Manager Materials and Manufacturing Planning

• Fill in for the Material Planning Supervisor and Master Scheduler as needed.
• Work with sales on coordinating customer orders for production to achieve on-time shipment and a high level of customer service.
• Update forecasts on an as needed basis based on demand input and design changes.
• Lead efforts to improve throughput with a focus on loading, lead-time and optimizing plant capacity
• Review capacity by work-center and rebalance load to optimize customer service
• Work to align original acknowledge and promise dates with customer request dates
• Set up, execution and maintenance of ordering parameters and MRP data.
• Monitor capacities and product line delivery performance and daily throughputs.
• Monitor inventory levels to avoid potential excess, obsolescence, and shortages.
• Oversee Inventory policy through ABCD classification and use of proper planning parameters.
• Adjust forecasts and planning parameters as required including safety stocks, reorder points, minimum orders etc. in adherence with Vertiv guidelines
• Participate in cost savings efforts
• Review and release manufacturing orders for sub-assemblies and finished goods
• Participate in daily production and planning meetings.
• Coordinate Engineering changes and product phase in and phase out.
• Daily coordination of information between production, purchasing, sales, shipping and engineering.
• Represent the group in relevant meetings and act as a liaison
• Provide product availability and shipping information to sales and or customers as required
• Work with Customers and Sales Coordinators on scheduling of finished goods to meet customer expectations
• Generates daily, weekly, monthly metric reports
• Develop in-depth knowledge on products and critical operations

QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum Qualifications: (education, experience level, knowledge, skills, designations/certifications).

• BS is business administration, or related field.
• 5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment, materials management or material planning function.
• Experience in an industrial, high mix job shop environment 
• Very proficient in spreadsheets, MS Office.
• Hands on experience with calculating safety stocks, reorder points (MIN/MAX) and forecasting and inventory turns.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills and ability to work at different levels of the organization
• Experience with ERP / MRP systems

Preferred Qualifications:

• APICS or CPM certification

Bi-lingual