Planning Manager

3M Group; Cottage Grove (MN); On-site; USD 164,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

3M is seeking a Planning Manager at their Cottage Grove site to lead planning operations and manage cross-functional teams. The role involves overseeing site operations including budgeting and logistics, with a focus on continuous improvement. Ideal candidates will have strong leadership skills and extensive experience in supply chain management. This position offers competitive compensation and benefits.

Benefits

Relocation Assistance

Health Savings Accounts

Competitive Pay and Benefits

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years in planning, supply chain, and logistics.
• 4 years in management within a manufacturing environment.
• Bachelor's degree required, Master's preferred.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for results across multiple business lines.
• Collaborate with leadership on inventory and service alignment.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives across departments.

Skills

Leadership

Collaboration

Budget Management

Logistics

Supply Chain Management

Continuous Improvement

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree in Supply Chain, Business, or Engineering

Tools

SAP

COMS/Peoplesoft

Job description

job requisition id R01151062

Job Title
Planning Manager*

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

Our 3M Cottage Grove Site includes 625 colleagues and manufactures value added products including abrasives, semiconductor pad conditioners, specialty chemicals, glass bubbles, automotive nonwoven webs, and film.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
As a Planning Manager you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Determining direction, priorities, and assigning resources with full accountability for results of the entire site including multiple business and product lines. Responsible for establishing and managing budgets for one or more departments within the functional discipline such as production planning, warehousing, transportation, inventory/materials control, import/export, etc.
• Collaborating with division planning and site leadership to align on service, inventory, aged backlog, TVOS (transfer value of shipment) targets and improvements.
• Leading your team in identifying, defining, and cultivating a culture of planning continuous improvement across multiple departments and partnering with the manufacturing and operations managers, business teams, and others to ensure appropriate response to changing business conditions and needs.
• Continuing to advance our planning technology solutions towards standardization and automation.
• Creating solutions and resolving issues between demand and supply management contacts and manufacturing/logistics as well as ensuring volume forecasts are available/accurate for supply chain forecasting.
• Ensuring site planning, procurement, and inventory compliance with required training; adhere to appropriate regulatory, financial, and audit standards, requirements, and actions.
• Identify and lead cross-functional projects which support site production planning, procurement, and logistics readiness for COMS/Peoplesoft Harvest/SAP Deployment.

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher from (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution
• Eight (8) combined years’ experience in planning, supply chain, manufacturing, operations, and/or logistics experience in a private, public, government or military environment
• Four (4) combined years’ experience in management/supervision in a manufacturing environment in a private, public, government or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Master’s Degree in Supply Chain, Business, or Engineering from an accredited University
• Logistics and Transportation experience
• Demonstrated advanced leadership skills in managing people, teams, and projects
• ASCM (Association for Supply Chain Management)/APICS, CPIM or CSCP certification
• Experience in a highly regulated industry

Travel: May include up to 10% domestic

Relocation Assistance: May be authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.

U.S. Export Control laws and U.S. Government Department of Defense contracts and sub-contracts impose certain restrictions on companies and their ability to share export-controlled and other technology and services with certain "non-U.S. persons" (persons who are not U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., refugees, "Temporary Residents" (granted Amnesty or Special Agricultural Worker provisions), or persons granted asylum (but excluding persons in nonimmigrant status such as H-1B, L-1, F-1, etc.) or non-U.S. citizens.

To comply with these laws, and in conjunction with the review of candidates for those positions within 3M that may present access to export controlled technical data, 3M must assess employees' U.S. person status, as well as citizenship(s).

The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only. Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to consider you further for this particular position. The decision whether or not to file or pursue an export license application is at 3M Company's sole election.

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

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For assistance with searching through our current job openings or for more information about all things 3M, visit Max, our virtual recruiting

Applicable to US Applicants Only:The expected compensation range for this position is $164,612 - $201,193, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at:

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Job Title
Planning Manager*

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

Our 3M Cottage Grove Site includes 625 colleagues and manufactures value added products including abrasives, semiconductor pad conditioners, specialty chemicals, glass bubbles, automotive nonwoven webs, and film.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
As a Planning Manager you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Determining direction, priorities, and assigning resources with full accountability for results of the entire site including multiple business and product lines. Responsible for establishing and managing budgets for one or more departments within the functional discipline such as production planning, warehousing, transportation, inventory/materials control, import/export, etc.
• Collaborating with division planning and site leadership to align on service, inventory, aged backlog, TVOS (transfer value of shipment) targets and improvements.
• Leading your team in identifying, defining, and cultivating a culture of planning continuous improvement across multiple departments and partnering with the manufacturing and operations managers, business teams, and others to ensure appropriate response to changing business conditions and needs.
• Continuing to advance our planning technology solutions towards standardization and automation.
• Creating solutions and resolving issues between demand and supply management contacts and manufacturing/logistics as well as ensuring volume forecasts are available/accurate for supply chain forecasting.
• Ensuring site planning, procurement, and inventory compliance with required training; adhere to appropriate regulatory, financial, and audit standards, requirements, and actions.
• Identify and lead cross-functional projects which support site production planning, procurement, and logistics readiness for COMS/Peoplesoft Harvest/SAP Deployment.

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher from (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution
• Eight (8) combined years’ experience in planning, supply chain, manufacturing, operations, and/or logistics experience in a private, public, government or military environment
• Four (4) combined years’ experience in management/supervision in a manufacturing environment in a private, public, government or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Master’s Degree in Supply Chain, Business, or Engineering from an accredited University
• Black Belt Certification
• Logistics and Transportation experience
• Demonstrated advanced leadership skills in managing people, teams, and projects
• ASCM (Association for Supply Chain Management)/APICS, CPIM or CSCP certification
• Experience in a highly regulated industry

Work location: 3M Cottage Grove, Onsite

Travel: May include up to 10% domestic

Relocation Assistance: May be authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.

U.S. Export Control laws and U.S. Government Department of Defense contracts and sub-contracts impose certain restrictions on companies and their ability to share export-controlled and other technology and services with certain "non-U.S. persons" (persons who are not U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., refugees, "Temporary Residents" (granted Amnesty or Special Agricultural Worker provisions), or persons granted asylum (but excluding persons in nonimmigrant status such as H-1B, L-1, F-1, etc.) or non-U.S. citizens.

To comply with these laws, and in conjunction with the review of candidates for those positions within 3M that may present access to export controlled technical data, 3M must assess employees' U.S. person status, as well as citizenship(s).

The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only. Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to consider you further for this particular position. The decision whether or not to file or pursue an export license application is at 3M Company's sole election.

Supporting Your Well-being

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

Chat with Max

For assistance with searching through our current job openings or for more information about all things 3M, visit Max, our virtual recruiting

Applicable to US Applicants Only:The expected compensation range for this position is $164,612 - $201,193, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/. Good Faith Posting Date Range 05/27/2025 To 06/26/2025 Or until filledAll US-based 3M full time employees will need to sign an employee agreement as a condition of employment with 3M. This agreement lays out key terms on using 3M Confidential Information and Trade Secrets. It also has provisions discussing conflicts of interest and how inventions are assigned. Employees that are Job Grade 7 or equivalent and above may also have obligations to not compete against 3M or solicit its employees or customers, both during their employment, and for a period after they leave 3M.Learn more about 3M’s creative solutions to the world’s problems at www.3M.com or on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn @3M.Responsibilities of this position include that corporate policies, procedures and security standards are complied with while performing assigned duties.Pay & Benefits Overview: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/ 3M does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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