Senior Materials Planning Manager — Lean, Kaizen, On-Site

CNH; Fargo (ND); On-site; USD 107,000 - 164,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Savings & Retirement benefits

Parental leave

Adoption assistance

Fertility & Family building support

Employee Assistance Programs

Charitable contribution matching and V

Volunteer Time Off

Job summary

CNH is recruiting a Materials Planning Manager to lead inbound material flow at the Fargo, ND plant. You will oversee a team, optimize inventory, and partner with Operations, Transportation, Purchasing, and suppliers to meet production needs.

The role demands extensive lean/manufacturing experience, strong supervisory skills, and the ability to drive cost-efficient improvements across the supply chain.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years in lean manufacturing and/or supply chain PM, including supervisory experience.
• Associate degree with 13+ years in lean manufacturing and supervision.
• High school diploma with 15+ years in relevant roles and supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop Material Planners for about $550M annual inbound material flow.
• Maintain supplier relationships and hold vendors to service and delivery standards.
• Develop inventory forecasts and budgets; drive inventory-reduction initiatives.
• Collaborate with Transportation and Purchasing to meet plant material needs.
• Establish and monitor KPIs/KAIs related to material planning.
• Lead root-cause analysis and implement corrective actions for material-flow issues.
• Review and manage expedited freight and use lean tools to cut costs.
• Lead CBS+, continuous-improvement, and Kaizen projects in logistics and materials flow.
• Manage improvement projects from justification through planning and reporting.
• Standardize material and information-flow processes and turn ops data into insights.
• Drive process-flow optimization with internal teams and suppliers.

Skills

Lean manufacturing

Supply chain project management

Supervisory experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Associate degree

High school diploma / GED

Tools

MRP systems

Microsoft Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

CNH is recruiting a Materials Planning Manager to lead inbound material flow at the Fargo, ND plant. You will oversee a team, optimize inventory, and partner with Operations, Transportation, Purchasing, and suppliers to meet production needs.

The role demands extensive lean/manufacturing experience, strong supervisory skills, and the ability to drive cost-efficient improvements across the supply chain.