Senior Production Planning Manager

Mp Materials Corp.; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

MP Materials Corp. in Fort Worth, TX seeks a Manager, Production Planning to lead the development and execution of production plans converting raw materials into finished goods.

You will collaborate with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Procurement, Logistics, and Customer Service to align demand with capacity and deliver on-time customer commitments. The role emphasizes schedule adherence, inventory accuracy, and asset utilization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Business, Manufacturing, or a related field.
• 7+ years of production planning, supply chain, operations planning, or manufacturing experience in a large-scale industrial or process manufacturing environment.
• 3+ years of progressive leadership experience managing managers and large planning organizations.
• Experience supporting complex manufacturing processes that convert raw materials into finished goods.
• Demonstrated success managing production, capacity, material, labor, and inventory planning activities.
• Experience coordinating maintenance outages, shutdowns, or turnaround planning in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with ERP, MRP and supply chain planning systems, preferably SAP.

Responsibilities

• Production Planning & Scheduling: Develop and maintain short-, medium-, and long-term production plans that align customer demand with manufacturing capacity.
• Set team priorities, and establish clear planning standards for Production Planners and Planning Specialists.
• Create and manage production schedules to meet customer commitments, inventory targets, and operational objectives.
• Balance production requirements across manufacturing assets to maximize throughput and minimize operational disruptions.
• Monitor schedule adherence and coordinate adjustments based on changing demand, production performance, or supply constraints.
• Analyze capacity requirements and identify opportunities to improve asset utilization.
• Integrate maintenance outages, shutdowns, and labor availability into production plans; communicate capacity, staffing and service impacts to affected stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Production planning

ERP/MRP

Education

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain Management

Tools

SAP

Job description

MP Materials Corp. in Fort Worth, TX seeks a Manager, Production Planning to lead the development and execution of production plans converting raw materials into finished goods.

You will collaborate with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Procurement, Logistics, and Customer Service to align demand with capacity and deliver on-time customer commitments. The role emphasizes schedule adherence, inventory accuracy, and asset utilization.