**_What Manufacturing Planning contributes to Cardinal Health_** Operations is responsible for materials handling and product distribution in a distribution or manufacturing environment. Includes warehousing and fulfillment of materials and products, transportation, inventory management as well as demand, supply and manufacturing planning. Manufacturing Planning is responsible for the forecasting, planning and scheduling of manufacturing resources, including equipment and labor resources to efficiently achieve manufacturing goals as defined by internal and external customer expectations. Responsible for distribution of finished goods. Addresses conflicts and constraints in manufacturing to achieve highest level of customer satisfaction. **_Job Summary_** The Supervisor of Manufacturing Planning is responsible for meeting production quotas, creating a safe work environment, and managing product categories. The job is responsible for modeling and understand inventory and determine production schedules. The job impacts the daily scheduling of manufacturing processes and supervises assigned production lines. This job requires frequent coordination with cross functional groups and teams to ensure effective planning and selection of products from international and domestic suppliers. This job actively evaluates suppliers and identifies opportunities for efficiency improvements and cost reductions. **_Responsibilities_** + Determines daily production schedule based on inventory counts, production specifications, plant capacity, availability of parts, and manpower requirements. + Supervises the hardware assembly lines to ensure most efficient and productive layout. + Contributes to daily production meetings to message production demands to leadership and production supervisors. + Collaborates with cross functional teams to develop and evaluate the demand forecasting report to determine needs of the organization. + Determines and develops inventory orders based on the demand forecasting report. + Places daily or weekly orders ensuring alignment with the monthly order plan. + Tracks orders from origination to delivery to ensure timely and accurate delivery. + Assembles critical code reports to identify issues with potential forward impact on the distribution operations. + Investigates critical code report issues, determines route cause, develops a feasible solution and communicates the resolution to related parties. + Identifies opportunities for process improvement and actively seeks solutions to identified inefficiencies. **_Qualifications_** + 4 years of experience, preferred + Bachelor’s degree in related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred + Bilingual English and Spanish Written and Verbal is required + MS Office Intermediate Level required + Prior supervisory experience, preferred + Strong Analytical and Customer Service Skills **_What is expected of you and others at this level_** + Coordinates and supervises the daily activities of operations or business staff + Administers and exercises policies and procedures + Ensures employees operate within guidelines + Decisions have a direct impact to work unit operations and customers + Frequently interacts with subordinates, customers, and peer groups at various management levels + Interactions normally involve information exchange and basic problem resolution _Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply._ _Cardinal Health supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. Cardinal Health is an Equal_ _Opportunity/Affirmative_ _Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law._ _To read and review this privacy notice click_ here (https://www.cardinalhealth.com/content/dam/corp/email/documents/corp/cardinal-health-online-application-privacy-policy.pdf)