.At Flex, we welcome people of all backgrounds. Our employees thrive here by living our values: we support each other as we strive to find a better way, we move fast with discipline and purpose, and we do the right thing always.Through a respectful, inclusive and collaborative culture, a career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference, invest in your career growth and join our purpose - to make great products that create value and improve people's lives.Job SummaryTo 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 Campus.Reporting to the Quality Director, Production Planning Manager role involves coordinating and expediting the flow of work and materials within or between departments of an establishment according to production schedule.What a typical day looks like:- Coordinates schedule of activities with customer on planning, scheduling, shipping and material acquisition during program start-ups.- Produces revenue analysis and annual operating (AOP) plan and other forecast reports.- Conducts special studies, investigations and analyses relating to the introduction of new products or processes to effect cost reduction and yield improvements.- Responsible for the development and implementation of the company's production control functions including Master Scheduling, Production Planning/Coordination, Shop Scheduling, and Dispatching.- Develops, implements and approves items such as material requirements, planning systems, work in process tracking, material and labor variance controls and manufacturing performance reporting.- 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.- Responsible for planning, reviewing and developing production procedures and personnel.- Maintains reports to reflect scheduling, methods, support performance and process procedures.- Interfaces with customers to ensure delivery commitments are met and with subordinates, functional peer group managers and senior management.- Develops material planning models to ensure proper material planning and optimal inventory positions for customer programs. Utilizes models for determining material planning parameters for components.- 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.- Travel as necessary.The experience we're looking to add to our team:- BA/BS/MBA or equivalent work experience.- Fluent English.- Previous experience in similar position.- Leadership skills.- Demonstrates advanced functional and technical skills and basic people and/or process management skills