The
Production Planning Manager supports the planning and inventory control functions, maximizing plant resources to meet or exceed planned results in inventory levels and operating costs. Coordinate and expedite the flow of work and materials within or between departments and manufacturing unit(s) according to the production schedule to provide exceptional service to customers. Coordinate the monthly SOP planning process within the supply planning function to ensure plants can communicate requirements to achieve forecasted demand.
Responsibilities- Manages the production planning functions, including development, maintenance, and execution of the master production schedule, and maximizes plant resources to meet demand. Organizes and coordinates various sections of manufacturing. Follow up performance against estimates.
- Manages effective and service-oriented planning functions to ensure that correct procedures are established and adhered to achieve the maximum return possible on customer orders, while continually improving responsiveness, reliability, and service.
- Manages site inventory, including raw materials, work in process, and finished goods. Responsible for optimizing inventory levels to support customer demand fulfillment. Generate regular reporting of inventory, highlighting inventory health to drive continuous improvement.
- Coordinate the monthly SOP supply review process for the business unit, ensuring capacity or staffing constraints are understood and communicated effectively.
- Lead the supply planning strategy and analysis of multi-site manufacturing, supporting the business unit's product management decisions on longer-term production allocation, optimizing costs and capacity.
The essential requirements of this role include:Education/Experience- BS in Science, Engineering, Supply Chain, or Business discipline required; MBA preferred.
- 7 years of production planning experience.
Functional/Technical Knowledge, Skills & Abilities- Analytical skills - able to create and utilize spreadsheet models tracking demand, supply, and inventory, including multiple scenarios.
- Able to quickly merge data from multiple sources, manipulate it, and present it intelligibly to explain the situation (i.e., tell the story).
- Highly proficient in MS Office tools, SAP, and other data or visualization tools is a plus.
- Effective communication skills
Preferred Qualifications:- Good record of KPIs improvement, on-time delivery, lead time, cost, and Inventory reduction, Supplier development, etc.
- Certified in Lean Manufacturing, 6 Sigma, or similar.
Pall Corporation, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it's a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.
The annual salary range for this role is $125,000 to $145,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.
This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits, including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remain in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.
