Production Planning Manager

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Demonstrates the ability to assess long-range production needs and translates those requirements into a weekly production plan.
• Reviews raw material availability coupled with production activities and/or Outside Contract Manufacturing resources to facilitate the scheduling of production of Thorne products.
• Develops long- and short-range product forecasts for seasonality, intrinsic and extrinsic demand patterns and other potential product movements.
• Program development and execution either within a team or independently, as required.
• Maintains a professional attitude particularly when under stress or deadlines and demonstrates good sound judgment when required.
• Meets company customer service goals and expectations by collaborating with Master Scheduler and Procurement ensuring production has the materials and resources available as required and meets established objectives.
• Monitors daily and weekly production schedules to align with forecasted demand.
• Develops and maintains demand forecasts using historical sales data, market trends, and customer inputs.
• Manages planning parameters based on changes in customer demand, inventory levels, or capacity constraints.
• Demonstrates initiative and job knowledge by suggesting ideas, discovering new and better ways of accomplishing collective and personal goals and finds innovative, well thought-out solutions to problems.
• Manages the department’s change management system, ensuring changes are documented, reviewed, approved, and implemented in coordination with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Tracks key production planning metrics to measure performance, identify improvement opportunities, and help drive progress toward service, inventory, and operational efficiency goals.
• Reviews current on-hand inventories and works with purchasing to develop plans for additional production in support of anticipated inventory needs.
• Facilitates production planning activities/meetings as required.
• Administers short-range requirements; updates new data and manages changes.
• Communicates with Purchasing on outside manufacturers delivery date expectations and changes; requests expedited purchases of material and packaging components as needed.
• Communicates with the warehouse, QC Lab, QA, and manufacturing group on material, packaging, and component flow.
• Provides Master Scheduler updates to manage and maintain the backorder report and At Risk Report.

WHAT YOU NEED

• Bachelor’s degree in related field required.
• Three to five years’ related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
• Read, analyze and interpret technical procedures, or governmental
  regulations.
• Follow instructions, communicate effectively with supervisors, fellow employees, and vendors, effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers and convey understandable and concise messages.
• Write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals.
• Calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, and
  percentages.
• Solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations
  where only limited standardization exists. 
• Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Products such as Word and Excel,

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive compensation
• 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage for employees
• Company-paid short- and long-term disability insurance
• Company- paid life insurance
• 401k plan with employer matching contributions up to 4%
• Gym membership reimbursement
• Monthly allowance of Thorne supplements
• Paid time off, volunteer time off and holiday leave
• Training, professional development, and career growth opportunities