Planning Manager

Vertiv•Anderson, SC

13h•Onsite

About The Position

The Planning Manager will be responsible for coordinating customer orders for production to achieve on-time shipment and a high level of customer service. This role involves updating forecasts, leading efforts to improve throughput, and reviewing capacity to optimize plant operations. The manager will also be responsible for setting up, executing, and maintaining ordering parameters and MRP data, monitoring capacities and delivery performance, and managing inventory levels to prevent excess, obsolescence, and shortages. Additionally, the role includes overseeing inventory policy, adjusting planning parameters, participating in cost savings efforts, and releasing manufacturing orders. The Planning Manager will also coordinate engineering changes, product phase-ins/outs, and facilitate daily communication between various departments. This position requires providing product availability information, working with customers on scheduling, generating metric reports, and developing in-depth product knowledge.

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) and 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

Fill in for the Material Planning Supervisor and Master Scheduler as needed.
Work with sales on coordinating customer orders for production to achieve on-time shipment and a high level of customer service.
Update forecasts on an as needed basis based on demand input and design changes.
Lead efforts to improve throughput with a focus on loading, lead-time and optimizing plant capacity.
Review capacity by work-center and rebalance load to optimize customer service.
Work to align original acknowledge and promise dates with customer request dates.
Set up, execution and maintenance of ordering parameters and MRP data.
Monitor capacities and product line delivery performance and daily throughputs.
Monitor inventory levels to avoid potential excess, obsolescence, and shortages.
Oversee Inventory policy through ABCD classification and use of proper planning parameters.
Adjust forecasts and planning parameters as required including safety stocks, reorder points, minimum orders etc. 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 as required.
Work with Customers and Sales Coordinators on scheduling of finished goods to meet customer expectations.
Generates daily, weekly, monthly metric reports.
Develop in-depth knowledge on products and critical operations.