PLANNING SUPERVISOR

Hackettstown, New Jersey | 100% Onsite | Power

Turn customer demand into coordinated production and inventory plans that improve service, efficiency, and cost performance.

WHY WORK FOR ASTRODYNE TDI?

Join a global power electronics manufacturer where planning, supply chain, and operations work together to deliver mission-critical solutions to customers around the world. As Planning Supervisor, you will play a key leadership role in aligning customer requirements with production capabilities while driving operational efficiency and continuous improvement.

Operational Impact: Lead the planning function that keeps production aligned with customer demand and business objectives.

Leadership Opportunity: Mentor and develop a high-performing planning team while influencing cross-functional decision-making.

Cross-Functional Visibility: Partner daily with Supply Chain, Production, Purchasing, Engineering, Quality, Program Management, and Customer Service.

Continuous Improvement: Identify constraints, optimize inventory, improve planning accuracy, and strengthen on-time delivery performance.

ROLE OVERVIEW

Astrodyne TDI is seeking an experienced and hands-on Planning Supervisor to lead production planning and scheduling activities across the organization. This role is responsible for ensuring customer demand is met while optimizing production capacity, inventory levels, material availability, and operational efficiency.

The successful candidate will provide leadership to the planning team, leverage ERP/MRP systems to develop effective production plans, and proactively identify and resolve constraints that may impact customer commitments. This position serves as a critical link between operations, supply chain, manufacturing, and customer-facing functions to ensure efficient execution and business success.

WHAT YOU WILL OWN

Lead, mentor, and develop the Planning team, establishing priorities and ensuring successful execution of daily planning activities.
Develop and maintain production plans and schedules based on customer demand, forecasts, inventory requirements, material availability, and manufacturing capacity.
Monitor production schedules and proactively identify material, labor, equipment, or capacity constraints that may impact customer commitments.
Partner with Purchasing and Materials Management to ensure components and raw materials are available to support production requirements.
Collaborate with Production Management to balance manufacturing priorities, resource utilization, and customer delivery expectations.
Utilize ERP/MRP systems to maintain planning parameters, production orders, forecasts, lead times, safety stock levels, and inventory requirements.
Adjust production schedules in response to changing customer demand, engineering changes, quality issues, supply disruptions, and production constraints.
Develop inventory strategies that support customer service requirements while minimizing excess and obsolete inventory.
Work closely with Supply Chain and Customer Service teams to evaluate customer requirements, expedite requests, and revise delivery commitments when necessary.
Partner with Engineering and Quality teams to incorporate new products, revisions, engineering changes, and quality-related requirements into production plans.
Analyze capacity requirements and identify bottlenecks before they impact production performance.
Lead and participate in cross-functional meetings focused on production priorities, shortages, schedule adherence, and customer commitments.
Track and report key operational metrics, including on-time delivery, inventory performance, production adherence, shortages, and past-due orders.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives that improve planning accuracy, streamline workflows, reduce inventory, and increase operational efficiency.
Prioritize and expedite materials or production orders to support critical customer requirements.
Support new product introductions, product transitions, and ramp-up activities by coordinating material and capacity planning.