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We are a brand that you know and trust. With more than 100 years of innovation, we’ve defined our industry with proprietary products that deliver revolutionary style and functionality and can be found in millions of homes and commercial buildings globally.\nWe are searching for candidates that are driven, intelligent, creative, and entrepreneurial. By offering challenging and accelerated opportunities for growth, powered by a shared hunger for success, we create a space for your career to thrive. In return for your expertise, we are committed to providing competitive and robust total compensation and benefit packages to ensure you feel valued. Our dream is to become the fastest growing, most loved, window covering company in the world. What’s yours?\nPosition Overview\nThe Senior Fabrication Planner serves as the site leader for fabrication planning and material availability, ensuring the uninterrupted flow of materials required to support manufacturing while optimizing inventory investment and schedule stability. This role bridges Supply Planning, Manufacturing, Warehouse, Procurement, Logistics, Engineering, and Customer Service to proactively identify risks, resolve material constraints, and drive execution against customer commitments.\nThe Senior Fabrication Planner owns the planning and readiness of materials, fabrication work orders, inventory health, and planning processes that enable successful manufacturing operations. The role is expected to provide technical expertise, operational leadership, and continuous improvement to ensure a stable and scalable planning function.\nWhat you'll do\nMaterial Planning & Execution\nOwn site fabrication planning activities to ensure material availability in support of customer demand and production schedules.\nReview and coordinate SAP MRP exception messages with respective planners to maintain planning accuracy and minimize shortages.\nCollaborate with production assistants to prioritize fabrication orders based on customer commitments, business priorities, and operational constraints.\nMonitor material flow from suppliers through warehouse operations into manufacturing, ensuring timely availability of all required components.\nCoordinate recovery plans for material shortages, late deliveries, and fabrication delays.\nMaterial Availability & Shortage Management\nServe as the site owner for daily material availability.\nLead cross-functional shortage reviews and establish recovery actions to minimize customer impact.\nMaintain accurate material ETAs and communicate changing supply conditions to Manufacturing, Customer Service, and Supply Planning.\nIdentify potential stockouts before they impact production through proactive analysis of demand, supply, and inventory.\nEscalate critical shortages and coordinate expedited material movement when required.\nMaintain visibility to all customer-impacting material constraints and ensure timely communication across the organization.\nInventory Management\nMaintain optimal inventory levels by balancing customer service, working capital, and operational stability.\nMonitor safety stock health and recommend adjustments based on demand variability and supplier performance.\nReduce excess, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory through proactive planning strategies.\nAudit inventory accuracy and investigate discrepancies impacting material availability.\nPartner with Inventory Control to ensure transaction accuracy and inventory integrity.\nPlanning Systems & Master Data\nEnsure planning data accurately reflects manufacturing capabilities and supplier performance, including lead times, MOQs, lot sizes, safety stock levels, and other planning parameters\nValidate planning outputs and continuously improve MRP effectiveness.\nDrive improvements to planning parameters that enhance schedule stability and inventory performance.\nCross Functional Leadership\nCoordinate daily priorities across Supply Planning, Manufacturing, Fabrication, Warehouse, Logistics, Procurement, and Customer Service.\nLead daily material availability meetings and communicate site risks, recovery actions, and expected material ETAs.\nServe as the primary site expert for material planning and planning execution.\nPartner with Production Planning to ensure material readiness supports execution of the production schedule.\nCollaborate with Engineering on new product introductions, engineering changes, and material transitions.\nOperational Excellence\nAudit planning processes to ensure daily, weekly, and monthly planning activities are completed accurately and on time.\nAnalyze inventory adjustments, material usage variance (MUV), and transactional discrepancies to identify root causes and implement corrective actions.\nDevelop and maintain standardized planning processes and work instructions.\nLead continuous improvement initiatives that improve planning efficiency, inventory performance, and service levels.\nSupport Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen events, and operational excellence initiatives.\nAnalytics & Reporting\nMonitor and report key planning performance indicators.\nMaintain accurate reporting for stockouts, shortages, aged orders, and material availability.\nProvide root cause analysis for service failures and inventory variances.\nDevelop actionable recovery plans based on planning metrics and operational trends.\nKey Performance Indicators\nThe Senior Fabrication Planner is accountable for improving performance in the following areas:\nMaterial Availability\nCustomer On-Time Delivery (OTD)\nPercent of Backorders (BKO)\nFabrication Schedule Readiness\nAged Orders\nSafety Stock Health\nInventory Turns\nExcess & Obsolete Inventory\nMaterial Usage Variance (MUV)\nPlanning Parameter Accuracy\nInventory Accuracy\nPlanning Process Compliance\nWho you are\nRequired Qualification\n5+ years of experience in manufacturing planning, materials management, or supply chain.\nAdvanced SAP planning experience including MRP execution and inventory management.\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret complex planning and inventory data.\nProven ability to lead cross-functional teams without direct authority.\nAdvanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and reporting tools.\nAbility to confidently lead meetings and articulately speak to the ongoing problems and action items being taken by the plant\nPreferred Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business, Engineering, or equivalent experience.\nAPICS CPIM or CSCP certification.\nLean Manufacturing or Six Sigma experience.\nExperience supporting multiple manufacturing departments within a high-volume manufacturing environment.\nExperience with SAP planning master data and inventory optimization strategies.\nLeadership Expectations\nThe Senior Fabrication Planner is expected to influence across functions, proactively identify risks before they impact customers, and drive disciplined execution of planning processes. Success in this role is measured not only by maintaining material availability but by continuously improving planning systems, inventory health, operational stability, and cross-functional collaboration while serving as the site's planning subject matter expert.\nWhat's in it for you?\nAnnual base salary range: $78,000 - $100,000\nBonus target range: 10% - 20%\nGenerous benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, disability\nA company culture that prioritizes internal development and professional growth\nTime off with pay \n401(k) plan with a degree of employer matching\nPaid parental leave\nWellness programs and product discounts\nPlease note, all offers presented to candidates are carefully crafted to ensure market competitiveness, equity, and reflect the individual candidate’s education, experience, skills and potential.\nHunter Douglas is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with applicable employment laws. 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