Production Planning Manager

Production Planning Manager
Houston, TX 77084 | Direct Hire | $100,000–$160,000/year

Core Personnel Staffing is hiring a Production Planning Manager for a fast-growing industrial pipe distributor and custom fabricator in West Houston. This is a newly created role, and you’ll build the company’s production planning and scheduling process from the ground up. If you’ve owned a master schedule, built your own Excel planning models, and want to put your stamp on a growing operation, this role is for you.

What You’ll Do

• Build and own the master schedule across several business lines: in-house fabrication, drop-ship pipe, and distributed products

• Develop daily, weekly and monthly production schedules for about 20 machines and a 40+ person fabrication team

• Build an Excel-based planning model first, then lead the move into an ERP production/MRP module

• Coordinate priorities across Sales, Shipping, Purchasing, Warehouse and Fabrication

• Spot bottlenecks, material shortages and capacity issues early, and drive solutions

• Report on KPIs including on-time completion, throughput, capacity and backlog

What You Bring

• 5+ years of production planning or scheduling experience, including ownership of a master schedule

• Experience in oil and gas, manufacturing, plastics or a similar industrial environment

• Advanced Excel skills, with the ability to walk through a planning model you’ve built

• ERP/MRP experience (Sage 100 a plus)

• Make-to-order or job-shop experience preferred

• Strong communication skills and comfort leading tough conversations across departments

• A hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves approach and flexibility in a fast-moving environment

• Bilingual English/Spanish strongly preferred

• Associate’s or bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business or a related field preferred

Schedule & Benefits

• Monday–Friday, 7:00 AM–5:00 PM, with additional hours as needed

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance

• 401(k) with company match

• PTO plus 9 paid holidays

• Employee discount program

Core Personnel Staffing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Employment with Core Personnel Staffing is at-will, meaning either the employee or Core Personnel Staffing may end the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause or notice.

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