Production Planning Manager

Headquartered in Fort Mill, South Carolina, Mac Lean Power Systems (MPS) is a leading manufacturer of mission‑critical and engineered components for the electric utility, telecommunications, and civil markets. Established in 1986 as a subsidiary of a larger parent company, MPS has grown substantially and now operates as a standalone company. A dedicated workforce of over 1,600 team members worldwide, MPS is renowned for its commitment to quality, responsiveness, and safety.

Our focus on vertical integration ensures the highest standards across our product lines. We operate nine production facilities across North America and continually invest in our manufacturing capabilities to better serve our customers.

At MPS, we strive to create a workplace that embodies respect, openness, collaboration, personal growth, and entrepreneurship. We are committed to achieving excellence in Environmental, Health & Safety through our Mission Zero initiative.

The Production Planning Manager is responsible for overseeing the planning department and ensuring that production schedules align with customer demand, inventory targets, and operational goals. This role leads a team of four planners, providing direction, support, and development to ensure accuracy and efficiency in all planning activities. The Production Planning Manager works closely with Operations, Supply Chain, and Procurement teams to balance capacity, materials, and resources, driving on‑time delivery and optimal production performance.

• Responsible for executing the 80/20 strategy as it pertains to production planning
• Lead the dialogue across departments such as Purchasing, Management, Production, IT and Transportation in support of the 80/20 business strategy
• Protect the financial performance of the business by identifying and communicating potential supply chain impact
• Lead and direct production planning team
• Generate daily/weekly reports on open order status for all customers
• Maintain production tracker and publish daily to applicable teams
• Maintain schedule attainment and publish daily to applicable teams
• Conduct detailed analysis of top 20 customers and their open orders, publish daily reports on status, and work with planners & buyers to hit required delivery dates.
• Lead planning team to analyze open order status and identify and correct any roadblocks preventing on‑time delivery
• Assist in investigation and identification of root cause and corrective actions for orders late to OPD
• Assemble and analyze all data pertinent to create the stock status and inventory level reports (historical sales, market trends, seasonality, and order status)
• Develop and distribute reports to be used in inventory and forecast planning meetings
• Complete all necessary documents fully and accurately
• Adhere to 5S standards (e.g., maintain cleanliness of work area, etc.)
• Follow all Safety, Environmental and Quality policies and procedures
• Perform other duties as assigned

• Typically require a bachelor's degree and at least 5-10 years of experience
• Experience leading production planning in the manufacturing industry required
• APICS (CPIM, CSCP) or equivalent certification in demand planning, supply chain management preferred
• Experience with ERP systems (JD Edwards preferred)
• Database query expertise
• Comprehensive knowledge of the field's concepts and principles
• Primarily focused on administering established policies and procedures; may have some impact on departmental budgeting, strategic planning and procedural change

• Perform complex tasks typically following established processes
• Lead and direct the work of other employees and has full authority for personnel decisions
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills
• Leadership skills and leadership of project teams
• Adaptability
• Strong sense of responsibility, ownership and accountability
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to build collaborative relationships
• Judgement
• Creativity
• Organizational skills
• Mastery level knowledge of Microsoft Excel with solid working knowledge of the entire MS Office suite of products
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and…