Planning Manager

Dexter Career•Elk Grove Village, IL

About The Position

Permag is a leading provider of engineered magnetic solutions through its portfolio of specialized brands—Dexter Magnetic Technologies, Electron Energy Corporation (EEC), and Magnetic Component Engineering (MCE). With deep expertise in rare earth materials precision magnetics, and manufacturing excellence, Permag delivers innovative, high-performance solutions for the world’s most demanding industries. Position Summary The Planning Manager is responsible for leading production, material, capacity, and labor planning within a high-mix, low-volume machining and assembly manufacturing environment. This role leads the multi-site Planning team and establishes an effective planning operating system that aligns customer demand, material availability, machine capacity, labor resources, and production priorities. The position also plays a key role in strengthening ERP/MRP planning capabilities, leading the SIOP process, and developing short- and long-term capacity plans.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, Business, or related field.
7+ years of manufacturing planning, scheduling, supply chain, or operations experience, including leadership experience.
Strong experience in a high-mix, low-volume machining and/or assembly manufacturing environment.
Demonstrated experience implementing, configuring, or significantly improving ERP/MRP planning processes and parameters.
Strong understanding of BOMs, routings, work centers, lead times, MRP, capacity planning, and production scheduling.
Experience leading or actively managing a SIOP process and machine/labor capacity planning.
Advanced Excel and ERP/MRP experience; EPICOR experience is a plus.

Nice To Haves

APICS CPIM or CSCP certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead the Planning team responsible for production, material, inventory, and capacity planning.
Develop and maintain master production schedules for high-mix, low-volume machining and assembly operations.
Translate customer demand, backlog, forecasts, and priorities into executable production plans.
Partner with Operations to establish achievable weekly and daily schedules and proactively address schedule risks.
Lead the setup, optimization, and ongoing management of ERP/MRP planning processes.
Establish and maintain planning parameters including lead times, lot sizes, safety stock, planning horizons, and order policies.
Ensure BOMs, routings, work centers, calendars, and planning master data support accurate MRP outputs.
Review MRP recommendations and drive disciplined execution of planned orders, purchase requirements, and production schedules.
Lead the Bi-Weekly SIOP process to align demand, supply, inventory, capacity, and customer requirements.
Consolidate forecasts, backlog, new business, and historical demand into a consensus demand plan.
Develop supply scenarios and identify capacity, labor, material, and supplier constraints.
Present demand/supply gaps, risks, and recommended actions to leadership and translate the approved SIOP plan into tactical execution.
Develop short, medium, and long-term capacity models by machine, work center, manufacturing process, and assembly area.
Compare demand requirements against available machine and labor capacity and identify bottlenecks.
Recommend overtime, additional shifts, cross-training, outsourcing, equipment, or staffing actions.
Develop labor requirements based on production demand, standard hours, skills, and available capacity.
Ensure material plans support production schedules and customer requirements while balancing inventory and working-capital objectives.
Partner with Purchasing to identify shortages and supplier constraints and establish mitigation plans.
Establish planning standard work, cadence, escalation processes, and KPIs.
Drive continuous improvement in schedule adherence, planning accuracy, inventory, lead time, and customer delivery performance.