Manufacturing Planning Manager - Pasadena - ref. d69592319

Lead and manage workflow and priorities of the manufacturing planning team

• Create and ensure standard work is maintained across the site and the within the planning organization
• Create and maintain manufacturing production schedules that optimize plant operational efficiency given the supply plan requirements.
• Day to day responsibility for overseeing the implementation of these production schedules including releasing, auditing and closure of work orders, as well as collaboration and communication with Manufacturing teams to ensure their proper execution.
• Communicate and resolve production scheduling issues at plant level and escalate critical unresolved issues effectively to Manufacturing, S&OE and Global sourcing.
• Collaboration with Manufacturing and Supply & Operations Execution(S&OE) teams to identify opportunities for continuous improvements to the scheduling and manufacturing processes
• Drive systemic performance improvements in production planning and validate the improvements through defined KPI’s and leverage the Smiths Excellence to drive continuous improvement to those KPI’s
• Maintain assigned master data and work closely with manufacturing engineering to ensure proper BOM and routing structures.
• Develop team members (direct reports) through coaching, mentoring and providing transparent feedback
• Additional duties as assigned.
• Bachelor Degree in Materials Management or Supply Chain Management.
• Minimum of ten years’ experience in Materials Requirements Planning in a manufacturing and supply chain environment, Minimum of 4 years in a senior supervisory or managerial role.
• Minimum of 4 years working with ERP Systems based on MRP – Modules of Inventory, MPS, Planning, Capacity, etc.
• Good record of KPIs improvement, OTIF, Schedule Attainment, Cycle time, Inventory reduction, , etc.
• Certified in Lean Manufacturing, 6 Sigma or similar is desirable.

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John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, is a global leader in mission-critical flow control solutions for energy and process industries that enable efficient and sustainable operations. Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies.

We have a global network of more than 200 sites in over 50 countries and employ more than 6,000 people worldwide. We partner with our customers to help them keep their operations safe, reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and meet the latest environmental standards.

Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs approximately 16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries.