Production Planning Supervisor

About the role

The Production Control Planner is responsible for planning, scheduling, and controlling production activities to ensure timely delivery of finished goods while optimizing resources, materials, and capacity. This role plays a critical part in coordinating with Production, Purchasing, Warehouse, Engineering, and Quality teams to support efficient manufacturing operations in an electronics manufacturing environment.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and maintain daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules based on customer demand, forecast, and available capacity.
• Monitor production progress and adjust plans to address shortages, delays, or priority changes.
• Ensure alignment of production plans with customer delivery commitments.
• Coordinate with Purchasing and Warehouse to ensure timely availability of raw materials, components, and sub-assemblies.
• Monitor material shortages and escalate risks that may impact production schedules.
• Support inventory control by balancing production requirements vs. inventory levels.
• Review customer orders, forecasts, and changes, translating them into executable production plans.
• Analyze machine, manpower, and line capacity to ensure feasible scheduling.
• Track production output versus plan and identify root causes of variances.
• Prepare and submit production status reports, backlog reports, and on-time delivery (OTD) metrics.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
• At least 3-5 years of relevant experience in production planning, production control, or manufacturing operations, with supervisory or team leadership experience.
• Experience in electronics manufacturing, particularly SMT, PCBA, or electronics assembly operations, is highly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of production planning, scheduling, capacity planning, inventory control, and production monitoring.
• Proficient in ERP/MRP systems such as Oracle, SAP, or similar platforms.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including data analysis, pivot tables, formulas, and reporting.
• Strong leadership, analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication and coordination skills with the ability to work effectively with Production, Procurement, Engineering, Quality, and other departments.
• Ability to lead, coach, and monitor team members to achieve departmental targets and KPIs.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple priorities and changing production requirements.

About us

PIVOT-HAWKS MANILA, INC. is a reliable expert in electronic manufacturing, backed by more than 30 years of experience. Our dedicated team is committed to delivering world-class electronic and mechanical assemblies that meet the highest ISO standards. We partner with global clients to bring their visions to life — from precision assemblies to life-changing medical devices that make a real difference in people's lives.