Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world.
Job Summary
- To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Production Planning Manager located in Guadalajara, North Site.
- The Production Planning Manager role involves coordinate and expedite the flow of work and materials within or between departments of an establishment according to production schedule.
- What a typical day looks like:
- Develop and manage production forecast based on master plan, timelines, material needs to define production requirements based on plant capacity, which are aligned with company goals.
- Adjust plans as necessary to accommodate changes in demand, communicating updates to all relevant parties and ensure material supplies able to meet the changes
- Produces revenue investigation and annual operating (AOP) plan and other forecast reports.
- Conducts special studies, investigations relating to the introduction of new products or processes to effect cost reduction and gives in improvements.
- Reporting on the production status and any production issues to upper management
- Liaise with operation team to resolved daily production line disruption and productivity issues.
- In charge of the development and implementation of the company’s production control functions including Master Scheduling, Production Planning/Coordination, Shop Scheduling, and Dispatching.
- Develops material planning models to ensure proper material planning and optimal inventory positions for customer programs. Utilizes models for defining material planning parameters for components.
- Approves quantities, schedules and parts list provided to the material control organization to ensure timely and complete ordering, receipt and issuance of production material requirements.
- Maintains reports to reflect scheduling, methods,



hold up performance and process procedures.
- Interfaces with customers to ensure delivery dedications are met and with subordinates, functional peer group managers and senior management.
- Interfaces with purchasing to expedite problem parts and to reschedule material deliveries that will result in excess inventory.
- Notifies Materials and Program Management of material situation that affect the attainment of the production plan.
- The experience we’re looking to add to our team:
- BS degree in Engineering electronics, mechanics, mechatronics or similar
- Fluent English, written and spoken.
- Strong experience in similar position
- Master degree preferred.
- Advanced experience in production control and planning or related area, including supervision.
- Demonstrates advanced functional and technical skills and basic people and/or process management skills.
- Demonstrates advanced/ thorough knowledge of the function and Flex business.
- Demonstrates knowledge of multiple functional technologies/processes, industries or functions and understanding of interdependencies of such processes at the site.
- Use of the following tools may be required: Office Skills: telephones, data entry, office software to include, word processing, spreadsheets, presentation packages and database systems.
- Demonstrates advanced functional, technical and people and/or process management skills as well as customer (external and internal) relationship skills.
- Demonstrates expert knowledge of the function and a thorough understanding of Flex and related business.
- Demonstrates detailed expertise in very complex functional/ technical area or broad breadth of knowledge in multiple areas; understands the strategic impact of the function across sites
- Schedule availability
- What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:
- Competitive Salary
- Life & Medical insurance
- Christmas Bonus
- Food Coupons
- Saving Fund.
- Life Insurance
- AU51
Job Category
General Procurement & Supply Chain
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📌 Production Planning Manager (Guadalajara)
🏢 Flex
📍 Guadalajara