Carefree/Scott Fetzer Company

As a part of the global industrial organization Marmon Holdings—which is backed by Berkshire Hathaway—you’ll be doing things that matter, leading at every level, and winning a better way. We’re committed to making a positive impact on the world, providing you with diverse learning and working opportunities, and fostering a culture where everyone’s empowered to be their best.

Come join a team where People make the difference! As a part of Marmon Holdings, Inc., a highly decentralized organization, we rely heavily on people with the aptitude, attitude, and entrepreneurial spirit to drive our success, and we're committed to attracting and retaining top talent.

Carefree of Colorado is a leading innovator and manufacturer of shade products and accessories for RV, recreation, and residential markets. Established in 1971, Carefree has provided our team members with solid careers including opportunity for professional growth throughout our 50 plus year history.

SIOP and Production Planning Manager Position Description:

Lead and execute organization’s Sales Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP) Process.   Work cross-functionally to align Financial and Operations forecasts.  Design and oversee execution of operations planning process to enable efficient delivery of products on time to meet customer demand and support strategic goals.

Responsibilities of the SIOP and Production Planning Manager include:

• Facilitate the building of and analyze demand forecasts from Sales.
• Review historical sales, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast information, and evaluate forecast accuracy.
• Coordinate cross-functional research activities to reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast to reflect updated sales and marketing assumptions, including new products, adding/losing customers, or changes in product demand
• Provide input to the Purchasing team in developing inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product phase-outs.
• Interact with Purchasing to provide visibility and accuracy reflection of availability, supply constraints, as well as plans to mitigate shortages/excess-stock.
• Monitoring and coordinating open sales orders and working with the production planning team to manage back orders, material availability and future requirements
• Monthly upload and maintenance of forecast in ERP system.
• Schedule and run monthly SI&OP meetings to review forecast and plan with sales, planning and purchasing teams.
• Oversee production planning and management activities within the organization.
• Develop production plan, budget and timelines according to production specifications and based on plant capacity and production specifications.
• Identify production and supply issues and lead organization to address them and adjust schedules and actions to meet deadlines.
• Participate in daily production meetings and drive conversation to ensure the team is taking necessary actions to stay on track with production schedules.
• Evaluate current production processes and recommend actions to reduce excess inventory and improve service levels.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Manage production scheduler as a direct report.
• Promote collaborative teamwork across multiple functional groups.
• Drive continuous improvement and standardization.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree (BA) or equivalent in a related field; or four to six years related experience and/or training.
• At least 3 years of experience running business’ SIOP process required.
• Minimum five years of experience in production planning in a manufacturing environment required.
• Proven ability to work with multiple functional groups, develop and deploy planning systems.
• Proficiency in MS Word and Excel required.

Travel/Physical Demands:

• 0%-5% travel
• Office environment- long periods of sitting, telephone and computer work, with some work collaborating with others on the production floor.

Compensation and Benefits:

Benefits for this position include medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, 401(k) with company match, life insurance (employer paid & voluntary coverage), paid time off (CO sick leave, vacation & holidays), Short-Term Disability, voluntary accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance.

Apply:

If you meet the above requirements and are interested in becoming a part of our team, please complete our application by clicking the Apply button at the top of this posting.

Application Deadline: January 31, 2026

Pay Range:

92,000.00 - 138,000.00

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that may include medical, dental, vision, 401k matching, and more!

Following receipt of a conditional offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete additional job-related screening processes as permitted or required by applicable law.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to their membership in any protected class. If you require any reasonable accommodation to complete your application or any part of the recruiting process, please email your request to [email protected], and please be sure to include the title and the location of the position for which you are applying.