Production Planner Manager Job Boonton area,New Jersey USA,Manufacturing / Production

The Planning Manager is responsible for overseeing production planning, scheduling, materials planning, inventory control, and the availability of materials required to support manufacturing operations and customer requirements.
The position is responsible for developing and maintaining production plans that align customer demand with manufacturing capacity, material availability, inventory objectives, and operational priorities. The Planning Manager ensures effective coordination between Production, Customer Service, Inventory, and other relevant functions to achieve production and customer commitments.
The position also provides leadership and direction to planning and inventory-related activities and drives continuous improvement in planning, scheduling, inventory accuracy, and materials management processes.

Position Basic Purpose

The Planning Manager is responsible for overseeing production planning, scheduling, materials planning, inventory control, and the availability of materials required to support manufacturing operations and customer requirements.
The position is responsible for developing and maintaining production plans that align customer demand with manufacturing capacity, material availability, inventory objectives, and operational priorities. The Planning Manager ensures effective coordination between Production, Customer Service, Inventory, and other relevant functions to achieve production and customer commitments.
The position also provides leadership and direction to planning and inventory-related activities and drives continuous improvement in planning, scheduling, inventory accuracy, and materials management processes.

Context Of The Position And Major Challenges

The Planning Manager operates in a fast-paced manufacturing environment where customer requirements, production capacity, material availability, inventory levels, and changing priorities must be continuously balanced.

Key Challenges Include

Developing accurate production plans that meet customer requirements and manufacturing priorities.
Balancing inventory levels with customer demand and production requirements.
Ensuring required raw materials and components are available when needed.
Managing competing production priorities and changing customer requirements.
Optimizing work-in-process and finished goods inventory.
Maintaining accurate planning data, bills of materials, routings, and manufacturing orders.
Coordinating production planning across multiple locations and manufacturing operations.
Identifying opportunities to improve planning accuracy, inventory levels, production efficiency, and overall supply chain performance.

Dimensions of the Position - The position is responsible for:

Production planning and scheduling.
Materials requirements planning.
Raw material, work-in-process, and finished goods inventory planning and control.
Forecasting material and production requirements.
Manufacturing order planning and coordination.
Production planning requirements for the GMD plate production plant.
Forecasting Boonton and Toronto plate requirements from GMD.
Inventory accuracy and cycle count coordination.
ERP/MRP planning data and system accuracy.
Cross-functional coordination with Production, Customer Service, Inventory, and other departments.
Reporting and analysis of planning, inventory, and production performance.

Main Accountabilities

Develop, maintain, and execute production plans and schedules to meet customer requirements and manufacturing objectives.
Monitor and maintain appropriate levels of raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods inventory in accordance with established guidelines and targets.
Forecast production and material requirements based on customer demand, forecasts, historical requirements,…