Senior Manager Planning

Job Summary

Lead integrated planning and master scheduling for Leonardo DRS Naval Power Systems in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. Translate program demand into executable material and production plans that balance customer commitments, capacity, inventory, and cash flow. Lead planning managers and coordinate scheduling capability to identify constraints early, resolve competing priorities, and improve execution across programs. Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Program Management, and Finance to support reliable delivery and disciplined resource decisions.

What You Will Do

• Lead the planning and master-scheduling organization; establish clear responsibilities, priorities, staffing plans, development expectations, and accountability for execution.
• Integrate program demand, material availability, manufacturing capacity, and schedule commitments into an executable planning baseline; reconcile gaps with functional owners.
• Guide planning managers in the analysis of material and program reports, ERP exceptions, and demand changes; resolve cross-program priority conflicts and escalate decisions beyond delegated authority.
• Monitor demand execution to support throughput, inventory position, and cash flow while limiting excess and obsolescence exposure; coordinate recovery plans for material or capacity constraints.
• Develop program-support budgets and proposal bases of estimate; manage assigned resources and spending against approved plans in partnership with Finance.
• Establish early-warning indicators and review planning performance, material readiness, schedule adherence, and action closure with Operations and Program Management.
• Coordinate new-product introduction, engineering changes, and program transitions so planning assumptions, material requirements, and execution priorities remain aligned.
• Recruit, coach, and develop planning leaders and staff; strengthen cross-training and continuity in critical planning and scheduling activities.
• Improve ERP and material-management processes, planning data quality, operating procedures, and business-system testing; support customer reviews and audits.
• Communicate and enforce applicable company policies, support cross-functional problem solving, and reinforce the company’s mission, values, and culture.

Education & Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, business, engineering, or an equivalent combination of education and experience; at least 10 years of demonstrated experience in high technology, aerospace, or defense.
• Knowledge of supply chain tools and procedures, ERP and material-management processes, and complex aerospace/defense supply chain execution.
• Experience across the product lifecycle, including new-product introduction, statements of work and subcontracts, strategic supplier selection, risk management, and cost and performance improvement.
• Experience spanning finance, contracting, export regulations, engineering, logistics, manufacturing, and relevant DoD, ITAR, EAR, FAR, and DFARS requirements.
• Demonstrated success in workforce planning, program reviews, scheduling, budget control, problem solving, influence management, and conflict resolution.
• Strong customer-interface, oral and written communication, and team-development skills.
• Leadership of planning managers or a multi-team planning organization.
• Experience integrating master scheduling, material planning, and manufacturing-capacity constraints in a complex production environment.