Production Planning Manager Steel America (Job ID 1179)

Norfolk - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Production Planning Manager

Purpose:

The Production Planning Manager is a key management role that is responsible for planning preparing and managing production schedules utilizing various systems to ensure development and adherence to a master schedule. Additionally the position oversees the development and implementation of relevant planning procedures policies and working practices through all areas of responsibility and will regularly interface with various departments and teams across the organization to ensure on-time delivery of fabrication projects.

Position is responsible for aligning Plannings daily operations to departmental divisional and corporate-level strategic goals while providing personnel management responsibilities to the Planning team (hiring performance management workforce development coaching/counselling/disciplinary etc.).

The position is located onsite in Norfolk VA and may require hours beyond a standard work week to support business operations as needed. Position may require limited travel.

Job Description:

Key elements of the position include:

Manage planning department operations and support personnel to develop detailed schedules material requirements and production plans for complex production/manufacturing projects.
Develop implement train and oversee plannings best practices policies/procedures instructions and daily work tasking while standardizing/documenting processes through CSIs Quality Management System while supporting the divisions continuous improvement goals.
Implement systems and operations to optimize utilization of divisions assets resources and workforce.
Develop and provide accurate metrics and reporting to company leadership various business units and customers (as required) and regularly communicate project progress against plans while identifying and resolving conflicts/roadblocks.

Additionally position will:

Develop oversee and ensure execution of production schedules based on the master schedule to schedule sequence and lead time of each operation to meet identified completion dates in accordance with established manufacturing sequences and lead times.
Plan prepare issue and control production schedules (of multiple simultaneous projects) and coordinate all material requirements to ensure a controlled flow of approved materials to meet production schedule requirements.
Coordinate with various manufacturing personnel and departments to ensure production plans are executed in accordance with the master schedule to include Quality manufacturing purchasing engineering inventory control etc.
Perform key responsibilities utilizing the enterprise resource planning tools material requirement planning system and various other business systems. Additionally this role will maximize utilization of existing business software and research additional software solutions.
Troubleshoot operating problems research acceptable solutions from a business perspective and implement the selected solutions.
Implement and manage engineering changes and their impact to master schedules through Engineering Modification Reports update existing Production Orders and Production Bills of Material (PBOM).
May assist in the development of customer proposals bids or price quotations and other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Position requires bachelors degree and at least 5 years relevant experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
- Experience must include management-level support of production planning to include experience supporting logistics purchasing material management and production processes.
Well-developed skills working with enterprise resource planning (ERP) programs such as CostPoint/SAP/Floor2Plan and command of Microsoft Office suite specifically Excel Word Outlook.
Must have knowledge understanding and experience in manufacturing processes production planning bill of materials shop floor controls and costing principles.
Ability to read and interpret technical documents to include production drawings.
Must be able to develop and utilize various relational databases in a business environment with demonstrated analytical/quantitative skills to create reliable data and metrics for use in developing metrics and progress reports.
Aptitude to solve problems both independently and in groups.
Must have excellent written and verbal communication abilities supported by strong negotiation personnel leadership and conflict resolution skills.
Ability to travel up to 10-15% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience utilizing AutoCAD (and similar programs) is preferred.
Experience with CostPoint and/or Floor2Plan highly preferred.
Project Management Professional certification preferred.

Travel Requirements:

Minimal Travel; 15% or less.

Physical Requirements:

Remaining in a stationary position often standing or sitting for prolonged periods.
Able to sit and work on a computer for long periods of time.
Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another.
Communicating with others to exchange information.
Light work that includes moving objects up to 20 pounds.
Work is generally performed within an office environment with standard office equipment available but also requires safe navigation and regular partnership with operations teams within shipyard/industrial environments.

Respect Pride Truth Family These are our VALUES and the guidelines that make us a leader in our industry. We are pleased and confident in stating that our skilled employees are among the most respected experts in the ship repair industry.

Colonnas Shipyard Inc. is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race religion color national origin gender (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity gender expression age status as a protected veteran status as an individual with a disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Additionally Colonnas Shipyard provides a variety of benefits to support your best health wellness and future to include medical/dental/vision options company paid disability insurances 401k with match legal services as well as company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).

Required Experience:

Manager

Production Planning ManagerPurpose:The Production Planning Manager is a key management role that is responsible for planning preparing and managing production schedules utilizing various systems to ensure development and adherence to a master schedule. Additionally the position oversees the developm...