Senior Manager – Planning & Scheduling
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Senior Manager of Planning & Scheduling leading production planning and logistics at Hohmann & Barnard, Inc., a construction materials manufacturer. Overseeing strategies for operational efficiency and customer fulfillment.
Responsibilities:
- Lead enterprise-wide production planning and scheduling activities across all facilities to ensure customer demand, production capacity, and inventory strategies are aligned.
- Directly oversee and mentor the Production & Cost Coordinator and Inventory & Logistics Manager positions.
- Establish standardized planning, scheduling, and inventory management processes across the organization.
- Drive proactive management of production schedules, material flow, capacity utilization, and inventory positioning to support customer service objectives.
- Lead Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) support activities through collaboration with operations, procurement, sales, and customer service teams.
- Monitor work-in-progress, material availability, backlog conditions, and production constraints while driving corrective actions as necessary.
- Develop and maintain KPI reporting related to forecast accuracy, inventory turns, on-time delivery, schedule attainment, freight performance, and service levels.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on planning accuracy, scheduling efficiency, inventory optimization, and logistics performance.
- Oversee enterprise inventory strategies for raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods inventory using historical demand, forecasted demand, and operational requirements.
- Collaborate closely with Procurement/Sourcing to align purchasing activity with production schedules, inventory targets, and supply chain risk mitigation strategies.
- Provide oversight of cycle count programs, physical inventories, inventory reconciliations, and inventory accuracy initiatives.
- Lead interfacility transfer strategies and inventory balancing efforts across all H&B locations.
- Provide strategic oversight for all freight and logistics operations, including inbound, outbound, interfacility, domestic, import, LTL, TL, and parcel transportation.
Requirements:
- Associates degree or higher in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Business, Engineering, or related field preferred.
- Minimum of 5–10 years of progressive experience in production planning, product engineering, scheduling, inventory management, logistics, project management or supply chain leadership within a manufacturing environment.
- Strong leadership experience managing cross-functional teams and multi-site operations preferred.
- Advanced knowledge of MRP/ERP systems, production planning systems, inventory control methodologies, and supply chain best practices.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence across all levels of the organization.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and data analysis tools.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing operations, production flow, logistics networks, and inventory optimization strategies.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment while maintaining strong attention to detail.
- Demonstrated ability to lead continuous improvement initiatives and drive operational performance improvements.
- Previous experience managing employees.
- Ability to travel up to 25%
Benefits:
- Diverse learning and working opportunities
- Fostering a culture where everyone’s empowered to be their best




















