Master Planner & Scheduling Supervisor

Guardian Industries; Campinas; On-site; BRL 380,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Guardian Industries is seeking a Regional Master Planning & Scheduling Manager to connect strategic objectives with operational execution across the region. This role will balance service, inventory, capacity, and financial performance while enabling fast, high-quality decision-making in a complex manufacturing environment.

The candidate will lead planning capabilities, influence key business decisions, and develop future leaders within the regional supply chain organization.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Supply Chain Planning processes including S&OP, S&OE, master planning, capacity planning, inventory management, and production scheduling.
• Experience making business decisions balancing service, inventory, capacity, constraints and financial objectives.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and align multiple functions and levels.
• Professional proficiency in English.

Responsibilities

• Drive alignment between business priorities and operational execution through S&OP/ S&OE processes.
• Optimize inventory, capacity and service while improving profitability via master planning.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to evaluate scenarios and advise on trade-offs.
• Strengthen planning performance by identifying opportunities and removing constraints.
• Lead continuous improvement to raise planning maturity and decision quality.
• Build relationships across Commercial, Operations, Finance, Logistics to enable collaboration.
• Coach and develop future planning leaders and teams.

Skills

S&OP planning

Stakeholder influence

Analytical thinking

Data-driven decisions

Scheduling expertise

Team coaching

Education

APICS CPIM or CSCP certification

Tools

Planning systems

Business intelligence tools

ERP systems

Job description

Your Job

As a Regional Master Planning & Scheduling Manager, you will play a critical role in connecting strategic business objectives with operational execution across the region. This newly created leadership position will drive planning excellence by balancing service, inventory, capacity, and financial performance while enabling fast, high-quality decision-making in a complex manufacturing environment.

Your Job

As a Regional Master Planning & Scheduling Manager, you will play a critical role in connecting strategic business objectives with operational execution across the region. This newly created leadership position will drive planning excellence by balancing service, inventory, capacity, and financial performance while enabling fast, high-quality decision-making in a complex manufacturing environment. We are looking for a leader who thrives in ambiguity, challenges the status quo, and creates value through collaboration, analytical thinking, and talent development. In this role, you will influence key business decisions, strengthen planning capabilities, and help shape the future of the regional supply chain organization.

Our Team

Our Supply Chain Planning team serves as the link between commercial strategy and operational execution. We work closely with Manufacturing, Operations, Finance, Logistics, Customer Service, Procurement, and Commercial teams to optimize business performance and deliver value to customers. As part of this team, you will lead the regional planning and scheduling capability while partnering with stakeholders across multiple functions and geographies to ensure alignment and execution.

What You Will Do

• Drive alignment between business priorities and operational execution by connecting S&OP plans with day‑to‑day decision making through the S&OE process.
• Optimize inventory, capacity utilization, customer service, and profitability through effective master planning strategies and data‑driven decision making.
• Partner with cross‑functional stakeholders to evaluate business scenarios, manage trade‑offs, and deliver recommendations that maximize value creation.
• Strengthen planning performance by identifying opportunities, removing constraints, and improving execution across the supply chain.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives that enhance planning maturity, decision quality, and business results.
• Build strong relationships across Commercial, Operations, Finance, Customer Service, and Supply Chain teams to drive collaboration and achieve shared objectives.
• Develop future leaders by coaching team members and creating an environment that supports growth, learning, and high performance.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Knowledge of Supply Chain Planning processes, including S&OP, S&OE, master planning, capacity planning, inventory management, and production scheduling.
• Experience making business decisions that balance service, inventory, capacity, operational constraints, and financial objectives.
• Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment across multiple functions and levels of an organization.
• Professional proficiency in English.

What Will Put You Ahead

• APICS CPIM or CSCP certification.
• Experience in asset‑intensive, continuous‑process, automotive, metallurgical, glass, or other complex manufacturing environments.
• Strong financial acumen with experience evaluating business trade‑offs and scenario planning.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Theory of Constraints, or supply chain transformation initiatives.
• Advanced analytical skills and experience leveraging planning systems, reporting tools, and business intelligence solutions.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Who We Are

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company. Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.