Sr. Manager, Planning

**SR PLANNING MANAGER**

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This position coordinates and manages the Planning Department and associated Planners and / or BOM Specialists. Provides training and monitors planning activities and metrics.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Develops and implements the company's production control functions including any of the following activities: production planning/coordination, shop scheduling and dispatching, material requirements, planning systems, work-in-process tracking, material and labor variance controls, and manufacturing performance reporting.
- Ensure that S&OE and S&OP are sustained at the intended maturity level with adherence to the relevant weekly and monthly processes.
- Selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function..
- Responsible for planning, reviewing, and developing production procedures and personnel.
- Coordinate activities with materials function using enterprise resource planning systems.
- Develop metrics and analytics to report manufacturing performance such as OTD, Manufacturing Lead-Times, CTB, Adherence to plans.
- Periodically conduct health check on the process and outcome. Manage projects to implement improvements to the process.
- Manages ECO (Enterprise Change Order) Implementation within group.
- Adhere to organizational requirements on quality management, health and safety, code of conduct, legal stipulations, environmental, 5S policies and general duty of care.
- Others duties as assigned.

**WORK ENVIRONMENT**
- Location: Mexicali
- Works in standard office environment
- Works in a fast-paced manufacturing environment with manufactuing escalations to resolve
- Must also be able to navigate through the production environment, following the processes and procedures dictated in manufacturing.

**QUALIFICATIONS & CAPABILITIES**:

- Ability to clearly articulate information at customer, executive, peer or team in a clear and persuasive manner, both orally and in writing.
- Strong analytical skills to drive data driven engagements
- Strong SAP knowledge (R3, S4, PPDS, IBP)
- Capability to respond quickly, decisively, assertively, and professionally to changing requirements in demand, product description, and material demand.
- Ability to manage and lead a staff of professional Production Planners.
- Ability to organize, schedule, coordinate, and negotiate effectively and to set priorities in a manner which ensures maximum performance and goal accomplishment.
- Strong theoretical and practical knowledge of demand-based manufacturing systems.
- Ability to define a roadmap to enhance current ways of working
- Excellent analytical skills, including Power BI, Tableau, Excel
- Excellent presentation skills, Word, Power Point
- Strong organizational skills
- Process driven individual
- Ability to work with several projects simultaneously
- Ability to motivate others in a team environment
- Sales and Operation Plannings (S&OP) Experience

**EXPERIENCE**:
**Essential**:

- Minimum 7 years of experience working in a manufacturing and production arrangement as well as new product introduction environment.
- Proven track record of success and growth in positions of increasing responsibility.
- Experience in a high mix/low volume, pull-based manufacturing environment.
- Previous experience in production planning required.
- Previous experience managing people desired.

**Desirable**:
**EDUCATION**:
**Essential**:

- College / Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, Production Operations Management, Materials Management, or Engineering, or closely related field that is equivalent education and/or experience.

**Desirable**:

- Prefer MBA or post-graduate degree.
- APICS CPIM Certification strongly desired.
- Six-Sigma Training/Green Belt Certification desired