Production Planning Manager

Imagine yourself… Doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impact on the world around you. Growing your expertise and expanding your skillset with every project. Owning your ambition and fueling your career growth. It’s possible with a role at Ott, where you’ll have the chance to shape the future of your career-and the future of our planet. At Ott, a Veralto company, you’ll help protect the world’s water resources with trusted, decision-ready intelligence.

Join a team delivering decision-ready intelligence that helps customers manage water with clarity and confidence—from one site to global networks. As part of Ott and the broader Veralto network, you’ll do work that matters—helping deliver solutions with real-world impact while building your skills and growing your career.

• Flexible working hours
• Permissive Paid Time Off
• Professional onboarding and training options
• Powerful team looking forward to working with you
• Career coaching and development opportunities
• Health benefits 401(k)

Reporting to the Director of Operations, the Production Planning Manager is responsible for leading production planning, master scheduling, business systems ownership, operational reporting, and change management processes across manufacturing operations. This leader develops and executes integrated production planning strategies that balance customer demand, manufacturing capacity, operational constraints, and business objectives. The role is accountable for leading the Production Planning team, governing planning-related ERP systems and reporting infrastructure, and driving operational excellence through cross-functional collaboration and continuous improvement initiatives.

This position is part of the Operations organization and will partner closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Customer Service, Finance, Information Technology, Procurement, and Commercial teams to optimize business performance and support sustainable growth.

• Leading and developing a team of Production Planners and Scheduling personnel to achieve planning and operational objectives.
• Directing the development and execution of master production schedules that balance customer demand, inventory targets, capacity constraints, and business priorities.
• Serve as the business owner for production planning, forecasting, manufacturing scheduling, and operational reporting functionality within the ERP and supporting business systems ecosystem.
• Lead the development, maintenance, governance, and continuous improvement of planning-related ERP processes, workflows, master data structures, and business rules.
• Leading the supply planning process within the Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP) framework and presenting capacity, inventory, and supply risk analyses to leadership.
• Partnering with Information Technology and business stakeholders to prioritize and implement system enhancements, workflow improvements, and digital transformation initiatives.
• Driving operational readiness and change management activities for new product introductions, engineering changes, business process improvements, and system implementations.
• Leading inventory optimization, capacity planning, and manufacturing planning initiatives that improve service levels, working capital performance, and operational efficiency.
• Applying Veralto Business System (VBS) methodologies and continuous improvement tools to improve planning accuracy, schedule attainment, and business performance.

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• Minimum 7 years of progressive experience in production planning, supply chain planning, manufacturing…