Remote Planning Director, Manufacturing Operations

Omnimax Careers; Georgia; Hybrid; USD 170.000 - 190.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Gibraltar is seeking a Planning Director to lead the enterprise-wide planning organization across a multi-site manufacturing network. The role will oversee 4 Regional Planning leaders and a 30+ planner team supporting the production of building products made from aluminum, steel, copper, and plastics.

The Planning Director will drive raw material planning, production scheduling, constraints management, and ERP-enabled planning processes to align with customer service, operational efficiency, and

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in supply chain planning, materials planning, and/or production scheduling.
• 5+ years of leadership experience, including managing managers and multi-site teams.
• Willingness to travel up to 75%.
• Deep expertise in raw material planning and inventory strategies; production scheduling and capacity/constraints management; ERP/MRP systems and planning process execution; proven success in a complex manufacturing environment.

Aufgaben

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Planning Managers and a distributed network of planners across multiple sites.
• Establish standardized processes, clear accountability, and performance expectations across the planning function.
• Build team capability in material planning, scheduling, ERP utilization, and data-driven decision making.
• Own enterprise-wide planning strategies for key raw materials including aluminum, steel, copper, and plastics.
• Ensure strong execution of material planning processes to maintain supply continuity while optimizing inventory levels.
• Partner with Procurement to align supply strategies with market conditions, supplier constraints, and lead times.
• Improve planning parameters such as safety stock, reorder points, and planning horizons.
• Lead development and execution of production scheduling strategies across all manufacturing sites.
• Ensure schedules account for capacity, labor, changeovers, material availability, and maintenance.
• Drive improvements in schedule attainment, throughput, and plant-level execution.
• Build proactive constraint and bottleneck management capabilities.
• Serve as the functional leader for planning within ERP/MRP systems.
• Drive data accuracy, process compliance, and effective system utilization across sites.
• Partner with IT to enhance planning system capabilities and reporting tools.
• Enable more efficient, exception-based planning processes.
• Partner with Operations, Procurement, Customer Service, and Commercial teams to align supply and demand plans.
• Support S&OP / integrated business planning processes.
• Lead planning response during supply disruptions, demand shifts, or capacity constraints.
• Establish and manage KPIs including service levels, schedule adherence, inventory performance, and material availability.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions to improve planning outcomes.
• Drive continuous improvement and standardization across the planning network.

Kenntnisse

Leadership experience

Supply chain planning

ERP/MRP systems

Production scheduling

Ausbildung

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

Tools

SAP

Oracle

JD Edwards

Microsoft Dynamics

Jobbeschreibung

Gibraltar is seeking a Planning Director to lead the enterprise-wide planning organization across a multi-site manufacturing network. The role will oversee 4 Regional Planning leaders and a 30+ planner team supporting the production of building products made from aluminum, steel, copper, and plastics.

The Planning Director will drive raw material planning, production scheduling, constraints management, and ERP-enabled planning processes to align with customer service, operational efficiency, and