities, schedules and parts list provided to the material control organization to ensure timely and complete ordering, receipt and issuance of production material requirements.
• Maintains reports to reflect scheduling, methods, hold up performance and process procedures.
• Interfaces with customers to ensure delivery dedications are met and with subordinates, functional peer group managers and senior management.
• Interfaces with purchasing to expedite problem parts and to reschedule material deliveries that will result in excess inventory.
• Notifies Materials and Program Management of material situation that affect the attainment of the production plan.
• Travel as necessary.
  
  

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Typically requires 10 years of progressive responsibility in production control and planning or related area, including supervision.
• Demonstrates mastery of functional knowledge in relation to other functions and a complete understanding of the function and those of related businesses.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professionals journals, technical procedures or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers and customers.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent and to draw and interpret graphs.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• An America Production Inventory Control Society (APICS) and/or Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) certificate is preferred.
• Erroneous decisions will result in critical delay(s) in schedules and/or unit operations and may jeopardize overall business activities and have serious impact on profitability. Impacts the medium-term (semi-annual/annual) direction and financial or operational success of the function. Creates functional processes or technologies. Executes and provides input to functional strategic plans and objectives for site. Has experience in leading major initiatives and provides input to those initiatives.
• Defines/ determines and approves functional methods, standards, policies and procedures. Decisions affect the region and/or company-wide.
• Provides strategic leadership for the function and the site. Demonstrates experience in performance development, teaching/leading, and mentoring and/or organization development.
  
  

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