Director Global Master Planning​/Directeur; trice) Planification Globale Principale

Director Global Master Planning THE COMPANY

Galvion designs, develops, and manufactures ballistic helmets and dynamic power and data management solutions for the modern battlefield. We are a passionate, global, and fast-paced team collaborating with several strategic partners and are committed to enhancing the overall agility and survivability of the modern warfighter and tactical operator.

The Director, Global Master Planning is responsible for leading and executing the global Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning (SIOP) process and Global Master Scheduling. This role ensures alignment between demand, capacity, materials, and resources across all THS manufacturing locations to meet customer order delivery commitments.

This position has primary accountability for capacity planning, customer order delivery date integrity, and global master schedule execution, working closely with Program Directors, Engineering, Operations, and Supply Chain—particularly in support of new product introductions and pressing capacity requirements. This role drives enterprise-wide visibility and decision-making to balance demand and supply while supporting growth, cost, and service objectives.

The Director, Global Master Planning is highly skilled in hands‑on ERP/MRP‑driven planning, leads cross‑functional collaboration, and provides clear recommendations to leadership regarding capacity investments, constraints, and delivery risk.

• Leads the global SIOP process, working directly with Manufacturing, Engineering, Program Management, Supply Chain, and Sales leadership.
• Partners closely with Program Directors and Engineering teams to define and plan new product capacity requirements, tooling, routings, and labor needs.
• Works with regional and site planners (Canada, U.S., and Poland) to ensure alignment to the global master schedule and customer delivery priorities.
• Collaborates with Supply Chain to ensure material availability aligns with the global capacity and master schedule.
• Communicates customer delivery commitments, capacity constraints, and recovery plans to internal stakeholders as required.

• Owns, develops, and executes the global SIOP process.
• Creates, maintains, and governs the Global Master Schedule, ensuring feasibility based on capacity, labor, materials, and tooling.
• Leads capacity planning and scenario analysis, including long-range and near-term horizon planning.
• Evaluates capacity gaps and constraints, providing data-driven recommendations for capital investment, outsourcing, or schedule trade-offs.
• Ensures accurate and timely planning data within ERP/MRP systems, including BOMs, routings, work centers, tooling, and capacity parameters.
• Supports New Product Introduction (NPI) planning by integrating engineering data into the master schedule and SIOP cycle.
• Establishes standardized planning processes and best practices across manufacturing locations.

• Ensure customer orders are planned and executed to committed delivery dates, balancing demand and available capacity.
• Drives improved forecast accuracy, schedule adherence, and capacity utilization across Galvion and is contract manufactured.
• Develops and maintains SIOP and Master Scheduling KPIs, including capacity utilization, delivery performance, forecast accuracy, and schedule stability.
• Provides regular executive-level reporting and analysis on demand/supply alignment, capacity risks, and mitigation plans.
• Continuously improves planning processes to reduce lead times, improve service levels, and support scalable growth.
• Supports operational excellence initiatives focused on throughput, efficiency, and waste reduction.
• Performs other related duties as…