BPO Production Planning BU Americas

Georg Fischer LLC; Irvine (CA); Remote; USD 80,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Georg Fischer LLC in Irvine, CA seeks an experienced Production Planning Lead to own end-to-end planning across APS and SAP S/4HANA environments. You will drive standards, governance, and process improvements while coordinating with Manufacturing, IT, and business partners.

The role emphasizes reducing manual work, improving data quality, and delivering measurable improvements in service levels, inventory, and schedule reliability. Travel to facilities is expected as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Business, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 7+ years of experience in production planning, supply chain management, and business process ownership within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of production planning, MRP, capacity planning, scheduling, inventory management, and manufacturing operations.
• Experience supporting SAP S/4HANA production planning or related supply chain processes.

Responsibilities

• Own and continuously improve end-to-end production planning processes across APS and SAP S/4HANA environments.
• Establish and maintain planning standards, governance, workflows, and business rules.
• Drive process consistency while accommodating legitimate operational requirements across manufacturing sites.
• Support deployment, stabilization, and enhancement of APS solutions.
• Partner with business and IT to define requirements, testing strategies, integrations, and process improvements.
• Ensure planning systems reflect manufacturing constraints, capacities, resources, and priorities.
• Analyze planning performance and identify opportunities to improve service, inventory, schedules, and utilization.
• Lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions for recurring planning issues.
• Reduce manual processes, improve data quality, and increase planning efficiency.
• Develop and maintain planning metrics, reports, and dashboards for decision-making.
• Monitor KPIs including schedule attainment, inventory levels, material availability, capacity utilization, lead times, and planning stability.
• Translate data insights into actionable recommendations for business leaders.
• Develop user documentation and training materials; provide coaching to planners and users.
• Drive system adoption and continuous improvement through stakeholder engagement.
• Lead or participate in SAP S/4HANA/APS projects and cross-functional initiatives.
• Coordinate activities across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, IT, and partners.
• Manage project deliverables, risks, actions, and readiness activities.

Skills

MRP knowledge

Capacity planning

Scheduling

Inventory management

SAP S/4HANA

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Excel

BI tools

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field

Tools

Power BI

Power Query

Job description

The BPO Production Planning, BU America serves as the business owner for production planning processes across the APS and SAP S/4HANA landscape. This role bridges Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Information Technology to drive planning excellence, operational performance, and system adoption. The position is responsible for improving end-to-end planning processes, supporting APS implementation and optimization, and ensuring planning decisions deliver measurable business results in customer service, inventory, capacity utilization, productivity, and schedule reliability.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

• Business Process Ownership Own and continuously improve end-to-end production planning processes across APS and SAP S/4HANA environments.
• Establish and maintain planning standards, governance, workflows, and business rules.
• Drive process consistency while accommodating legitimate operational requirements across manufacturing sites.
• Planning Systems & Optimization Support deployment, stabilization, and continuous enhancement of Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) solutions.
• Partner with business and IT teams to define requirements, testing strategies, integrations, and process improvements.
• Ensure planning systems accurately reflect manufacturing constraints, capacities, resources, and business priorities.
• Operational Excellence Analyze planning performance and identify opportunities to improve service levels, inventory performance, production schedules, and resource utilization.
• Lead root-cause analysis and implement corrective actions to address recurring planning issues.
• Reduce manual processes, improve data quality, and increase planning efficiency.
• Analytics & Decision Support Develop and maintain planning metrics, reports, and dashboards to support operational decision-making.
• Monitor key performance indicators including schedule attainment, inventory levels, material availability, capacity utilization, lead times, and planning stability.
• Translate data insights into actionable recommendations for business leaders.
• Change Management & Training Develop user documentation, process guides, and training materials.
• Provide training and coaching to planners, schedulers, and business users.
• Drive system adoption and continuous improvement through effective stakeholder engagement.
• Project Leadership Lead or participate in production planning, SAP S/4HANA, APS, and operational improvement initiatives.
• Coordinate activities across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, IT, and external implementation partners.
• Manage project deliverables, risks, actions, and business readiness activities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Business, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in production planning, supply chain management, and business process ownership within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of production planning, MRP, capacity planning, scheduling, inventory management, and manufacturing operations.
• Experience supporting SAP S/4HANA production planning or related supply chain processes.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into process improvements and system solutions.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and business intelligence/reporting tools.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience implementing or supporting Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) solutions.
• Experience integrating planning applications with SAP S/4HANA.
• Experience supporting multi-site manufacturing operations.
• Knowledge of Power BI, Power Query, or similar analytics platforms.
• Lean, Six Sigma, APICS/ASCM CPIM, CSCP, or SAP certifications.

Physical Requirements & Work Environment

Ability to travel as needed to support manufacturing facilities, project implementations, and operational initiatives up to 15%. This is a remote position that requires periodic travel to manufacturing facilities and exposure to production-area conditions.

Safety & Quality

Follow all Georg Fischer safety, environmental, and quality standards, policies, and procedures. Promote a culture of safety, continuous improvement, accountability, and operational excellence. Support GF's commitment to sustainability, compliance, and employee well-being.

Salary Range

Salary Range: $80,000 - $140,000 Per Year + Bonus

We're GF, the global leader in Flow Solutions, solving some of the world's most urgent challenges from ensuring access to clean water, supporting safe industrial processes and building critical infrastructure to enabling efficient buildings. We provide solutions that make an impact for millions of people. That's what we call the Plus Effect, and it starts with you. We need people who bring exceptional performance, curiosity and a readiness to challenge the status quo. In return, you'll thrive in collaborative teams that push each other to grow through the impact you create for customers, communities and society. Shape the future of Flow Solutions and your own.