Senior Production Manager

$95,000 - $115,000/Yr

Acp Connections - Tempe, AZ

Full-time - Mid Level

Tempe, AZ

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Senior Production Planner is responsible for optimizing production planning, scheduling, and supply chain operations. This role ensures efficient management of work orders, inventory, and ERP systems, while fostering cross-functional collaboration and continuous process improvement. This opportunity is a hybrid role and comes with excellent health benefits, dental, vision, great 401K match, and a large PTO package and Paid Holidays.

Responsibilities

• Perform Rough Cut Capacity Planning (RCCP) and Master Production Scheduling (MPS) to align production with demand forecasts and capacity constraints.
• Monitor and optimize planning-related master data, including planning time fences, Bill of Materials (BOM), and manufacturing routes.
• Release work orders to the production team in a timely manner.
• Review parts lists, including multiple parts and vendors.
• Analyze and address any variances as needed.
• Manage MRP, lead times, MOQ, and volume price breaks.
• Oversee routing/BOM and phase-in/phase-out design changes.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain and other departments (Finance, Quality, Sales, etc.) to address and prioritize supply planning issues such as demand-supply gaps, backorders, and unplanned demand changes.
• Participate in Bi-weekly Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning calls.
• Prevent stock-outs that could disrupt production.
• Manage aged inventory and mitigate obsolescence risks (e.g., slow-moving items).
• Maintain inventory accuracy and address root causes of inventory errors.
• Utilize barcoding, Kanban, inventory transactions, and cycle counting techniques.
• Maintain and report on KPIs related to planning adherence, work-in-progress (WIP) monitoring, work center utilization, planning backlog, master data accuracy, customer backorders, lead times, and schedule attainment.
• Prepare and analyze production planning reports, including adherence, utilization, and capacity metrics.
• Drive continuous process improvements within the planning function to boost efficiency and effectiveness.
• Implement best practices in planning and supply chain management to enhance overall performance.
• Release requirements to suppliers in a timely manner, adhering to lead times.
• Maintain and communicate supplier promised dates, addressing significant deviations promptly.
• Provide current drawings/specifications as applicable and share supplier change notifications with Supplier Quality Management, Engineering, and Production.
• Coordinate with warehouse and finance to ensure timely processing of receipts and invoices.
• Purchase raw materials, expense MRO materials, services, and equipment to support plant operations.
• Procure direct materials (including off-the-shelf and specific components), services related to product manufacturing, indirect materials for internal use, contract services (e.g., maintenance and calibration), and commercial equipment/tooling.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (Preferred)
• 1 year of production planning experience (Preferred)
• 1 year of operations experience (Preferred)
• 1 year of manufacturing experience (Preferred)
• 1 year of inventory management experience (Preferred)
• 1 year of project management experience (Preferred)
• 1 year of ERP systems experience (Preferred)
• 1 year of capacity planning experience (Preferred)
• 1 year of data management experience (Preferred)
• 1 year of JD Edwards experience (Preferred)
• APICS Certification OR CPM (Preferred)

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance