Planning Manager

Endo•Hobart, NY

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Planning Manager plans, controls, and manages all scheduling activities supporting Par Health’s Hobart manufacturing site. The role balances production and inventory with demand to support customer service, inventory-turn, and utilization and staffing targets. As the subject matter expert for scheduling, the manager serves the site leadership team and drives coordination across functions. The position leads site-level SIOP efforts and participates in broader business-unit SIOP discussions. It leads a team of direct and indirect employees responsible for developing feasible master production schedules based on capacity, material, and other constraints; translating those schedules into detailed production schedules; and determining material requirements through DRP/MRP methods. The manager also provides SKU-level time-phased schedules, measures production compliance, maintains team performance KPIs, and communicates schedule deviations and root causes. The role leads site implementation of planning and scheduling system and process changes, with an emphasis on standard, repeatable work processes. It also leads analysis of what-if scenarios in the frozen production horizon. The position is located in Hobart, New York, and requires up to 25% travel.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience in supply chain planning.
At least 10 years of experience in materials, planning, or scheduling.
Demonstrated knowledge of DRP/MRPII systems.
High proficiency in Microsoft Project, Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio.
Specific experience scheduling production.
Understanding of the supply chain from demand planning through order shipment.
APICS CPIM certification or equivalent required.
Ability to manage multiple priorities while meeting deadlines.
Professional business communication skills with different management levels and functional areas.
Ability to work independently and take initiative.
Demonstrates action orientation, approachability, customer focus, negotiation skills, and timely decision-making.
Ability to meet the position’s physical and visual demands, including sitting, walking, standing, reaching, communicating, following instructions, close vision, and potentially identifying and distinguishing colors; the role involves advanced mental and visual attention to detail.

Nice To Haves

Preferred degree in supply chain, business, or a related field.
Experience with JDE World, BPCS, JDA Master Planning, or JDA S&OP Workbench.
Project management or change management certification or experience.

Responsibilities

Plan, control, and manage scheduling activities for the Hobart manufacturing site.
Balance production and inventory with demand to support customer service, inventory-turn, and utilization and staffing targets.
Lead site-level SIOP efforts and participate as a key stakeholder in broader business-unit SIOP discussions.
Serve on the site leadership team and coordinate with cross-functional teams to align manufacturing-site activities.
Provide SKU-level time-phased schedules to manufacturing and measure production compliance.
Lead site implementation efforts for planning and scheduling system and process changes, creating standard, repeatable work processes for the production scheduling team.
Lead direct and indirect employees.
Lead the team in developing feasible master production schedules based on capacity, material, and other constraints.
Lead the team in translating master production schedules into detailed schedules for production execution.
Lead the team in developing material requirements to support procurement through DRP/MRP methodology.
Maintain team performance KPIs.
Lead communication of schedule deviations and root causes to cross-functional teams.
Lead analysis of what-if scenarios in the frozen production horizon.
Travel up to 25%.