Production Planning and Control Manager

Balanced Body•Sacramento, CA

3d•$125,000 - $135,000•Onsite

About The Position

Balanced Body is a global leader in Pilates and movement equipment. As we scale manufacturing operations, we're creating a new layer of ownership that doesn't exist today: one role responsible end-to-end for connecting customer demand, materials availability, and the production floor. This role exists because that ownership doesn't have a single home today — it's split across planning, purchasing, and operations leadership. We're building it into one seat: someone who runs a disciplined SIOP cycle, owns materials availability end-to-end, and gives the business a scheduling system it can trust — all while coordinating production with an overseas manufacturing partner and supporting a growing European logistics and e-commerce footprint. This is a build role for someone who wants to own outcomes, not just a function — someone equally comfortable running a master scheduling cycle and chasing down a materials shortage before it stops a line.

Requirements

7+ years in production planning/master scheduling and materials/purchasing control in discrete or mixed-mode manufacturing, including time in a lead or manager role.
Has personally run or built a Sales & Operations Planning cycle at a manufacturer, and can point to the result.
Demonstrated experience owning material shortage recovery and supplier/purchase-order escalation, not just production scheduling.
Hands-on experience with an ERP/MRP system for planning and materials management; Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central experience is a plus, not a requirement — the role must be productive quickly, but can ramp on our specific system.
Experience working across time zones and cultures with an overseas manufacturing partner, supplier, or plant.
Proven ability to lead, coach, and develop a small planning team.
A track record of staying calm and decisive when a line is at risk — this role is judged on outcomes when things go wrong, not just when they go right.

Nice To Haves

Automotive or other high-consequence manufacturing background, where a line stop carries a real, immediate cost.
Experience with contract or co-manufacturing oversight, ideally including an Asia-based partner.
European logistics or 3PL exposure.
APICS/CPIM certification, or working knowledge of Lean/Kaizen and Theory of Constraints.
Multilingual (Portuguese, Spanish, or Mandarin) a plus given the international coordination scope.

Responsibilities

Establish and run a monthly Sales & Operations Planning process that translates customer demand and forecasts into a production schedule the business can rely on.
Direct the Master Scheduler and Production Planners in building and maintaining schedules that reflect true capacity and material constraints, not inherited habit.
Take direct ownership of at-risk orders and material shortages — build a recovery process where every at-risk order gets a documented plan and a named owner within 24 hours, before it reaches the floor.
Establish clear ownership and a weekly published number for past-due POs, replacing today's ad hoc, task-force-driven response.
Serve as the primary point of contact for output, quality, and schedule adherence with our overseas contract manufacturing partner.
Partner with European 3PL and e-commerce launch stakeholders to ensure planning and materials processes scale with the business outside the US.
Lead, mentor, and raise the standard of the planning team — turning individual effort into a repeatable, professional discipline.
Move planning knowledge out of individual heads and into a documented, system-supported process.
Define and report on-time delivery, schedule adherence, and stockout/past-due trends; use the numbers to drive continuous improvement.