Manager, Production Planning

Waters Corporation is currently seeking a highly motivated and team-oriented candidate to lead our Production Planning team in Milford, MA. This position will lead two functions including production planning supporting highly labor-intensive production areas and oversee the professional staff of 5 Production Planners.

Responsibilities:

• Implement and maintain comprehensive safety protocols for all employees, ensuring high self-awareness and achieving a progressive reduction in injury rates until zero incidents
• Oversee the site team responsible for Production Planning and Scheduling, ensuring compliance with customer delivery requirements by conducting root cause analysis and developing corrective actions for continuous improvement
• Develop and enforce robust processes and procedures for executing the master production schedule (MPS) and material requirements planning (MRP) utilizing SAP APO (Advanced Planner and Optimizer), mitigating roadblocks during site planning meetings
• Engage actively in the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process, analyzing demand inputs to create and manage production plans, capacity requirements, and clear-to-build plans, while providing real-time status updates
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize raw material flow, working closely with procurement to expedite and reschedule shipments, thus avoiding production disruptions and maintaining optimal inventory levels
• Create and manage a comprehensive rough-cut capacity model, balancing plant utilization, cost efficiency, and inventory levels, with an emphasis on optimizing production sequences and achieving consensus between production, planning, and engineering teams
• Monitor and manage supply planning processes related to contract manufacturers, including demand-supply coordination, CMS forecast management, and expediting requirements, ensuring alignment between the system and actual production needs

Requirements:

• BA/BS in Supply Chain related field required
• Minimum 10 years related experience in production planning and inventory management in a manufacturing environment
• 5+ years of people leadership experience managing a team of direct reports
• Advanced proficiency with SAP APO and Microsoft applications required
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, verbal, written and presentation skills
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and drive corrective actions
• Strong leadership skills, self-directed and the ability to make independent decisions
• Experience with New Product Introduction (NPI) processes
• MBA will be a plus
• APICS CPIM certification or equivalent highly desired
• Familiarity with cGMP, ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016 is desired