Industrial Planning Manager - Houston, TX (TCT)

Tenaris; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenaris is seeking an Industrial Planning Manager in Houston, TX to lead plant analysis, budgeting and improvement initiatives. You will oversee performance metrics, forecast production needs, monitor costs, and drive continuous improvement across industrial operations.

Join a global leader in energy tubular products, collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize capacity, reduce costs, and implement best practices in a challenging manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial or Mechanical Engineering or closely related field.
• Six (6) years of experience in steel-pipe manufacturing or OCTG related roles with KPIs, data analytics, and production budgeting.

Responsibilities

• Analyze business performance and industry trends to identify opportunities and risks.
• Lead management control activities and monitor KPIs, costs, and operational performance.
• Develop forecasts and budgets incorporating sales projections, production requirements, and energy costs.
• Monitor monthly performance and coordinate with teams to define corrective actions.
• Prepare management reports and dashboards summarizing market, financial, and operational data.
• Develop analytical tools and models to improve competitiveness, costs, capacity and productivity.
• Evaluate investment opportunities for prioritization and resource allocation.
• Ensure data quality across data pipelines and information flows.

Skills

Time studies

Data analytics

KPI tracking

Continuous improvement

Forecasting

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial/Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Lean Six Sigma

Kaizen

Agile methods

Job description

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Title: Industrial Planning Manager - Houston, TX (TCT)

Description:

AtTenaris, you will join a global network of professionals working together toward a common goal: shape the future of energy through advanced tubular products and services.

If you want to become part of a diverse team that values results, analytical approach to problem solving and teamwork, Tenaris is the place for you.

Industrial Planning Manager - Houston, TX (TCT)

LOCATION: Houston- Texas -USA

DEPARTMENT: PLANNING

Purpose:
Manages and controls Industrial Engineering for the plants, controlling operating information management, preparing the operation and industrial cost budget, monitoring compliance and analyzing the best investment options. Identifies best practices and generates improvement opportunities, performing continuous benchmarking across Tenaris plants and interacting with Operations area.

Main Responsibilities:

• Analyze business performance, market dynamics, industry trends, competitor activity, and customer developments to identify opportunities, risks, and areas for improvement across commercial and industrial operations.
• Lead management control activities, monitoring key commercial and industrial KPIs, costs, operational performance, and business results to support management decision-making.
• Develop forward-looking analyses, forecasts, and annual budgets, integrating sales projections with production requirements, operating regimes, headcount needs, productivity targets, energy consumption, and manufacturing costs.
• Monitor monthly performance and identify deviations against targets and budgets, working with commercial, production, maintenance, and other relevant teams to define corrective actions and improvement plans.
• Prepare and present management reports, dashboards, and performance analyses, translating complex market, financial, and operational information into clear conclusions, business implications, and recommended actions.
• Develop analytical tools, models, and methodologies to identify opportunities to improve competitiveness, optimize costs, increase capacity and productivity, and enhance overall business performance.
• Evaluate business and industrial investment opportunities, assessing technical and economic feasibility, expected benefits, cost implications, and return on investment to support prioritization and resource allocation.
• Ensure the quality, consistency, and reliability of business information and data flows, including information exchanged across industrial and commercial systems, in accordance with company management guidelines.
• Leverage emerging technologies and advanced analytical tools to enhance forecasting, performance monitoring, decision support, and the identification of commercial and operational improvement opportunities.
• Lead continuous improvement groups to improve manufacturing processes, increase capacity, and reduce production costs.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a closely related field.
• Six (6) years of experience in a related occupation in the steel-pipe manufacturing industry performing each of the following: conducting time studies on steel pipe and oil country tubular goods (OCTG) products to assess manufacturing line capabilities and establish standard productivity metrics; identifying cycle time optimization and resource utilization improvements; managing KPIs and performing data analytics using analytical tools to monitor and improve operational performance; ensuring data accuracy across data pipelines; defining annual industrial production budgets and setting performance commitments; leading continuous improvements using Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, or Agile methods, including planning scope, milestones, and deliverables; maintaining project dashboards and databases; and developing labor utilization forecasting models.

Tenaris is an equal opportunity employer, valuing diversity in employment.

We thank all candidates for their interest, however, only those that match the criteria required for the desired profile will be contacted