Master Planner

Come be an Employee-Owner of one of the nation’s largest producers of metal roofing and siding!  We sell, manufacture, build, and distribute metal building components and packages. Since 1988 we’ve grown to over 13 locations nationwide. We make raving fans of our customers with our “right, on time, every time” commitment.
So, who are we looking for?  

People who “Own It” – Commitment to the customer, the company, and each other:
You are customer-focused with an eye for detail.
You are reliable.

People who “Can Do” – Our Attitude: 
You are an innovative thinker pursuing continuous improvement.
You embrace teamwork.
You want to positively make an impact and open to change.

People who “Act in Love” – Treats others with humility, respect, kindness, honesty, patience, and self-control.
You enjoy giving back to your community.  We take great pride in the communities we live in, so we give back with our time and talents. Each year you can take paid time off to support a cause close to your heart.

And what will you do?

Summary:   

The Master Planner is responsible for developing, implementing, and improving tools to facilitate the production forecasting, planning, and scheduling from new product request through shipment in all manufacturing locations. This will require development of capacity measurement, balancing and long-term planning of capacities across multiple manufacturing locations. The Master Planner will monitor the daily demand vs capacity in each site to determine when and if there is a need to move production orders between sites (balancing customer and internal needs). The Master Planner will support the company-wide Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP) meetings to ensure sales forecast, material inventories, and production capacities align with company operating objectives, developing, and implementing corrective actions in the event that problems are detected. The role is also responsible for identifying future capacity constraints and working with the Division leadership to develop plans to address.

Core Functions:
•    Creates, maintains, and updates operations capacity, planning and scheduling processes, procedures, standards and visual management tools for all sites.
•    Consults with plants on production efficiency opportunities and participates in root cause activities for scheduling, planning, capacity, or delivery related problems.
•    Actively monitors production requirements across all facilities, anticipating, identifying, and preventing capacity issues while helping to balance utilization of people and equipment.
•    Recommends changes to Sales in the delivery schedule based on capacity schedules to offer premium service to our customers.
•    Drives awareness of capacity/throughput shortcomings and opportunities through creating and maintaining data and scorecards and distributing the information to the facilities in a visual and “real-time” manner.
•    Owns process for capacity management through sales, operations planning and materials requirements planning (SIOP).
•    Provides input to Sales and Operations on operation plans based on capacity and volume information/data in daily, mid-term, and 5 year business planning.
•    Collaborates with IT on the development or integration of systems that increase the functionality of the company’s scheduling and planning tools and other related projects.
•    Interacts with the appropriate site management on a daily basis to resolve issues regarding production planning.
•    Establishes clear feedback loops to allow for systems, processes, and plans to continually improve over time.
•    Oversees companywide production as related to the 24 hour and 3 week scheduling plans.
•    Coordinates and assists each site in capacity planning activities & training.

Key Measures of Success:   
•    Good Communicator- ability to communicate both written and verbal.
•    Active listening- gives full attention to others, taking time to understand their viewpoint and not interrupting inappropriately.
•    Demonstrated ability to listen and react to employee concerns.
•    Excellent oral and written communication
•    Skilled at processing information- compiling, categorizing, calculating, auditing, and verifying information or data.
•    Consistently exhibits and displays the company’s values of “Own It. Can Do. Act in Love.” 
•    Own It – Commitment to customer, company, and each other.
•    Can Do – Team Player, Open to Change, & Pursuing continuous improvement.
•    Act in Love – Treating others with humility, respectfulness, kindness, honesty, patience, and self-control.

Education & Experience:     

Minimum Required:
•    Bachelor’s degree in related field or a minimum of 5 years of experience in a logistics planning role or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical Demands & Work Environment:
Work is performed in an office environment. This role will routinely utilize standard office equipment to perform the core functions listed in this job description. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies as well as communicate verbally and electronically. The work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive reading to perform the core functions listed in this job description.  

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform core functions.

Travel

Occasional travel to sites.

Benefits Offered:

At Central States, we are an ESOP. That means each one of our employees is an owner of the company and receives an allocation of stock every year. This allows all our employees to share in the wealth and success of the company. We also offer:

•    401K Match
•    Education assistance available – Up to $5,250 each year
•    Profit-Sharing bonus or own it bonus
•    Medical – 100% employer-paid coverage available
•    Dental
•    Vision
•    Holiday pay
•    Vacation pay
•    Employee Assistance Program providing Confidential Emotional Support, Work and Lifestyle Support, Legal Guidance, Financial Resources and Digital Support
•    Care Guides to help employees navigate the complex healthcare system
•    Life insurance – 1.5x annual salary – 100% employer paid
•    Wellness Program – earn up to $1,200 annually when enrolling in a medical plan!
•    Health Savings Accounts
•    Flexible Spending Accounts
•    Short-Term Disability
•    Long-Term Disability – 100% employer paid
•    Performance based merit increases
•    SHINE program – Employee Financial Assistance and Dependent Scholarships!


Central States Manufacturing, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Salary : $1,200 - $5,250