Planning Manager (87406)

Who we are:

The Gill Corporation is one of the world's largest manufacturers of honeycomb, high performance floor panels, cargo compartment liners and original equipment for passenger and freighter aircraft. The company also excels in many other types of reinforced plastics including interior sandwich panels for creating structures such as aircraft galleys and bulkheads, honeycomb core and related products.

The Gill Corporation is seeking a Planning Manager who will manage the department including exempt and non-exempt staff as applicable in order to plan, schedule and follow up on production orders in support of customer and internal demands.

Reporting to the Director of Supply Chain, they will perform, but not be limited to the following responsibilities.

Responsibilities:

• Create the forecast for purchasing and production to meet deliveries for customers’ orders based on sales history, current demands, components lead time, production and test lead times and production capacity limitations.
• Ensure timely review of customer demands and provide feedback to Customer Service and Sales, including Production’s commitment.
• Establish the required quantities and availability of materials needed to meet customer demands, and release production orders accordingly.
• Proactively communicate across the organization scheduling issues and opportunities to ensure deliveries are met and objectives are achieved.
• Confer with department supervisors to determine status of scheduled work.
• Generate status reports and act as the information hub for all issues concerning/impacting delivery schedules.
• Expedite operations that delay schedules, and alter schedules to meet unforeseen conditions.
• Interface with purchasing to expedite problem parts and to reschedule material deliveries that will result in excess inventory.
• Prepare reports for all planning activity metrics and analyze all results to recommend required improvements in performance and collaborate with material manager to forecast all required strategies.
• Assist to monitor all department budgets and manage all inventories on quarterly basis and assist all team members to manage all production schedules.
• Manage and report Manufacturing capacities to meet company objectives
• Other duties as assigned by the Director of Supply Chain.