Production Planning Manager

PRODUCTION PLANNING MANAGER – JOB #1135 Turn Demand Into a Plan. Turn the Plan Into Execution. Enstrom Helicopter Corporation is seeking an experienced Production Planning Manager to lead production planning, scheduling, material requirements, inventory planning, and capacity coordination across our manufacturing operation.

This position plays a key role in translating business demand into realistic production plans, ensuring materials, resources, and schedules are aligned to support aircraft manufacturing and customer commitments. We're looking for someone who can move beyond reacting to shortages and schedule changes to help build a more proactive, organized, and data-driven planning function.

If you enjoy connecting the dots between production, materials, inventory, capacity, and business systems, this is an opportunity to make a direct impact on how we manufacture aircraft.

What You'll Do

As our Production Planning Manager, you'll lead and strengthen Enstrom's production planning and control processes by: Developing and maintaining production plans and schedules based on approved demand, customer requirements, inventory needs, and manufacturing priorities. Translating business demand into actionable production and material requirements within the MRP system.

Coordinating production schedules and priorities across manufacturing departments. Evaluating schedule feasibility based on material availability, labor requirements, production capacity, and known constraints. Identifying potential shortages, scheduling conflicts, and capacity concerns before they impact production. Monitoring planned versus actual production performance and recommending adjustments as needed.

Maintaining short-, intermediate-, and long-range visibility of production, material, inventory, and capacity requirements. Communicating planning changes and priorities to ensure alignment across departments. Production Planning, Materials & Inventory You'll help improve how Enstrom plans and manages manufacturing requirements by: Reviewing MRP recommendations, planned orders, work orders, forecasts, inventory requirements, and exception conditions.

Improving planning parameters and system data, including lead times, safety stock, lot sizes, planning horizons, and other factors affecting MRP accuracy. Working closely with Purchasing to identify material shortages, supplier constraints, and procurement priorities. Evaluating production requirements against available manufacturing capacity.

Identifying workload imbalances and recommending scheduling or resource adjustments. Supporting inventory planning strategies that balance material availability, production needs, and inventory investment. Improving planning accuracy and reducing unnecessary schedule disruptions. ERP Systems, Reporting & Process Improvement You'll support data-driven planning and continuous improvement by: Utilizing ERP/MRP systems to maintain accurate production schedules, material requirements, inventory information, and planning data.

Developing, maintaining, and improving business reports, dashboards, and data analysis using ERP systems and available reporting tools. Working with operational leaders to identify opportunities for improved planning processes, system utilization, and reporting. Supporting data accuracy and consistency across production planning, inventory, purchasing, and manufacturing activities.

Identifying opportunities to improve workflows, reduce manual processes, and strengthen planning visibility. Partnering with internal teams to improve the reliability and usefulness of planning information. Cross-Functional Coordination You'll work closely with Production, Purchasing, Engineering, Quality, Finance, and Aftermarket/Sales to: Align production priorities with customer commitments and business needs.

Communicate schedule changes, material concerns, and capacity constraints. Coordinate solutions to production planning challenges. Improve visibility into manufacturing requirements and operational priorities. Support continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen production performance and on-time delivery.

What We're Looking For

Experience in production planning, manufacturing scheduling, materials management, inventory planning, or related manufacturing operations. Strong understanding of ERP/MRP systems and how they support production planning and material requirements. Knowledge of manufacturing workflows, inventory management, purchasing, and production scheduling.

Ability to evaluate production requirements, material availability, and capacity constraints. Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills. Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and familiarity with business reporting and data analysis. Ability to manage competing priorities and communicate effectively across departments.

Experience working collaboratively with manufacturing, purchasing, engineering, and other operational teams. Ability to identify process improvements and support disciplined planning practices. Preferred Experience Preference will be given to candidates with hands-on experience using ERP/MRP systems, including Harris Data, Net.

Suite, or comparable manufacturing platforms. Additional consideration will be given to candidates with: Experience developing reports, dashboards, and data queries using SQL Server, Power BI, Excel, or comparable reporting tools. Experience improving ERP/MRP planning parameters, master data, and system-generated planning recommendations.

Experience with production capacity planning, inventory optimization, and material requirements planning. Experience in aerospace, aviation, or other complex manufacturing environments. Experience supporting ERP implementations, system improvements, or manufacturing process optimization. Why Join Enstrom? At Enstrom Helicopter Corporation, you'll have the opportunity to help strengthen the planning processes that support aircraft manufacturing.

This position offers the ability to work directly with operational leaders, improve manufacturing efficiency, and build a more proactive and reliable production planning function. If you enjoy solving complex manufacturing challenges, improving processes, and helping teams turn plans into results, we encourage you to apply.

Join Enstrom Helicopter Corporation and help drive the planning, coordination, and execution behind our aircraft manufacturing operations.