Planning Manager

Why Us?

At Par Health, we believe great healthcare is built on getting the essentials right. We’re looking for passionate, talented individuals who share our commitment to improving lives. With a global workforce, we lead with pride and purpose—prioritizing quality and safety while fostering a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and teamwork. Elevating the Essentials isn’t just our tagline, it’s the higher standard we live by every day.

Job Description Summary

Job Description

Plan, control, and manage all scheduling activities supporting the Hobart manufacturing site. Balance production and inventory with demand to support targets consistent with customer service, inventory turns, and utilization/staffing requirements.  Acts as subject matter expert for all scheduling related functions and serves site leadership teams accordingly.

Essential Functions

• Leads site level SIOP efforts and participate as key stakeholder in broader business unit SIOP discussions.
• Serves on site leadership team.  Must drive coordination with cross functional teams to ensure alignment across manufacturing site.
• Provides time phased schedules by SKU to manufacturing and measures production compliance to track performance.
• Leads site implementation efforts for system and process changes with respect to planning and scheduling.  Efforts are focused to create standard, repeatable work processes for the production scheduling team.
• Leads team of direct and indirect employees.
• Position will be located in Hobart, NY. 
• Lead team to develop feasible master production schedules (MPS) based on capacity, material, and other constraints.
• Lead team to translate MPS into detailed schedules for production execution.
• Lead team to develop requirements to support procurement of materials through DRP/MRP methodology.
• Maintain team performance KPIs.
• Lead efforts to communicate schedule deviations and root causes to cross functional team.
• Lead efforts to analyze what if scenarios in the frozen production horizon.
• Travel:  Up to 25% travel required.

Minimum Requirements

Education:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience in supply chain planning.  Prefer degrees in supply chain, business, and/or related fields.

Experience:

• Minimum of  10 years’ experience in materials/ planning/scheduling. 
• Strong demonstrated knowledge with DRP/MRPII systems and be highly proficient in Microsoft Project, Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Specific experience in scheduling production required.
• Understanding of the entire supply chain from demand planning through order shipment. 

License/Certifications:

APICS CPIM certification or equivalent required.

Preferred Skills/Qualifications:

• JDE World, BPCS, JDA Master Planning, JDA S&OP Workbench, experience preferred.
• Manage multiple priorities while achieving deadlines.
• Professional business communication with various levels of management and functional areas.
• Self-starter, ability to work independently.
• Project Management/Change Management certifications/experience preferred.

Organizational Relationship/Scope:

Action Oriented:  Enjoys working hard; is action oriented and full of energy for the things he/she see as challenging; not fearful of action with a minimum of planning; seizes more opportunities than others.

Approachability:  Is easy to approach and talk to; spends the extra effort to put others at ease; can be warm, pleasant, and gracious; is sensitive to and patient with the interpersonal anxieties of others; build rapport well; is a good listener; is an early knower, getting informal and incomplete information in time to do something about it.

Customer Focus:  Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.

Negotiating:  Can negotiate skillfully in touchy situations with both internal and external groups; can settle differences with minimum noise; can win concessions without damaging relationships; can be both direct and forceful as well as diplomatic; gains trust quickly of other parties to the negotiations; has a good sense of timing.

Timely Decision Making:  Makes decisions in a timely manner, sometimes with incomplete information and under tight deadlines and pressure; able to make a quick decision.

Working Conditions:

Physical/Visual Activities or Demands:  Physical/visual activities or demands that are commonly associated with the performance of the functions of this job:

• Sedentary Work - exert a negligible amount of force continuously and up to 20 pounds of force occasionally to lift or move objects. The job involves sitting, walking, and standing, reaching, communicating, understanding and following instructions.

• The job involves clarity of vision at 20 inches or less with the ability to bring objects into sharp focus.  May need the ability to identify and distinguish colors.
• Flow of work and character of duties involve advanced mental and visual attention to detail much or all of the time.

Environmental/Atmospheric Conditions commonly associated with the performance of the functions of this job:

• Combination of office and manufacturing floor conditions.

The expected base pay range for this position is $115,000 - $130,000. Please note that base pay offered may vary depending on factors including job-related knowledge, skills and experience. This position is eligible for a bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable program. Bonuses are awarded at the Company's discretion.

EEO Statement:

We comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment, and provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or genetic information, or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.