Production Planning & Scheduling Manager

Production Planning & Scheduling Manager

Location:

Riverside, CA

Salary Range: $126,000 - $146,000

The ENC is seeking a highly analytical and execution-oriented Production Planning & Scheduling Manager to build and lead manufacturing planning. This role owns the integrated planning function, establishes and leads Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP), and builds the processes and ERP data discipline required for ENC's growth.

This list of essential duties is not all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties, as management may deem necessary from time to time. The team member must be able to perform each essential job duty identified below satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties of this position unless doing so would create an undue hardship.

• Own and manage the master production schedule, aligning customer backlog and demand forecasts, capacity, material availability, operational constraints, and delivery commitments.
• Establish and lead the SIOP process, including demand and capacity assumptions, scenario recommendations, decision records, and action follow-through. Obtain leadership approval for major commercial, spending, and capacity trade-offs.
• Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Engineering, Supply Chain, Materials, Production, Quality, and Finance to maintain alignment to a single integrated plan.
• Develop production ramp scenarios showing customer build-slot allocation, model and propulsion mix, labor requirements, station capacity and buffers, alternative production rates, and delivery impacts.
• Establish schedule approval and change‑control rules, including a protected near‑term schedule. Manage changes within delegated authority and elevate conflicts affecting customer commitments, spending, or capacity to the VP of Operations with recommended options.
• Ensure scheduling activities support compliance with safety, quality, and regulatory requirements.

• Own the overall Clear-to-Build process, ensuring schedules released to the production floor are supported by required customer configuration approvals, engineering releases, BOMs and drawings, engineering change incorporation, material availability, tooling, labor and station capacity, and applicable quality requirements.
• Establish readiness signoffs from responsible functions, including Procurement confirmation of critical material commitments. Hold schedule release when required conditions are unmet and elevate proposed exceptions to the VP of Operations for a documented decision, with risks, owners, and recovery actions identified.
• Translate the master schedule into work‑center and station‑level execution plans that support production flow and floor-level accountability. Validate actual progress and constraints through regular production‑floor engagement with Manufacturing leadership.
• Verify planning‑critical BOM and lead‑time inputs with Engineering and Procurement, assign discrepancies to the responsible data owners, and drive timely resolution to prevent material shortages, schedule disruptions, and production delays.

• Establish ERP planning data standards and validation routines for BOMs, routings, lead times, calendars, and planning parameters with the responsible functions. Maintain planning-owned parameters;
  Engineering retains technical BOM ownership, and Procurement owns supplier commitments.
• Serve as the planning lead for Epicor implementation, stabilization, and ongoing improvement, ensuring planning logic reflects operational reality.
• Use advanced Excel and ERP reporting tools to support scenario…