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Planning Manager

Safran
Carson, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 11/8/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/7/2025

Local candidates preferred, must be onsite.

Planning Manager for Repairs Department


Here, we craft excellence together. Your mission? Making the journey the most enjoyable part of the trip.


Join our first-class team to reinvent in-flight experience. In the role of Planning-Repairs Manager you'll play a pivotal part on our Production team.


The Planning Manager will lead a team of planning professionals and will be responsible for all aspects of scheduling, planning and inventory activities. Some key areas of activities include: developing a repair plan, plan work flow and schedules, monitor status and ensure customer delivery requirements and sales and operations planning (S&OP). Also, the planning manager is responsible for the accuracy of all items within the business system that have an impact on company-wide financial reporting.


• Implement, execute and maintain world class strategies for planning, scheduling, inventory and customer satisfaction.

• Oversee repair planning and management activities within the business unit.

• Develop repair plan, budget and timeliness according to CMM specifications and FAA Part 145 requirements specifications.

• Determine repair requirements based on plant capacity and repair specifications.

• Communication of needs and objectives to the planning team along with training, developing, mentoring and assisting team members is essential.

• Plan work flow and schedules for repair departments.

• Monitor repair status and ensure timely delivery.

• Implement rotable inventory strategies, monitor, and make adjustments based on repair volume and sub-contract cycle times

• Identify delays and accordingly adjust schedules to meet deadlines.

• Establishes and maintains premier customer service.

• Assist in repair risk assessment and mitigation activities.

• Planning Manager manages planners to ensure they:

• Analyze CMM, SB, SIL documents and generate bills of materials (BOM) accordingly

• Plan all materials on dock at kit due dates and deliver requisitions on time to purchasing

• Release & order work orders for in house repairs

• Maintain inventory levels to meet company goals

• Generate work order (WO) instructions in coordination with production & quality

• Ensure accuracy of all pertinent data used in the company ERP system


Experience:

• 5 years of experience in progressive planning, scheduling and inventory management experience in aerospace, automotive or mechanical manufacturing environment with the ability to lead and influence others.

• 2-5 years of experience leading teams


Computer Skills:

• Experience working with MRP/ERP systems

• Basic knowledge Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

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