Material Planning Manager - Manufacturing

  • Full-time

Company Description

Red Wing Shoe Company is based in Red Wing, Minnesota, just 40 minutes from St. Paul, where our corporate office sits along the Mississippi River in downtown Red Wing.  We are a global company with 2300 employees around the world, but we maintain a close-knit team atmosphere that comes with being a privately held company. We’re rich in history and tradition, but innovation drives us to deliver best-in-class product solutions and highly rated customer experiences.  Our focus on our people and culture results in meaningful employee engagement across the organization. Our Guiding Principles of Living our Values, Honoring our Brands, Inspiring Our People, Centering on the Customer, and Preserving the Long Term Success and Legacy of Our Company are the foundation on which we build our future.

Job Description

GENERAL PURPOSE OF JOB:

Supervise the planning and scheduling requirements of the shoe and leather manufacturing facilities to insure the Red Wing Shoe business and customer requirements are met.  Supervise the purchasing of raw materials and manufacturing supplies while maintaining appropriate inventory levels to meet business demand and Company objectives. 

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILIES

  • Manage the production scheduling and raw materials purchasing processes for manufacturing operations (shoe manufacturing and leather manufacturing).
  • Work closely with Brand leadership, Demand Planning, Strategic Sourcing partners and other business partners as needed to analyze past and future business demands, assess capabilities, develop strategies and implement actions to achieve business imperatives. 
  • Develop best practices on daily scheduling, leveraging capacity capabilities to the fullest, make to order opportunities, lead times, etc. that can be utilized by domestic manufacturing locations.
  • Work with Demand Planning team to analyze and update forecast information leveraging all available systems and resources.
  • Maximize utilization of manufacturing capacity planning tools including M3 and Logility for all domestic manufacturing facilities.
  • Work closely with the Plant leadership to ensure optimization of all domestic manufacturing capabilities to meet business demand and strategic operations objectives.
  • Track and analyze physical inventory data (safety stock) and variances, develop/recommend action plans and engage appropriate stakeholders to prevent and/or remediate issues.
  • Provide leadership for inventory management activities including but not limited to cycle counts and physical inventory counts.
  • Implement Lean Material Flow

OTHER DUTIES and RESPONSIBLITIES

  • Supervise, coach, train, and develop scheduling and purchasing team members to achieve business goals and career development/advancement objectives.

  • Continuous learning and development of personal technical/functional and leadership capabilities.

  • Effective communication, collaboration and engagement of appropriate cross-functional stakeholders.

  • Participate and provide leadership as needed to develop, implement and continuously improve the SOP process for domestic manufacturing including systems utilization (e.g.,  M3 and Logility).

  • Participate in cross-functional process improvement teams with mapping, root cause identification and transformation.

  • Maintain quality service by establishing, following, and enforcing organizational quality system standards.

  • Uphold Red Wing Shoe Company’s core values.

  • Complete other duties and assignments as instructed by your manager.

  • Conduct self-according to RWSC policies/handbook.

Qualifications

EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university and seven to ten years related experience/training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

ADDITIONAL DESIRABLE QUALICATIONS

  • Experience with PFEP- Plan For Every Part and Tugger Systems. 
  • Manufacturing leadership experience, footwear industry experience strongly preferred

  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills

  • Strong influence and negotiation skills

  • Excellent collaboration and team building skills

  • Strong drive for results and superior execution

  • Working knowledge of LEAN including material flow experience

  • Systems savvy including Microsoft Office and ERP

  • Strong analytical skills

    REQUIRED LICENSES, CERTIFICATES OR KNOWLEDGE:

  • APICS certification a plus

Additional Information

Red Wing Shoe Company will not be using recruitment agencies or firms to fill this position and we will not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate information. No agency calls please.

Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc. is a drug-free workplace.

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