Strategic Director of Materials Planning & Scheduling

Daikin Comfort; Waller (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Daikin Comfort in Texas seeks a Director of Material Planning and Scheduling to lead the storage, production scheduling and inventory management functions, setting strategy and managing daily execution to meet inventory, cost, safety and quality goals while production schedules are met.

The role requires strong leadership, Lean/Kaizen expertise, MAPICS or SAP experience, and a proven ability to drive continuous improvement, staff development, ISO compliance and cross‑functional collaboration

Qualifications

• 12+ years experience managing materials in a large manufacturing plant.
• 8+ years in a leadership role.
• Continuous Improvement experience (Kaizen/Lean, Six Sigma, Root Cause Analysis)
• Experience working with MAPICS or SAP is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage plant manufacturing functions on a day to day basis to achieve inventory, cost, safety and production goals.
• Lead, Coach, Train, Develop, and evaluate Material Planning and Scheduling Management Team in all aspects of Material Flow; including areas of responsibility such as Leadership, Material Planning, Receiving, Material Warehousing and Retrieval, Factory Scheduling, and Employee Development.
• Collaborate with production departments and additional teams to determine supply needs.
• Collaborate with SCM department to manage feasible production execution schedules.
• Assist in maintaining accurate inventories (location, quantity, and count) and use records to always be aware of inventories.
• Manage product transitions, pilots and engineering changes.
• Proactively investigates, learns, prepares and implements solutions to inventory, delivery, cost and quality issues.
• Plan and develop Budgets including, Staffing, Inventory Plans and Operational Costs.
• Pro-actively develop working relationships, rapport and trust with area leaders, employees and internal customers.
• Plan, develop and implement policies, procedures, required metrics, goals and objectives in line with and in support of company policies and objectives. Ensure successful ISO Compliance.
• Audit Materials Systems, procedures and process daily. Document and maintain evidence of all audits and subsequent corrective actions.
• Lead and participate on various project teams to create, develop and implement systems, processes and productivity improvements that contribute to overall on-time, high quality, cost efficient production while ensuring safe work practices are being followed.
• Participate in additional projects to support ongoing business needs.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Team development

Analytical

Education

Bachelor's degree

CPM certification

MAPICS certification

Tools

MAPICS

SAP

MS Excel

Job description

Daikin Comfort in Texas seeks a Director of Material Planning and Scheduling to lead the storage, production scheduling and inventory management functions, setting strategy and managing daily execution to meet inventory, cost, safety and quality goals while production schedules are met.

The role requires strong leadership, Lean/Kaizen expertise, MAPICS or SAP experience, and a proven ability to drive continuous improvement, staff development, ISO compliance and cross‑functional collaboration