Hendrick Technical Solutions
Location: 4400 Papa Joe Hendrick Blvd, Charlotte, North Carolina 28262
Summary: The Senior Manager, Production Planning is responsible for leading and optimizing the organization’s production planning, scheduling, transportation, and inventory functions. This role ensures the right products and materials are available at the right time and place while balancing operational efficiency, inventory investment, and transportation. This role will drive a proactive, data-driven approach to supply and demand planning, production scheduling, inventory management, and logistics execution while continuously improving processes, systems, and team capabilities.
Supervisory Responsibilities: Supply Chain Manager, Production Planning Supervisor, Production Team Leader, and Transportation Manager
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:
Production Planning & Scheduling
- Lead the development and execution of short- and long-term production plans aligned with demand, capacity, material availability, and business priorities.
- Oversee production scheduling to optimize manufacturing capacity, labor, equipment utilization, changeovers, service levels, and operating costs.
- Establish planning parameters, policies, and processes to improve schedule stability, responsiveness, and execution.
- Identify capacity constraints, supply risks, and potential production disruptions and develop mitigation plans.
- Partner with Manufacturing and Operations leadership to resolve schedule conflicts and improve production performance.
- Drive alignment between demand forecasts, production plans, material availability, and customer requirements.
Transportation & Logistics
- Lead transportation planning and execution across inbound and outbound logistics.
- Proactively identify transportation risks and develop contingency plans to maintain continuity of supply and customer service.
Inventory Management
- Establish appropriate inventory targets, safety stocks, reorder points, and planning parameters based on demand variability, lead times, service requirements, and supply risk.
- Balance inventory availability and customer service against working capital and obsolescence objectives.
- Drive initiatives to reduce excess and obsolete inventory while maintaining appropriate service levels.
- Establish inventory governance, cycle-count processes, and performance reporting in partnership with Operations and Finance.
- Translate business demand into actionable supply, production, inventory, and transportation plans.
- Facilitate cross-functional discussions around demand, capacity, inventory, constraints, and trade-offs.
- Provide leadership with clear visibility into supply risks, capacity requirements, inventory exposure, and service-level performance.
- Develop scenarios and recommendations to support strategic business decisions.
Leadership & Continuous Improvement
- Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team across production planning, scheduling, transportation, and inventory.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives using data, process analysis, Lean principles, and other operational excellence methodologies.
- Identify opportunities to improve planning systems, ERP/MRP functionality, reporting, automation, and data quality.
- Develop and implement standardized processes, policies, and best practices across the planning and logistics organization.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Business, Engineering, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
- 8+ years of progressive experience in supply chain, production planning, manufacturing, logistics, inventory management, or related functions.
- 3+ years of people leadership experience, preferably managing teams across multiple supply chain disciplines.
- Demonstrated experience leading production planning and scheduling in a manufacturing or operational environment.
- Strong understanding of inventory management, transportation, logistics, MRP/ERP, and supply planning principles.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate data into actionable decisions.
- Strong communication, influencing, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment and manage competing priorities.
Preferred Qualifications
- APICS/ASCM certification such as CPIM or CSCP.
- Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement methodologies.
- Experience with ERP/MRP systems such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, or similar platforms.
- Experience with supply chain planning, scheduling, or transportation optimization software.
- Experience managing supply chain transformation, ERP implementations, or planning-system improvements.
- Experience in a complex, multi-site, high-volume, or make-to-order manufacturing environment.
Desired Education:
o GED o High School Diploma o Associate Degree √ Bachelor Degree o Master Degree o Doctorate Degree
Field of Study/Work Experience:
o Accounting o Automotive o Business o Information Technology o Engineering √ Other: Supply Chain, Business, Operations
Desired Work Experience:
o up to 3 years o 3-5 years √ 5+ years
Education/Experience:
Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Business, Engineering, or a related field; advanced degree preferred. 8+ years of progressive experience in supply chain, production planning, manufacturing, logistics, inventory management, or related functions.
Certificates and Licenses:
√ Valid Driver’s License √ This role subject to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) requirements and as such, U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident or U.S. Person Status Required.
Computer Skills:
Proficiency in a software (e.g., D365, PowerBI) and Microsoft Office Suite, and Excel.
Communication Skills:
Ability to understand and follow instructions. Must have an ability to communicate effectively with others and serve as a team player to both departmental and organization team members.
Attendance Expectations:
The position requires regular and predictable attendance. Role is not remote and must regularly be performed in the assigned office location. Scheduled shifts may include evening hours, weekends, and holidays.
Physical Demands:
Frequently sits, manually manipulates and lifts/carries/pushes and pulls up to 10 pounds. Occasionally stands, walks, reaches outward and above shoulder level, bends and squats. Occasionally lifts/ carries/ pushes and pulls up to 50 pounds.
Environment Demands:
Work is normally performed in a typical interior environment; however, the individual may be subject to some unpleasant elements, including fumes, loud noises, and chemicals.
Verbal and Writing Ability:
Must be detail-oriented and able to work well in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. Requires excellent verbal and written communication skills to clearly articulate project requirements and expectations
Math Ability:
Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide. Strong mathematical skills required.
Reasoning Ability:
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions. Ability to deal with standardized situations.
Core Values
Hendrick Motorsports expects all employees to exemplify the following core values:
Servant Leadership Putting others first.
Teamwork Achieving more together.
Integrity Doing what is right.
Enthusiasm Bringing passion each day.
Winning Mindset Setting the standard relentlessly.
Accountability Taking ownership of one’s actions.
Continuous Improvement Driving excellence through innovation.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties and responsibilities to be performed by this employee. The employee will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties and responsibilities upon the request of a supervisor. This job description is subject to revision at the discretion of the company.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Job cannot be performed remotely.
Hendrick is an Equal Opportunity employer. Minorities, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. For more information regarding the EEOC, please visit https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf.