Manager, Master Planning

Company

Pernod Ricard USA

Fort Smith, AR

Pernod Ricard is a global premium spirits and wine company, behind leading brands such as ABSOLUT® Vodka, Jameson® Irish Whiskey, Malibu®, Kahlúa® Liqueur, The Glenlivet® Gin, and Skrewball™ whiskey, among others. Working at Pernod Ricard is about igniting conviviality—human connection, authenticity, friendliness, and joy—in all we do.

Base salary range: $81,040.00 to $ (location based). The final offer will reflect experience, skills, and role scope.

The Manager, Master Planning oversees end‑to‑end production and materials planning for the Fort Smith manufacturing facility. This role owns the integrated planning process, balancing demand, capacity, materials, labor, and inventory to meet service, cost, and operational targets. It provides leadership to Materials Planners and Production Scheduler and acts as the primary liaison among plant, supply chain, and commercial teams.

• Own the master production plan, aligning demand forecasts, net requirements, and inventory targets with available capacity.
• Develop and maintain short, mid, and long‑range production plans (weekly, monthly, annual).
• Evaluate capacity constraints and recommend mitigation plans.
• Lead scenario planning for new SKUs, bottling transitions, equipment upgrades, seasonal demand, and line changes.
• Identify risks and trade‑offs between service, cost, inventory, and capacity; provide recommendations.
• Provide direction for raw, packaging, and indirect material planning.
• Ensure material availability supports the production plan while keeping inventory targets and minimizing obsolescence.
• Partner with procurement and suppliers to manage lead times, shortages, and supply risks.
• Own inventory health metrics including turns, excess & obsolete, and aging.
• Oversee detailed production scheduling to ensure line sequencing and adherence to the master plan.
• Partner with operations to manage schedule adherence, changeovers, downtime impacts, and recovery plans.
• Support daily and weekly execution reviews and adjust plans as required.
• Lead, coach, and develop the Materials Planners and Production Scheduler.
• Establish clear roles, priorities, and standard work within the planning function.
• Drive continuous improvement in planning tools, processes, and data accuracy.
• Act as the primary interface with Demand Planning, Customer Service, Procurement, Finance, and Operations.
• Support S&OP/IBP processes with capacity, inventory, and risk insights.
• Lead monthly site reviews of the master plan to communicate changes with plant and departmental leadership.
• Define and track KPIs such as service level, schedule adherence, plan attainment, inventory turns, and capacity utilization.
• Lead root cause analysis for service failures or plan deviations.
• Drive process improvements for planning systems (ERP/MRP), data accuracy, and planning cadence.

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in production planning or master planning within a manufacturing environment.
• Prior experience in beverage, food, CPG, or regulated manufacturing highly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience leading or mentoring planners or schedulers.
• Strong understanding of MRP, capacity planning, and inventory management principles.
• Advanced proficiency in ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, JDE, or similar) and Excel.

• Experience in alcoholic beverage bottling, packaging, or high‑mix SKU environments.
• Experience supporting new product introductions and line expansions.
• APICS/ASCM certification (CPIM, CSCP) or equivalent.
• Experience in S&OP/IBP processes.

• Strategic thinking with strong execution focus.
• Data‑driven decision making.
• Managing complexity and ambiguity.
• Strong communication and influencing skills.
• Collaborative leadership style.
• Continuous improvement mindset.

• Greatly influences goals but does not have final authority; manages and deploys resources to meet the goals.

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