Planning Manager

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Omron is a leading global manufacturer of industrial automation products focused on sensing and control technologies. Omron Automation has locations in Greer, SC, Renton, WA, Chatsworth, CA, and Amherst, NH where we design and manufacture technologically-complex electronics that are used in industrial automation applications by manufacturers across the globe.

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The Planning Manager oversees and directs a team of Planning professionals focused on creating and maintaining accurate demand forecasts by analyzing historical data, and working with Program Managers to capture market trends, and customer insights. As well as developing and maintaining production schedules to ensure efficient manufacturing operations and working with production supervisors to optimize production capacity to meet demand while minimizing overruns.

This role is responsible for ensuring inventory stock and reserves are maintained at appropriate levels. This role also contributes to the development of long-term manufacturing and business strategies to ensure the company's competitiveness and success in the marketplace by optimizing production schedules for complex production planning tasks for various product families. In addition to production scheduling, material planning, and capacity management, the Planning Manager provides leadership and mentorship to senior and junior planners.

Responsibilities:

• Production Scheduling: Develop and maintain production schedules to ensure efficient manufacturing operations based upon MRP, level loading, inventory strategy, lot sizing and others.
• Material Planning: Coordinate with procurement to ensure the availability of raw materials and components needed for production.
• Forecasting: Create and maintain accurate forecasts based on historical data, and feedback from Program managers on market trends and customer insights.
• Capacity Planning: Work with production supervisors to optimize production capacity to meet demand while minimizing overruns.
• Work Order Management: Create and manage work orders for production tasks and monitor their progress.
• Inventory Control: Keep track of inventory levels and manage inventory turnover rates.
• Cost Optimization: Work on cost reduction strategies without compromising quality.
• Collaboration: Communicate with various teams, such as procurement, production, and quality assurance, to ensure a smooth production process.
• Strategic Planning: Determine inventory strategy in conjunction with Production leadership.
• Status Monitoring: Monitor capacity, level loads, and adjust plans as appropriate and update MRP data for the planning factors, including safety stock, lead-time, order multipliers, minimum order quantity and others.
• Communication: Proactively communicate with foreseeable issues to Production, Sales, Customer Service and other relevant partners and coordinate with Operations on any critical schedule and/or priorities.
• Compliance: Ensure all planning and purchasing practices are in compliance with company policies and appropriate state and federal laws.
• Analysis: Analyze data, generate reports, and make recommendations as appropriate for the purchasing process and systems.
• Complex Projects: Manage complex production planning projects and tasks.
• Process Optimization: Develop and implement strategies for continuous process improvement, to include recommendations for MRP modifications.
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate potential risks to production schedules and costs.
• Documentation: Maintain accurate records and documentation of production activities.

Manager’s Duties

• Team Leadership: Foster a team environment by willingly training and mentoring employees. Provide guidance and mentorship to junior planners within the team.
• Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of the planning staff
• Fulfill manager responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable law, including interviewing, hiring, training and staffing employees.
• Plan, assign and direct work; to include appraising performance, rewarding, and disciplining employees, addressing complaints, and resolving problems.
• Duties and responsibilities are to be performed directly or judiciously delegated to subordinates as most appropriate for the situation.

Administrative

• Provide input for the monthly operations report.
• Prepare periodic and ad hoc reports and schedules.
• Work on assigned projects such as NPI projects, inventory analysis, technical proposals, and cost reduction activities.
• Interact and collaborate with employees and internal stakeholders in a positive and productive manner with all levels throughout the organization.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, such as supply chain management, industrial engineering, or business.
• 5 years of experience planning production schedules in a manufacturing environment (8 years preferred)
• Advanced forecasting and data analysis skills.
• Strong strategic planning and business acumen.
• Advanced knowledge of manufacturing planning and supply chain management.
• Proven expertise in tracking and analyzing MRP variables (e.g., lead times, order policies and modifiers, BOMs, bills of operations, Kanban material flow and product manufacturing strategies)
• Leadership and mentoring skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively and efficiently level load plans and understand capacity analysis.
• Proficiency in data analysis and modeling.
• Proficiency with using manufacturing planning software and tools.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills

Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Omron we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Omron is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, we comply with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.