Strategic Director, Production & Materials Planning

Jobot; Rockfield (WI); On-site; USD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobot seeks a seasoned planning leader to own RCCP, MPS, and finite-capacity scheduling across the manufacturing network. You will lead a distributed team of schedulers and material planners, balancing demand, inventory, materials, labor, equipment, and production constraints.

Partner with Supply Chain leadership on the SIOP/IBP process and drive KPIs, dashboards, and data quality while collaborating with Operations, Procurement, Finance, Sales, and Quality to keep plans executable and aligned

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of production planning, master scheduling, or supply chain experience in manufacturing.
• 2+ years leading schedulers, planners, or supply chain analysts.
• Experience with RCCP and MPS.
• Hands-on experience with MRP/ERP systems and advanced Excel.

Responsibilities

• Own RCCP, MPS, and finite-capacity scheduling across the manufacturing network.
• Lead and develop a distributed team of schedulers and material planners.
• Balance demand, inventory, materials, labor, equipment, changeovers, and production constraints.
• Partner with Supply Chain leadership on the SIOP/IBP production planning process.
• Identify capacity constraints and supply risks and develop mitigation plans.
• Drive schedule adherence, capacity utilization, inventory, fill rate, and service-level performance.
• Partner with Operations, Procurement, Maintenance, Quality, Sales, Customer Service, and Finance to maintain executable production plans.
• Serve as the planning ERP/SCP process owner and drive master-data accuracy.
• Develop planning KPIs, dashboards, and leadership reporting.
• Establish inventory targets, safety stocks, and replenishment parameters.
• Support seasonal demand, new product launches, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Forecasting accuracy

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, Engineering, or related field

Tools

MRP/ERP systems

Advanced Excel

Job description

Jobot seeks a seasoned planning leader to own RCCP, MPS, and finite-capacity scheduling across the manufacturing network. You will lead a distributed team of schedulers and material planners, balancing demand, inventory, materials, labor, equipment, and production constraints.

Partner with Supply Chain leadership on the SIOP/IBP process and drive KPIs, dashboards, and data quality while collaborating with Operations, Procurement, Finance, Sales, and Quality to keep plans executable and aligned