Planning Manager

• Locations Kenosha, WI, United States (On-site)
• Brand Legrand
• Employment type
  
  Regular
• Travel Required No
• Job Category Supply Chain & Logistics

Ata Glance

Legrand
has an exciting opportunity for a
Planning Manager
to join the
Kenall Team
in
Kenosha, WI
. The Planning Manager is responsible for developing, implementing, and managing production plans to meet customer demand while optimizing resource utilization and minimizing costs. Develop strategies and related plans for continuously improving inventory levels and optimizing planning sequencing for improved production efficiency of direct and indirect labor.

Work closely with:

• Manufacturing operations departments supporting schedule adherence and implementation of Lean strategies
• Customer service department to continuously improve customers commitments
• Purchasing department to ensure delivery of components while being cognizant of supplier capabilities.

Train, assist and motivate production planning and programming employees, evaluate performance, maintain morale, and enforce company policy.

What Will You Do?

• Oversee order intake, scheduling, and flow of sales orders for 2 separate lighting brands.
• Review assembly, fabrication / assembly, paint and fabrication operation schedules, analyze requirements and determine capacity to meet department needs. Direct planners to level load production departments.
• Evaluate production schedules (assembly, fab/assembly, fabrication and paint) to effectively utilize equipment and personnel. Develop metrics for evaluation of schedule adherence.
• Develops and directs material handlers. Optimizes material layout and movement in plant and “ensures” ongoing availability of parts needed for assembly and high reliability of ERP system and components availability accuracies.
• Adjust established schedules as necessary to maintain a steady flow of production.
  Work closely with manufacturing managers, supervisors, buyers, and sales departments to communicate and resolve schedule problems, request special material needs and relay schedule change information.
• Maintain and recommend levels of finished goods, raw material and component inventory to meet customer requirements. Minimizes but checks inventory status reports for errors and is responsible for necessary adjustments.
• Supervise entry of miscellaneous inventory transactions. Check for errors, correct and train, as necessary. Recommend the disposition of excess materials in storage.
• Supervise and evaluate response and resolution of stopped or delayed manufacturing jobs. Monitor the scheduling of various plant operations including, but not limited to delayed, rework and new manufacturing orders.
• Work closely with engineering, manufacturing and purchasing departments for alternate sources of supply to ensure that production flow will be maintained at all times.
• Prepare various reports, as necessary, such as delayed customer shipments, monthly delivery performance (by planner). Other reports: load report (plastic saw area, framing jig, assembly), RGA analysis (cost to rework or scrap), track orders over 3 days past due and other such reports as requested.
• Recommends enhancements to Epicor (ERP) to enhance production flow. Create and document procedures for Materials Management operations. Eliminate non-value added tasks in department and other areas where recognized. Works closely with IT to prioritize most impactful reporting and system changes. Quantifies system and report change requests.
• Assist in the process of lead time reduction for all products sold by Kenall.
• Evaluate and respond to Sales on customer order expedites. Evaluate implementation and offer suggestions for alternatives in a timely manner.
• Resolve and adjust problems requiring assistance…