Production Planning Manager

• Production Planning Manager
• Weimar, TX
• Days, Monday-Friday
• Rubber Molding
• $75,000 - 104,000 salary 15% bonus

We are working with an established rubber molding company based in Weimar, TX . They are recruiting for a Production Planning Manager to join their team on Days (Mon-Fri) in return for a salary of $75,000 - 104,000 along with excellent employment benefits which include 401K, Healthcare, Vision, and Dental.

Essential Functions:

• Directly responsible for order commitment, the scheduling of sales orders, on-time delivery, inventory impact and cash flow performance.
• Manage end to end needs with urgent orders to include analyzing impact, communication with cross functional teams to identify, resolve critical issues, and implement actions to resolve
• Manage production plans, OTD reports, status reports and coordinate materials with internal and across multiple manufacturing sites
• Communicate regularly with customer service, sales, purchasing and inventory teams to make best decision on trends, inventory level goals, customer order fill rates and variable demand signals
• Resolve production problems and escalate issues to management promptly
• Support the team when escalation is required with procurement/manufacturing/customer service team to mitigate critical paths to meet customer deliverables.
• Acts as the primary communication contact (internal and external) for the applicable product group within the organization.
• Works with customer service team to identify customer priorities and communicates schedule changes to production manufacturing manager.
• Coordinates and communicates product delivery and cost requirements to the key support functions to meet schedule shipments
• Mentors, Trains, and supports the team to execute daily activities to meet objectives

Other Requirements:

• Good understanding of Supply Chain Metrics
• Experience managing and directing external partners with day-to-day priorities and assisting to resolve problems
• Experience leading cross-functional teams efficiently and effectively to resolve issues and proactively communicate needs
• Background managing different facets of production from start to finish
• Demonstrates proactive problem-solving skills
• Detail orientated with strong follow-through skills
• Ability to react to change/flexibility
• Has a sense of urgency in managing time and while accomplishing tasks
• Strong organizational skills
• Must have exceptional computer skills, including Excel, Access, and other Microsoft Office Products
• CPIM Certification a plus
• Understanding of S&OP a plus
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain or equivalent education and experience
• 7 years’ progressive experience in production planning and/or supply chain
• Good understanding of Project Management process and full understanding of business processes and systems
• Demonstrated experience in product planning and scheduling
• Good persuasive, negotiation, communication and interpersonal skills and project planning ability
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and changing priorities in a fast-paced environment

How To Apply

• Contact: Bryce Charles
• Reach out at (619) 354-7388
• Job reference number: 1955
• If you would like to find out more, simply click apply.

This position is commutable from: Schulenburg TX, Columbus TX, Flatonia TX, La Grange TX, Hallettsville TX, Eagle Lake TX, Sheridan TX, Sealy TX, Brookshire TX.

Relevant Job Title: Supply Chain Manager, Production Scheduler, Manufacturing Planner, Operations Manager, Inventory Control Manager, Materials Manager, Production Control Manager, Logistics Manager, Demand Planning Manager, Manufacturing Coordinator

All applicants must live in the USA and be eligible to work and live in the USA. Please note, our client is unable to offer Sponsorship or Visa support for this role.

Due to the sheer volume of applications, we will only contact successful applications. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 10 working days, please deem your application as unsuccessful.

Axion Recruitment is working as a recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy.