Planning Manager

Overview

This role is responsible for leading and optimizing all production planning and demand planning activities for Rainin‑manufactured products. The Planning Manager oversees a team of production planners, master schedulers, and supply chain analysts, ensuring effective execution of daily planning operations. The position partners closely with cross‑functional teams throughout the production organization to deliver the products needed to meet customer demand efficiently, reliably, and cost‑effectively.

As a key member of the Supply Chain Management team, this role also collaborates with procurement, warehouse, and logistics functions to drive end‑to‑end supply chain control, performance, and continuous improvement.

• Overall management, coordination, and evaluation of production planners, master schedulers, and supply chain analysts.
• Enforces established personnel policies.
• Fosters good employee relations and the professional development of team members to ensure a highly effective team.
• Establishes and maintains positive working relationships within assigned teams and with all departments.
• Plans, organizes, directs, and controls activities related to production planning, forecasting, and demand planning.
• Analyzes and sets correct inventory levels to meet customer demand requirements while controlling inventory costs.
• Guides team members to execute planning activities on schedule and with the highest quality to meet customer requirements.
• Aligns global planning requirements with key stakeholders from sales partners and logistics hubs to ensure correct inventory supply in support of global demand.
• Leads efforts to maintain the quality of the company business system for successful daily planning and to continuously improve planning accuracy.
• Evaluates demand requirements and production capabilities to identify capacity problems.
• Provides daily updates on key planning performance indicators and reports on critical risks and disruptions to the production environment.
• Leads Sales and Operations Planning activities with key stakeholders to interpret demand requirements and their impact on production scheduling.
• Contributes to and leads Lean and Continuous Improvement initiatives to improve productivity and cost‑control efforts.
• Leads the team in root cause analysis and implementing sustainable solutions to eliminate problems.
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities, including but not limited to interviewing, hiring, training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; addressing complaints; and resolving internal and external issues professionally.