Production Planning and Control Manager

Balanced Body Inc•Sacramento, CA

12h•$125,000 - $135,000

About The Position

Balanced Body is seeking a Production Planning and Control Manager to establish and own end-to-end production planning and materials availability. This role is crucial for connecting customer demand, materials availability, and the production floor, especially as manufacturing operations scale. The ideal candidate will build and manage a disciplined SIOP cycle, own materials availability, and ensure a reliable scheduling system. This role involves coordinating with an overseas manufacturing partner and supporting international logistics growth. It's a 'build' role for someone who wants to own outcomes and is comfortable with both strategic scheduling and tactical problem-solving. This position is designed to consolidate ownership that is currently split across planning, purchasing, and operations leadership. The manager will be responsible for translating customer demand into a production schedule, managing master scheduling and production planning, owning materials and shortage recovery, and reducing past-due purchase orders. Additionally, the role involves coordinating with contract manufacturers, supporting international logistics, coaching the planning team, documenting processes, and owning planning and materials KPIs.

Requirements

Combined planning and materials experience: 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.
Proven SIOP ownership: Has personally run or built a Sales & Operations Planning cycle at a manufacturer, and can point to the result.
Materials shortage management: Demonstrated experience owning material shortage recovery and supplier/purchase-order escalation, not just production scheduling.
ERP proficiency: 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.
Cross-border coordination: Experience working across time zones and cultures with an overseas manufacturing partner, supplier, or plant.
People leadership: Proven ability to lead, coach, and develop a small planning team.
Composure under pressure: 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

Own the SIOP cycle: Establish and run a monthly Sales & Operations Planning process that translates customer demand and forecasts into a production schedule the business can rely on.
Lead master scheduling and production planning: Direct the Master Scheduler and Production Planners in building and maintaining schedules that reflect true capacity and material constraints, not inherited habit.
Own materials and shortage recovery: 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.
Burn down past-due purchase orders: Establish clear ownership and a weekly published number for past-due POs, replacing today's ad hoc, task-force-driven response.
Coordinate contract manufacturing: Serve as the primary point of contact for output, quality, and schedule adherence with our overseas contract manufacturing partner.
Support international logistics growth: Partner with European 3PL and e-commerce launch stakeholders to ensure planning and materials processes scale with the business outside the US.
Coach and develop the planning team: Lead, mentor, and raise the standard of the planning team — turning individual effort into a repeatable, professional discipline.
Document and systematize scheduling logic: Move planning knowledge out of individual heads and into a documented, system-supported process.
Own the planning and materials KPIs: Define and report on-time delivery, schedule adherence, and stockout/past-due trends; use the numbers to drive continuous improvement.