Senior Manager, Material Planning
About The Position
The Senior Manager, Material Planning establishes policies that guide strategies and execution of planning tools, processes, and personnel for raw-component-level planning. The role oversees component yield planning, lineside kanban sizing, MRP plan-load accuracy, ECO process guidance and best practices, component planning and excess-and-obsolete (E&O) mitigation for major product transitions, and chronic-shortage analysis. It collaborates with Planning, Procurement, Manufacturing, and Service teams to streamline component planning and material flow, drive operational excellence, and develop recovery plans for chronic shortages. The position is accountable for component-level MRP integrity and material planning, including component buffering, inventory strategies, E&O analysis, yield planning, and material-load reviews. It leads lineside kanban sizing and implementation, shortage recovery and material-flow improvements, inter-factory transfers and raw-material allocation, and planning activities for product transitions and new product introduction (NPI). It also establishes performance metrics and facilitates improvements to planning tools and ERP/MRP functionality for scalable raw-material planning.
Requirements
- Detailed understanding of material planning, demand scheduling, and supply planning.
- Strong knowledge of ERP systems and advanced planning systems.
- Process-driven mindset, data and analytical capabilities, problem-solving skills, and ability to drive future system and process solutions.
- Ability to resolve conflicts, build consensus, and gain stakeholder commitment to achieve results.
- Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional colleagues in matrixed, multinational environments and promote best practices in systems, tools, processes, and planning competencies.
- Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and executive communication skills, with the ability to interact professionally with diverse internal customers.
- Master's or bachelor's degree, or equivalent.
- At least 12 years of experience in Production Planning, Demand/Supply Planning, Purchasing, or Inventory Management.
- At least 5 years of experience directly managing high-performing teams.
Nice To Haves
- Multi-plant work experience.
- Experience in medium-to-large medical-device manufacturing organizations within multinational and cross-matrixed management settings.
- Master's-level degree in engineering, supply chain/business management, or finance.
- Significant experience with core business systems, including SAP, Agile, and advanced planning solutions.
Responsibilities
- Understand finished-good and subassembly demand and communicate demand changes at the component level.
- Maintain component-level MRP integrity and oversee component buffering, inventory strategies, E&O analysis, and root-cause analysis.
- Lead component-level yield-planning reviews and the material-load process, collaborating with Procurement on historical trends, forward planning, and scrap-reduction opportunities.
- Lead lineside kanban sizing and closed-loop implementation of recommended sizing with Manufacturing, Warehouse, and Inventory Control teams.
- Identify chronic shortages with Production Planning and Manufacturing, and coordinate critical priorities and recovery plans with Procurement.
- Improve material-flow processes from warehouses to manufacturing lines.
- Manage material flow between factories, including transfers and raw-material allocation across production lines, warehouses, and factory locations.
- Coordinate planning and procurement activities for major product transitions to minimize raw-material E&O through communication, best-practice sharing, impact assessment, and mitigation actions.
- Supervise alternate-parts planning to ensure raw-component data integrity.
- Drive periodic reviews and cleanup of NPI planning materials in NPI locations.
- Establish key performance metrics and facilitate enhancements to planning tools and ERP/MRP system functionality.
- Lead operational excellence projects and initiatives to achieve business outcomes.
Benefits
- Market-competitive compensation packages, including base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
