Location: Indianapolis,IN, USA
**Creating Peace of Mind by Pioneering Safety and Security**
_At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 12,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. Additionally, in 2024 we were awarded the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, which recognizes the most engaged workplace cultures in the world._
**Production Planning & Scheduling Manager**
The Production Planning & Scheduling Manager, will lead the overall planning and scheduling of our manufacturing facility. This includes driving strategy for the Production Planning and Scheduling team to successfully meet our company's short and long-term delivery goals. You will set expectations for the development and execution of the daily/weekly/monthly goals and key performance indicators (KPIs). You will work with the manufacturing leaders as well as the support team on analyzing scenarios that balance demand and supply while optimizing inventory and minimizing the impact of demand volatility.
**What You Will Do:**
+ Guide team of planners that receive, schedule and promise daily customer and inter-company orders while maintaining optimal sales backlogs.
+ Guide team of factory schedulers responsible for scheduling multiple production lines.
+ Guide Sales Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP) process: facilitate demand planning discussions, translate demand to operational and supply chain requirements; facilitate operational capacity plan development; establish forecasts to suppliers; and identify risks to production.
+ Facilitates long term capacity assessment (RCCP) and development of countermeasure/action plans.
+ Identification and resolution of Constraints - Capacity, Resource & Material.
+ Conducts a demonstrated lead-time analysis and measures gap to published lead times. Drives corrective action plan and reviews and updates published lead-times.
+ Manages the inputs-outputs to the rough-cut capacity plan and the information flow with customer service on requests for changes, cancellations, or expedites based on customer requests.
+ Establish common metrics, data definitions and business processes to support customer service, inventory, and demand/forecast improvements.
+ Drives continuous process improvement, strives to improve efficiency, likely to challenge processes where favorable alternatives may be available.
+ Data analysis and reporting of key performance indicators such as: delivery performance, backlog, performance to master schedule and inventory turns
+ Document and maintain procedures and processes to ensure system and data accuracy and integrity.
+ Monitor and drive resolution of MRP processing errors.
+ Support customer service with exception request analysis and expediting resolution.
+ Provide training on master production scheduling procedures and processes.
+ Knowledge and understanding of the following in a manufacturing environment:
+ Materials Management / Master Scheduling, Sales Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP), Forecasting, Capacity Planning, Materials Requirement Planning (MRP)
+ Advanced understanding and application of lean manufacturing principles.
+ Proven leadership abilities and demonstrated ability to work as part of a team.
+ Proficient with ERP systems.
+ Strong experience in performance metrics and process implementation and improvement.
+ Models and supports organization's goals and values; adapts to changing conditions; demonstrates persistence and overcomes obstacles.
+ Excellent communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills with the ability to convey information and ideas in a variety of media.
+ Action oriented and solution-driven thinking.
+ Strong influencing skills - ability to influence & collaborate across functional and geographic boundaries as well as across organizational tiers.
+ Agility and personal adaptability with the ability to successfully manage multiple priorities with a high sense of urgency in a rapidly changing environment.
+ Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; develops alternative solutions; works well in group problem solving situations.
+ Displays original thinking and creativity; meets challenges with resourcefulness; generates suggestions for improving work.
**What You Need to Succeed:**
+ BS/BA degree in business or engineering discipline
+ Minimum of 5 years of experience leading SIOP and production forecasting and scheduling processes
+ Experience with push and pull scheduling methods in a high volume/mix environment
+ Experience optimizing inventory, purchasing/supplier scheduling, and change management
+ Experience with visual management systems/lean management
**Why Work for Us?**
**Allegion is a Great Place to Grow your Career if:**
+ You're seeking a rewarding opportunity that allows you to truly help others. With thousands of employees and customers around the world, there's plenty of room to make an impact. As our values state, this is your business, run with it .
+ You're looking for a company that will invest in your professional development. As we grow, we want you to grow with us.
+ You want a culture that promotes work-life balance. Our employees enjoy generous paid time off, because at Allegion we recognize that you have a full life outside of work!
**What You'll Get from Us:**
+ Health, dental and vision insurance coverage, helping you be safe, be healthy .
+ A commitment to your future with a 401K plan, offering a 6% company match and no vesting period
+ Tuition Reimbursement
+ Unlimited PTO
+ Employee Discounts through Perks at Work
+ Community involvement and opportunities to give back so you can serve others, not yourself
+ Opportunities to leverage your unique strengths through CliftonStrengths testing and coaching
**Apply Today!**
Join our team of experts today and help us make tomorrow's world a safer place!
**_Not sure if your experience perfectly aligns with the role?_** _Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification_ **_and_** _every single preferred qualification of a job posting. At Allegion, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. So, if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every item in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role._
**We Celebrate Who We Are!**
Allegion is committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace. Together, we embrace all differences and similarities among colleagues, as well as the differences and similarities within the relationships that we foster with customers, suppliers and the communities where we live and work. Whatever your background, experience, race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender, gender identity, disability status, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law, we will make sure that you have every opportunity to impress us in your application and the opportunity to give your best at work, not because we're required to, but because it's the right thing to do. We are also committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. If for any reason you cannot apply through our career site and require an accommodation or assistance, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team (...@Allegion.com) .
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