Senior Planning Manager – ERP & Production Strategy

Amro Fabricating Corporation; Mukilteo (WA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

Company-paid life and AD&D insurance

Short- and long-term disability

Job summary

Karman Space & Defense is seeking a Planning Manager to lead the Planning organization in Mukilteo, WA. You will own planning processes, guide priorities, and ensure on-time delivery while aligning with Operations, Engineering, and Procurement.

You will oversee ERP usage, drive continuous improvement, manage capacity, and mentor the Planning team to maintain data integrity and performance metrics across programs and value streams.

Qualifications

• High school diploma.
• Associate’s degree in a related discipline or CPIM certification preferred.
• Six+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Three+ years of experience with EPICOR ERP software.

Responsibilities

• Leads the Planning organization, managing priorities, workload, and resource allocation across Program Planning and Value Stream Planning.
• Develops the Planning team through performance management, coaching, training, development, cross-training, succession planning, and staffing participation.
• Owns and improves Planning processes and standards to drive consistency, best practices, and accountability across the organization.
• Serves as the functional owner for EPICOR ERP, ensuring proper system usage, data integrity, planning parameters, and ongoing process enhancement.
• Oversees production and program planning, ensuring schedules, bills of material, material requirements, and planning activities meet customer and operational needs.
• Leads capacity and resource planning to identify constraints, staffing requirements, bottlenecks, and future resource needs in collaboration with Operations and Manufacturing.
• Establishes and monitors Planning performance metrics and implements corrective actions to improve schedule performance, planning accuracy, inventory performance, and material availability.
• Provides cross-functional leadership to resolve issues and align planning priorities with business objectives across Operations, Program Management, Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, and Quality.
• Leads continuous improvement initiatives to enhance planning efficiency, accuracy, standardization, automation, and overall effectiveness.
• Provides technical planning leadership for complex or critical programs and delivers hands-on planning support when required while ensuring compliance with company, quality, customer, and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Planning leadership

Education

High school diploma

Associate’s degree or CPIM certification

Tools

EPICOR ERP

Job description

Karman Space & Defense is seeking a Planning Manager to lead the Planning organization in Mukilteo, WA. You will own planning processes, guide priorities, and ensure on-time delivery while aligning with Operations, Engineering, and Procurement.

You will oversee ERP usage, drive continuous improvement, manage capacity, and mentor the Planning team to maintain data integrity and performance metrics across programs and value streams.