Planning Director

Locations

• Remote – Georgia
• Pay or shift range: $170,000 USD to $190,000 USD
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• Supply Chain
• Full-Time
• Requisition # PLANN
  002457

About the Role

We are seeking a highly capable Planning Director to lead our enterprise-wide planning organization across a multi-site manufacturing network. This role will oversee 4 Regional Planning leaders and a broader team of 30+ planners supporting the production of building products made from aluminum, steel, copper, and plastics.

The Planning Director will play a critical leadership role in driving excellence in raw material planning, production scheduling, constraints management, and ERP-enabled planning processes. This individual will ensure planning strategies and execution are aligned to support customer service, operational efficiency, and working capital performance.

This role requires a strong blend of strategic leadership and hands‑on planning expertise in complex manufacturing environments.

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Planning Managers and a distributed network of planners across multiple sites
• Establish standardized processes, clear accountability, and performance expectations across the planning function
• Build team capability in material planning, scheduling, ERP utilization, and data‑driven decision making

• Own enterprise‑wide planning strategies for key raw materials including aluminum, steel, copper, and plastics
• Ensure strong execution of material planning processes to maintain supply continuity while optimizing inventory levels
• Partner with Procurement to align supply strategies with market conditions, supplier constraints, and lead times
• Improve planning parameters such as safety stock, reorder points, and planning horizons

• Lead development and execution of production scheduling strategies across all manufacturing sites
• Ensure schedules effectively account for constraints including capacity, labor, changeovers, material availability, and maintenance
• Drive improvements in schedule attainment, throughput, and plant‑level execution
• Build proactive constraint and bottleneck management capabilities

• Serve as the functional leader for planning within ERP/MRP systems
• Drive data accuracy, process compliance, and effective system utilization across sites
• Partner with IT to enhance planning system capabilities and reporting tools
• Enable more efficient, exception‑based planning processes

• Partner with Operations, Procurement, Customer Service, and Commercial teams to align supply and demand plans
• Support S&OP / integrated business planning processes
• Lead planning response during supply disruptions, demand shifts, or capacity constraints

• Establish and manage KPIs including service levels, schedule adherence, inventory performance, and material availability
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions to improve planning outcomes
• Drive continuous improvement and standardization across the planning network

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, or related field
• 10+ years of experience in supply chain planning, materials planning, and/or production scheduling
• 5+ years of leadership experience, including managing managers and multi‑site teams
• Willingness to travel up to 75%
• Deep expertise in:
  • Raw material planning and inventory strategies
  • Production scheduling and capacity/constraints management
  • ERP/MRP systems and planning process execution
  • Proven success in a complex manufacturing environment

• Experience in building products, metals, plastics, or similar…