NEWLY CREATED ROLE – Planning Manager
📋 Role Overview & Responsibilities
We have partnered with a Global Manufacturer near Cincinnati OH (in Northern KY) to lead a search for a NEWLY CREATED ROLE - Planning Manager
NEWLY CREATED ROLE - Planning Manager (job Description)
Overseeing the efficient planning of the plant to maximize company profitability, meet customer demand, and optimize capacity utilization. Lead the production planning team to maximize profitability and service levels through effective order and backlog management: Oversee team to efficiently plan work through the plant assets to maximize overall equipment effectiveness and meet customer delivery dates. Establish, maintain, and optimize inventory levels. Translate forecasts, and historical data sets for backlog management and planned capacity utilization. Understand plant capacity levels in relation to current business and potential new business. Evolve and maintain standard reporting for purposes of driving enhanced communication internally and externally. Collaborate with both commercial and internal leaders and teams to create greater clarity on planned backlog, production, inventory, and service targets. Participation in regular customer meetings to overview demand patterns and planned production cycles. Assist in the building and developing a formal planning team.
Must Have’s
10+ years’ experience in Planning (Production, Material, Inventory, Scheduling) in a manufacturing environment Bachelor’s Degree Experience with Customer Forecasting, Experience with ERP Experience with Power BI Experience with Excel Data Driven Experience with Analytics Experience with AI Planning (preferred)
Operating Budget Details
Planning Department budget. Material Waste/Spoilage. Inventory Reports to the CFO
Key Performance Metrics
Overall Equipment Effectiveness Spoilage Inventory Average order size Backlog maintenance. On-time Delivery – Cartons Capacity Utilization Maintenance of Return per Press Hour
Education
Bachelor’s Must be authorized to work in the United States
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