Director of Planning and Production Coordination

TrueNorth Steel; Fargo (ND); On-site; USD 139,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits package

Job summary

TrueNorth Steel in Fargo, ND seeks a Director of Planning and Production Coordination to lead enterprise planning and production coordination across CSP, Tank and Structural lines. You will establish standard planning practices, balance capacity across sites, and ensure readiness for customer commitments.

You will drive cross-functional collaboration with Manufacturing, Sales, Engineering, and Finance, while governing planning data in SyteLine, Tekla and other systems, and leading site reviews

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years in manufacturing ops, planning, or related fields preferred.
• 5+ years of leadership experience preferred.
• Experience leading multi-site planning and ERP-driven processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise planning and production coordination across multiple product lines.
• Establish and enforce planning standards, capacity alignment, and readiness metrics.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to resolve planning constraints.
• Govern planning data in SyteLine, Tekla and other approved systems.
• Provide regular updates on planning risks, capacity, and actions.

Skills

Manufacturing planning

Capacity management

Production coordination

ERP systems

Cross-functional leadership

Data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree in Operations Management, Supply Chain, Engineering or related field

Tools

SyteLine

Tekla

Job description

Director of Planning and Production Coordination

Job Category: Production Management

Requisition Number: DIREC003234

• Posted : October 30, 2026
• Full-Time
• On-site

Locations

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Corporate Office
4401 Main Ave
Fargo, ND 58103, USA

Description

POSITION: Director of Planning and Production Coordination

SHIFT: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm + Additional hours based on business demand

SALARY: $139,362 - $155,161.50 + (DOE) + Full Benefits Package

LOCATION: On-site in office in Fargo, ND

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES

The Director of Planning and Production Coordination leads enterprise planning and production coordination across CSP, Tank and Structural product lines. The role establishes consistent planning standards, aligns demand with capacity, ensures production readiness, balances workloads across sites and supports reliable customer commitments. The role owns the planning system and coordination processes.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Embrace and demonstrate the qualities of the TrueNorth Steel Game Changer definition.
• Comply with all safety, quality, environmental and workplace requirements.
• Lead, coach, and develop the CSP, Tank and Structural Planning Leaders and the Production Coordinator Supervisor, establishing clear expectations, accountability, and succession coverage.
• Establish and continuously improve an integrated planning and production-coordination system with common standards, planning horizons, terminology, decision rights, data requirements, and escalation paths.
• Align customer demand, forecasts, backlog, inventory, labor, equipment, material availability, and site capability into executable production plans.
• Confirm customer commit-date feasibility using verified readiness, material, capacity, outside-processing, site, and delivery information.
• Provide an enterprise view of capacity and constraints, leading approved workload-balancing actions such as site transfers, priority changes, outsourcing, overtime, and staffing adjustments.
• Define and enforce production-readiness requirements for drawings, bills of material, routing, material, CNC and nesting information, quality requirements, outside services, job packets, shipping information, and approvals.
• Lead regular site, product-line, and enterprise planning reviews that surface demand, capacity, backlog, readiness, schedule performance, risks, and decisions requiring action.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Sales, Project Management, Estimating, Drafting, Engineering, Purchasing, Inventory Control, Quality, Shipping, Logistics, Finance, and other functions to resolve planning constraints.
• Govern planning and production coordination data and transactions in SyteLine, Tekla and other approved systems, including capacity assumptions, work-center data, production status, and readiness information.
• Define performance measures and dashboards for schedule, backlog, capacity, readiness, equipment use, changes, and failure-related costs. Use data to improve delivery, throughput, material utilization, and profitability.
• Establish repeatable standard work, documentation, training, cross-training, and backup coverage to reduce dependence on individual knowledge.
• Serve as the escalation point for significant cross-site, cross-product, and cross-functional planning issues. Elevate unresolved matters with facts, alternatives, risks, and recommendations.
• Support annual business, capacity, capital, workforce, and budget planning, along with strategic manufacturing initiatives.
• Provide the VP of Manufacturing with regular updates on planning risks, delivery, capacity, material, organizational needs, trends, and recommended actions.
• Travel to manufacturing sites is required to understand processes, build relationships, support teams, and ensure consistent implementation of planning and production-coordination standards.
• Prompt and dependable attendance.
• Other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND QUALITIES

• Strong knowledge of manufacturing planning, scheduling, capacity management, production coordination, inventory, and shop-floor execution.
• Ability to lead leaders and standardize planning processes across multiple manufacturing sites or business units.
• Working knowledge of ERP-supported planning, bills of material, routing, work centers, job release, inventory, and production transactions.
• Strong analytical judgment and ability to balance customer commitments, manufacturing capability, cost, and business risk.
• Effective communication, facilitation, change leadership and cross-functional influence skills.
• High integrity, accountability, attention to detail, sound judgment, and bias toward action.
• Commitment to safety, quality, customer service, teamwork, and continuous improvement.

EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, Business Administration, Construction Management or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience.
• Minimum of ten years of progressive responsible experience in manufacturing operations, planning, scheduling, supply chain, project coordination, or a related field preferred, including five years of leadership experience.
• Experience leading multi-site planning or operational processes, ERP-supported planning and cross-functional improvement preferred.
• Experience in steel fabrication, metal manufacturing, project-based manufacturing, or a related industrial environment preferred.

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