Planning Manager

Vertiv Group•Anderson, SC

10h•Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for overseeing material planning and scheduling functions within a manufacturing environment. The Planning Manager will coordinate with sales, production, purchasing, and engineering to ensure on-time shipment, high customer service levels, and efficient plant operations. This includes managing forecasts, optimizing plant capacity, monitoring inventory, and setting up/maintaining ordering parameters and MRP data. The position also involves generating reports, coordinating engineering changes, and acting as a liaison between departments.

Requirements

BS in business administration, or related field.
5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment, materials management or material planning function.
Experience in an industrial, high mix job shop environment.
Very proficient in spreadsheets, MS Office.
Hands-on experience with calculating safety stocks, reorder points (MIN/MAX), forecasting, and inventory turns.
Outstanding verbal and written communication skills and ability to work at different levels of the organization.
Experience with ERP / MRP systems.
Demonstrating Ethics and Integrity
Establishing Effective Teamwork
Building and Maintaining Relationships
Developing Others
Communicating Effectively
Managing Change
Analysis, Solving Problems and Making Decisions
Taking Risk and Innovating
Providing Customer Service
Managing and Developing Yourself—Self Awareness
Drive and High Sense of Urgency
Achieving Outcomes and Optimizing Processes, Procedures and Practices
Conflict Resolution.

Nice To Haves

APICS or CPM certification
Bi-lingual

Responsibilities

Coordinate customer orders with sales for production to achieve on-time shipment and high customer service.
Update forecasts based on demand input and design changes.
Lead efforts to improve throughput by focusing on loading, lead-time, and optimizing plant capacity.
Review capacity by work-center and rebalance load to optimize customer service.
Align original acknowledge and promise dates with customer request dates.
Set up, execute, and maintain ordering parameters and MRP data.
Monitor capacities, product line delivery performance, and daily throughputs.
Monitor inventory levels to avoid excess, obsolescence, and shortages.
Oversee inventory policy through ABCD classification and proper planning parameters.
Adjust forecasts and planning parameters, including safety stocks, reorder points, and minimum orders, in adherence with Vertiv guidelines.
Participate in cost savings efforts.
Review and release manufacturing orders for sub-assemblies and finished goods.
Participate in daily production and planning meetings.
Coordinate Engineering changes and product phase-in and phase-out.
Daily coordination of information between production, purchasing, sales, shipping, and engineering.
Represent the group in relevant meetings and act as a liaison.
Provide product availability and shipping information to sales and/or customers.
Work with Customers and Sales Coordinators on scheduling of finished goods to meet customer expectations.
Generate daily, weekly, and monthly metric reports.
Develop in-depth knowledge on products and critical operations.