Planning Manager

Marotta Controls•Montville, NJ

7d•$136,285 - $145,182•Onsite

About The Position

Elevate your career at Marotta Controls, a New Jersey Top Workplace three years running! Dedicated to innovation, quality and excellence, we deliver cutting edge control systems for the Aerospace & Defense industry. At Marotta, we value bold thinking and teamwork, and we empower our employees to push boundaries while delivering top-tier solutions to our customers. Our team fosters a fun, collaborative culture where creativity and technical excellence thrive! Your next big opportunity starts here. Be part of a company where your work supports a mission that makes a difference—apply today! Marotta Controls, Inc. specializes in the design, development, and production of precision control components and systems. Founded in 1943, Marotta has been at the forefront of Aerospace & Defense milestones for over 80 years from breaking the sound barrier on the Bell X-1 and landing the first man on the moon to playing a critical role on today’s advanced U.S Navy platforms as well as the emerging commercial Space industry. Our products and expertise range from high performance valves to complete sub-systems that integrate electronic controls, actuators, and power conversion systems. We have received over 200 patents for our technologies and support the most demanding applications found on military aircraft, tactical systems, submarines, surface ships, satellites and space launch vehicles. Our teams have repeatedly been recognized for outstanding performance by some of the most prestigious organizations in the world including The Boeing Company, Lockheed Martin, NASA & Northrop Grumman.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree.
Minimum of 10 years in planning/scheduling in fast pace mixed product manufacturing.
APICS or CPIM certified
Demonstrated experience supporting production cells and driving to meet customer and fiscal targets.
Strong knowledge of MRP systems, planning and scheduling activities.
Significant knowledge of LEAN Manufacturing principles.
Excellent verbal/written communication skills required for multi-faceted interactions with all levels of personnel within the organization, as well as outside agents, including but not limited to suppliers, customers, etc.
Strong computer literacy with Excel; export system data into Excel to perform analysis.
Must be a US Citizen.

Responsibilities

Generate and manage accurate forecasts. Provide Monthly, Quarterly, and yearly revenue forecasts.
Perform Master scheduling.
Adhere to customer deliveries.
Lead weekly production meeting to ensure successful execution.
Manages a team of Planners and Material Coordinators, provides guidance and support as needed. Perform quarterly check-ins and yearly performance reviews.
Ensure team is planning properly by monitoring bookings, engineering change orders and MRP outputs.
Provide accurate lead time and cadence quotes to customer service.
Provides support to operations to meet production schedules and customer requirements.
Interfaces with Production Managers and Program Managers on the planning and forecasting of customer orders to meet shipments.
Manages requirements of production concurrent with new development programs.
Manage work order material flow from inception through completion.
Manage component shortages to resolution.
Perform planning and production tasks, anticipate program needs, and expedite material and tool requirements for production, manufacturing, and assembly operations.
Schedule production factoring in work orders, maintenance, new product development, inventory availability and capacity planning.
Measure performance of all critical factors to ensure compliance to plans to include publishing of KPI’s.
Lead issue resolution when products are behind schedule or at risk of being behind schedule.
Own production orders from start to finish, recording time and output and troubleshooting any discrepancies immediately with a common goal of correcting the problems.
Interface with manufacturing, engineering, quality, supply chain and management as a liaison to provide timely status of work products and / or problem identification and resolution.
Ensures the ERP system integrity to drive material and production schedules and execute processes per requirements. Maintain ERP system parameters including material master data and performance criteria.
Manage exception messages
Manage capacity levels for assigned resources and provide options for constraint management.
Establish safety stock, minimum order quantities and yield.
Monitor and manage run sizes and run frequencies within the assigned production lines and be actively involved in the stock planning process.