Planning Manager, West Chester- OH

Job Description

Job Description

Barnes Aerospace has a challenging and rewarding career opportunity for Planning Manager for its West Chester, OH site. Results-driven Planning Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the monthly Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning (SIOP) process.
• Align demand forecasts, backlog, capacity, inventory, and financial objectives.
• Identify risks and opportunities and develop mitigation plans.
• Facilitate cross-functional reviews and executive decision-making.
• Own the Master Production Schedule (MPS) process.
• Ensure production schedules align with customer priorities, capacity constraints, and material availability.
• Monitor schedule adherence and drive corrective actions.
• Manage priority changes, expedites, and recovery plans.
• Develop demand plans based on forecasts, backlog, and customer requirements.
• Balance workload across production areas and critical work centers.
• Identify capacity constraints and support resource planning decisions.
• Optimize inventory levels while maintaining customer service requirements.
• Monitor WIP, raw material, and finished goods inventory.
• Drive improvements in inventory turns and working capital performance.
• Manage planning parameters including safety stock, reorder points, and lead times.
• Coordinate planning activities with Operations, Supply Chain, Customer Service, Quality, Engineering, and Finance.
• Support customer recovery plans and delivery improvement initiatives.
• Drive communication and alignment across the organization.
• Drive Lean initiatives focused on flow, inventory reduction, and planning effectiveness.
• Improve planning processes, systems, and data accuracy.
• Support Value Stream Mapping (VSM), Kaizen events, and material flow improvements.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in Planning, Supply Chain, Operations, or Manufacturing.
• Demonstrated experience leading SIOP processes.
• Experience managing Master Production Scheduling (MPS).
• Strong understanding of inventory management and capacity planning.
• ERP/MRP system experience.

Preferred

• Aerospace, MRO, or complex manufacturing experience.
• Lean Manufacturing experience.
• APICS/ASCM certification (CPIM, CSCP, or equivalent).
• Experience leading planning teams

At Barnes Aerospace, career development is a shared responsibility in which all employees are encouraged to develop, improve, and enhance their skills and professional growth to support our business objectives.

This job position may include access to controlled information or technology subject to U.S. export control laws. If an applicant does not meet the definition of a “U.S. Person” (which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. lawful permanent residents, and those granted U.S. asylum or refugee status), the Company may be required to obtain an export control license. If the position for which you applied involves access to controlled information or technology subject to U.S. export control laws, then any offer is also contingent on verification of appropriate documentation for the Company to assess whether an export license will be required to employ you in that role, and if it is determined that an export license is required, the offer is also contingent on the Company’s determination, in its sole discretion, whether a license application and ongoing administration is prudent under the project’s contract parameters and whether an export license can be successfully obtained after you can start in that role. Export license applications may take several weeks to be processed.