Senior Supply Planning Manager

Panelmatic; Georgia; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Panelmatic, Inc. is seeking a Senior Supply Planning Manager to lead production and materials planning across a fast-moving engineered-to-order manufacturing environment.

The role translates backlog, releases, material availability, labor capacity, and customer commitments into a controlled factory execution plan for five facilities. The position requires strong leadership of planning teams, mastery of MRP and ERP systems, and a track record of driving schedule adherence and continuous

Qualifications

• B.S. in Industrial Management & Technology, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management or equivalent.
• 15+ years of experience in planning and materials management.
• Experience leading organizations in a manufacturing organization.
• Lean / Continuous Improvement experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop the production planning and material planning strategy and lead the planning organization.
• Own the master production schedule and planning rhythm for realistic factory execution.
• Translate commitments, releases, long-lead buys, and labor into a visible plan.
• Drive work-order release, shortages, kitting readiness, and sequencing across the factory.
• Build planning dashboards and KPIs around schedule adherence and forecast.
• Lead recovery planning when materials or labor threaten milestones.
• Partner with warehouse, supply chain, production, and project management to stay aligned.
• Align MRP (Syteline) to plan labor and materials for engineered-to-order products.
• Improve ERP/MRP discipline to support clean planning signals.
• Support continuous improvement in planning and execution systems.
• Lean materials strategy deployment across multiple factories.

Skills

Years of experience in planning

Lean / Continuous Improvement

Education

B.S. in Industrial Management & Technology, Industrial Engineering, or Supply Chain

Tools

ERP Item Parameter expertise

ERP Routings / BOM development

Job description

About Us:

Panelmatic, Inc. was founded in 1957 in Youngstown, OH to serve manufacturing industries with the design and build of custom electrical, instrument, and pneumatic control panels. Our business has sufficiently grown over the years to support expansion for our clients. We have produced control packages for many of America’s top corporations in the chemical, environmental, food, pulp and paper, rubber, petroleum, pharmaceutical, glass, metals, and utilities industries. We also deliver equipment for use worldwide. Our rigorous methodology assures compliance with domestic and international standards. We can meet the needs of our diverse clientele from start to finish through sales, design, fabrication, testing, and delivery.

Since 1957, we have been known for our high-quality, custom-built control packages, our comprehensive service, and our technological and manufacturing expertise. This expertise assures you of our ability to handle the largest and most complex packages quickly and efficiently.

Job Summary:

Panelmatic seeking a Senior Supply Planning Manager to lead production planning and materials planning function across a fast-moving engineered-to-order manufacturing environment. This role will translate backlog, engineering release, material availability, labor capacity, and customer commitments into a controlled factory execution plan. The Supply Planning Manager will create the planning knowledge and experience to build a robust planning execution team supporting five manufacturing facilities.

Job Duties:

• Develop the production planning and material planning strategy and lead the production and material planning organization
• Own the master production schedule and planning rhythm that turns booked work into realistic factory execution.
• Translate customer commitments, engineering release dates, long-lead buys, and labor capacity into a visible and controlled plan.
• Drive work-order release, shortage management, kitting readiness, and sequencing discipline across the factory.
• Build planning dashboards and KPIs around schedule adherence, open shortages, WIP age, constraint visibility, and output forecast.
• Lead recovery planning when material, engineering, or labor issues threaten key milestones.
• Partner tightly with warehouse, supply chain, production, and project management so priorities stay aligned.
• Align MRP (Syteline) to ensure accurate planning of labor and materials for long cycle time engineered-to-order products
• Improve MRP / ERP transaction discipline that supports clean planning signals and realistic promise dates.
• Support continuous improvement in Panelmatic’s overall planning, production-control, and execution system.
• Lean materials strategy deployment—PFEP, warehouse standardization, and process alignment across multiple factories

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.S. in Industrial Management & Technology, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management or equivalent
• 15+ years of experience in planning and materials management
• Experience leading organizations in a manufacturing organization
• Lean / Continuous Improvement experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• ERP Item Parameter expertise
• ERP Routings / Bill of Material development expertise
• Medical, dental, vision, HSA, term life, AD&D, STD, LTD
• 100% medical premium paid for by Panelmatic for the employee-only level medical coverage
• 80% paid for by Panelmatic and 20% paid for by the employee on all other level medical coverage (i.e. employee plus child, employee plus spouse, family)
• 401(k) contributions matched 100% up to 4%
• Scholarships, educational reimbursement, paid volunteerism, and paid personal and professional development provided
• PTO and paid holidays provided
• Career advancement opportunities
• Competitive wages
• Family-friendly environment with average employee tenure above five years