Network Master Planner

Overhead Door Corporation in; Mount Hope (OH); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Overhead Door Corporation seeks a Network Master Planner (Finance) to create a synchronized manufacturing network plan by connecting SIOP outputs, site capacity, material availability, and customer priorities. You will work with plant schedulers, operations, materials, and finance to ensure the right work is planned at the right site and time.

The role emphasizes a network mindset, cadence, and visibility across the manufacturing footprint to reduce overtime, improve schedule adherence, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Business, or related field preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in master scheduling, production planning, supply planning, SIOP, materials planning, or manufacturing operations planning.
• Experience planning across multiple manufacturing sites or complex product families preferred.
• Strong understanding of Master Production Scheduling, SIOP, capacity planning, ERP/MRP, finite scheduling, labor planning, and inventory flow.
• Demonstrated ability to balance demand and supply across a manufacturing network while protecting customer service and reducing operational waste.
• Ability to analyze capacity, backlog, overtime exposure, labor constraints, material availability, and plant execution risk.
• Strong ERP/MRP and data analysis skills; advanced Excel and planning/reporting tool capability preferred.
• Experience building or maintaining planning dashboards, trackers, capacity views, or executive-level planning summaries.
• Lean manufacturing, visual management, standard work, or continuous improvement experience preferred.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence plant teams, business leaders, customer service, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, high-visibility manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Own, maintain, and govern the network-level Master Production Schedule across all manufacturing plants.
• Translate demand, customer priorities, inventory needs, and operational constraints into a synchronized and executable MPS.
• Ensure plant-level schedules align to the broader network plan, capacity outlook, and customer service commitments.
• Monitor schedule changes, demand shifts, backlog, capacity gaps, and service risks across the manufacturing footprint.
• Provide a clear planning view of what needs to run, where it should run, and when it must be completed to support customer commitments.
• Executes planning discipline through the ASD Lean Operating System, including Tiered Management, visual controls, PDCA problem solving, and SPDCC escalation.

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Business, or related field

5+ years of experience in master scheduling, production planning, supply planning, SIOP, materials planning, or manufacturing operations planning

Experience planning across multiple manufacturing sites or complex product families

Strong understanding of Master Production Scheduling, SIOP, capacity planning, ERP/MRP, finite scheduling, labor planning, and inventory flow

Ability to analyze capacity, backlog, overtime exposure, labor constraints, material availability, and plant execution risk

Strong ERP/MRP and data analysis skills; advanced Excel and planning/reporting tool capability

Experience building or maintaining planning dashboards, trackers, capacity views, or executive-level planning summaries

Lean manufacturing, visual management, standard work, or continuous improvement experience

Strong communication skills with the ability to influence plant teams, business leaders, customer service, and cross-functional stakeholders

Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, high-visibility manufacturing environment

Tools

ERP/MRP

Excel

Job description

Network Master Planner (Finance)

This role is responsible for creating planning discipline across the manufacturing network by connecting SIOP outputs, demonstrated plant capacity, material availability, customer priorities, and production constraints into one executable network plan. This role functions as a control tower for manufacturing planning, providing enterprise visibility to demand, supply, capacity, constraints, and schedule risk across the full manufacturing footprint.

This position converts demand signals, customer priorities, and site capacity into a synchronized network MPS that supports customer service, plant stability, and efficient use of manufacturing resources. The Master Planner will work directly with plant schedulers, operations leaders, materials teams, customer service, logistics, finance, and commercial partners to ensure the right work is planned at the right site at the right time.

The role requires a strong network mindset and disciplined SIOP operating cadence. The Master Planner must evaluate total manufacturing capability across all sites - not just individual plant capacity - to determine the most efficient use of the network, reduce bottlenecks, minimize unnecessary overtime, improve schedule adherence, and proactively elevate risks that could impact customer delivery or operational performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Business, or related field preferred
• 5+ years of experience in master scheduling, production planning, supply planning, SIOP, materials planning, or manufacturing operations planning
• Experience planning across multiple manufacturing sites or complex product families preferred.
• Strong understanding of Master Production Scheduling, SIOP, capacity planning, ERP/MRP, finite scheduling, labor planning, and inventory flow
• Demonstrated ability to balance demand and supply across a manufacturing network while protecting customer service and reducing operational waste
• Ability to analyze capacity, backlog, overtime exposure, labor constraints, material availability, and plant execution risk
• Strong ERP/MRP and data analysis skills; advanced Excel and planning/reporting tool capability preferred
• Experience building or maintaining planning dashboards, trackers, capacity views, or executive-level planning summaries.
• Lean manufacturing, visual management, standard work, or continuous improvement experience preferred
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence plant teams, business leaders, customer service, and cross-functional stakeholders
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, high-visibility manufacturing environment

Position Impact

This role is pivotal in creating one synchronized manufacturing plan across the network. Success will be measured by how effectively the Master Planner builds and governs a reliable network MPS, supports SIOP execution, improves manufacturing footprint utilization, reduces unnecessary overtime, and provides early visibility to risks that could impact customer service or operational performance.

By operating as a planning control tower, this position helps the organization move from reactive plant-by-plant scheduling to proactive network planning. The role directly impacts on-time delivery, capacity utilization, overtime cost, schedule adherence, inventory alignment, and leadership visibility across all manufacturing sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Business, or related field preferred
• 5+ years of experience in master scheduling, production planning, supply planning, SIOP, materials planning, or manufacturing operations planning
• Experience planning across multiple manufacturing sites or complex product families preferred.
• Strong understanding of Master Production Scheduling, SIOP, capacity planning, ERP/MRP, finite scheduling, labor planning, and inventory flow
• Demonstrated ability to balance demand and supply across a manufacturing network while protecting customer service and reducing operational waste
• Ability to analyze capacity, backlog, overtime exposure, labor constraints, material availability, and plant execution risk
• Strong ERP/MRP and data analysis skills; advanced Excel and planning/reporting tool capability preferred
• Experience building or maintaining planning dashboards, trackers, capacity views, or executive-level planning summaries.
• Lean manufacturing, visual management, standard work, or continuous improvement experience preferred
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence plant teams, business leaders, customer service, and cross-functional stakeholders
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, high-visibility manufacturing environment

Position Impact

This role is pivotal in creating one synchronized manufacturing plan across the network. Success will be measured by how effectively the Master Planner builds and governs a reliable network MPS, supports SIOP execution, improves manufacturing footprint utilization, reduces unnecessary overtime, and provides early visibility to risks that could impact customer service or operational performance.

By operating as a planning control tower, this position helps the organization move from reactive plant-by-plant scheduling to proactive network planning. The role directly impacts on-time delivery, capacity utilization, overtime cost, schedule adherence, inventory alignment, and leadership visibility across all manufacturing sites.

Core Responsibilities

Network-Level MPS Ownership

• Own, maintain, and govern the network-level Master Production Schedule across all manufacturing plants
• Translate demand, customer priorities, inventory needs, and operational constraints into a synchronized and executable MPS
• Ensure plant-level schedules align to the broader network plan, capacity outlook, and customer service commitments
• Monitor schedule changes, demand shifts, backlog, capacity gaps, and service risks across the manufacturing footprint
• Provide a clear planning view of what needs to run, where it should run, and when it must be completed to support customer commitments
• Executes planning discipline through the ASD Lean Operating System, including Tiered Management, visual controls, PDCA problem solving, and SPDCC escalation

SIOP Planning & Demand-to-Supply Alignment

• Serve as the point person for SIOP planning inputs related to network capacity, production requirements, backlog, inventory, and supply constraints
• Partner with Sales, Customer Service, Finance, Materials, and Operations to align demand expectations with practical manufacturing capability
• Convert SIOP outputs into actionable MPS plans, plant requirements, and escalation items
• Identify gaps between demand and capacity early enough to support corrective action, scenario planning, and leadership decision-making
• Drive planning discipline through standard cadence, data visibility, and clear follow-up on open SIOP actions

Manufacturing Footprint & Capacity Optimization

• Evaluate manufacturing capacity across all sites to determine the most efficient location to run demand.
• Identify opportunities to level-load volume across the network, balance constraints, reduce bottlenecks, and improve throughput
• Recommend order placement or production shifts based on capacity, labor, materials, lead time, cost, service impact, and plant feasibility
• Monitor labor utilization and overtime exposure, helping the business meet demand with the least practical overtime required
• Support make-versus-shift, surge, recovery, and constraint scenarios that protect customer delivery while improving network efficiency

Control Tower Visibility & Risk Management

• Operate as the planning control tower for manufacturing