Production & Materials Planning Manager

Driven by Possibility Gates Corporation is a leading manufacturer of application-specific fluid power and power transmission solutions. At Gates, we are driven to push the boundaries of materials science to engineer products that continually exceed expectations. We don't rest on our rich heritage of innovation. We leverage it to inspire solutions that will power the next hundred years. We invest continually in R&D and technology, so our products not only outperform industry standards; they exceed our customers' demanding expectations. We invest in our people, bringing real-world experience that enables us to solve our customers' diverse challenges of today and anticipate those of tomorrow. And we are constantly expanding our product catalog and value-added service offerings to support every facet of our customers' operations. In the most extreme environments and those more familiar, Gates is there with the right product, in the right place at the right time. Whether building original equipment or maintaining products in the aftermarket, we enable companies in every industry to be more efficient, productive, and profitable.
At Gates, we welcome challenges, celebrate hard work, and continually seek new talent to join our global company. We are looking for a Production & Materials Planning Manager who will be reporting to the General Manager - Assemblies, Americas. Please review below to see if this might be the right opportunity for you.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Support Commercial team by representing Operations on daily call with key customer
• Provide Operational Support around order management for all assembly plants. This could include plant specific focus' from time to time to get product out the door like running additional analysis and support on inventory availability, customer reports and information for specific plants
• Strong MRP knowledge to be able to support data validations from CMS MRP runs especially for procurement teams
• Investigate, support, train, look for solutions, implement new tools/options
• Work with S&OP on Inventory Planning Parameters
• Supporting Expediting of Materials from TFP and/or inter-company when necessary
• Project Management and strong ability to pull data and provide analysis
• Upload monthly DSX schedule from Denver demand planning team. Work with S&OP to provide updates after the upload, trouble shoot any anomalies
• Work with Finance & SOX audit team to oversee Atlas Sites Cycle Count Program on the monthly progress ensuring Net Accuracy remains at 98%
• Trouble shoot EDI purchase orders for Gates and procurement teams
• Support Inter-Plant Work share
• Monitoring Inventory Levels - working with S&OP for opportunities to move material around the assembly network
• Systems training, provide work instructions to teams where necessary on CMS
• Provide plant level support on monthly cycle count process, other inventory anomalies, provide support and analysis
• Implement Cycle Count Program's for other sites
• GPS tool for Assemblies support to local planners at all sites, work with IT as necessary

Key Skills

• Strong planning and organizing
• Problem analysis and problem solving
• Powerful data gathering and analysis
• Outstanding time management
• Exceptional interpersonal and communications skills
• Effective team player

Education And Experience

• CMS, Oracle, WMS
• Proficiency in systems including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Two or more years in a similar role considered an asset

Please be advised that Gates Corporation does not accept resumes from third-party recruiters. We are an equal opportunity employer. We select candidates based on a fair evaluation of their skills and abilities, measured against the position requirements. All qualified applicants will be given equal consideration regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital or family status, genetic information, or any other category protected by law. Gates offers an accessible recruitment process that is in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarian with Disabilities Act (AODA). If you require any accommodation for a disability during any stage of the recruitment process, we invite you to inform the Human Resources representative that contacted you.