--- title: Production Planning Control Manager at Balanced Body description: Balanced Body is hiring for the Production Planning Control Manager role in Sacramento, CA. Full-time role. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/production-planning-control-manager-at-balanced-body-01a0b3c7-731f-7b6e-a0a9-715b2c4baa5e date: 2026-09-28T04:18:34Z og_description: Join Balanced Body as Production Planning Control Manager in Sacramento, CA. Pays $125K–$135K per year. Full-time role. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/mncu54.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | Balanced Body | | **Location** | Sacramento, CA | | **Salary** | $125K/yr - $135K/yr | | **Type** | Full Time | | **Posted** | Sep 22, 2026 | ## Description ***Do you love turning chaos into a system that just works — where every schedule has a plan, every shortage has an owner, and nothing falls through the cracks between demand and the shop floor? Do you get a thrill out of untangling a supply chain that spans two continents and making it run like clockwork? If you'd rather build the system than inherit someone else's, we may have the job for you.*** **Balanced Body** is a global leader in Pilates and movement equipment — trusted by studios and movement professionals around the world to help people move well and feel better. As we scale manufacturing operations, we're creating a new layer of ownership that doesn't exist today: one role responsible end-to-end for connecting customer demand, materials availability, and the production floor. This role exists because that ownership doesn't have a single home today — it's split across planning, purchasing, and operations leadership. We're building it into one seat: someone who runs a disciplined SIOP cycle, owns materials availability end-to-end, and gives the business a scheduling system it can trust — all while coordinating production with an overseas manufacturing partner and supporting a growing European logistics and e-commerce footprint. This is a build role for someone who wants to own outcomes, not just a function — someone equally comfortable running a master scheduling cycle and chasing down a materials shortage before it stops a line. **What You'll Do** - **Own the SIOP cycle:** Establish and run a monthly Sales & Operations Planning process that translates customer demand and forecasts into a production schedule the business can rely on. - **Lead master scheduling and production planning:** Direct the Master Scheduler and Production Planners in building and maintaining schedules that reflect true capacity and material constraints, not inherited habit. - **Own materials and shortage recovery:** Take direct ownership of at-risk orders and material shortages — build a recovery process where every at-risk order gets a documented plan and a named owner within 24 hours, before it reaches the floor. - **Burn down past-due purchase orders:** Establish clear ownership and a weekly published number for past-due POs, replacing today's ad hoc, task-force-driven response. - **Coordinate contract manufacturing:** Serve as the primary point of contact for output, quality, and schedule adherence with our overseas contract manufacturing partner. - **Support international logistics growth:** Partner with European 3PL and e-commerce launch stakeholders to ensure planning and materials processes scale with the business outside the US. - **Coach and develop the planning team:** Lead, mentor, and raise the standard of the planning team — turning individual effort into a repeatable, professional discipline. - **Document and systematize scheduling logic:** Move planning knowledge out of individual heads and into a documented, system-supported process. - **Own the planning and materials KPIs:** Define and report on-time delivery, schedule adherence, and stockout/past-due trends; use the numbers to drive continuous improvement. **What You'll Bring** - **Combined planning and materials experience:** 7+ years in production planning/master scheduling and materials/purchasing control in discrete or mixed-mode manufacturing, including time in a lead or manager role. - **Proven SIOP ownership:** Has personally run or built a Sales & Operations Planning cycle at a manufacturer, and can point to the result. - **Materials shortage management:** Demonstrated experience owning material shortage recovery and supplier/purchase-order escalation, not just production scheduling. - **ERP proficiency:** Runs day-to-day planning natively in the ERP/MRP system's own scheduling and materials functionality, not primarily through spreadsheets built around it. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central experience is a plus, not a requirement — the role must be productive quickly, but can ramp on our specific system. - **Cross-border coordination:** Experience working across time zones and cultures with an overseas manufacturing partner, supplier, or plant. - **People leadership:** Proven ability to lead, coach, and develop a small planning team. - **Composure under pressure:** A track record of staying calm and decisive when a line is at risk — this role is judged on outcomes when things go wrong, not just when they go right. - **On-time delivery / schedule-adherence ownership**: Has personally been measured against an OTD or schedule-adherence number, not just reported on one — can speak to a specific target and what moved it. **PREFERRED** - Automotive or other high-consequence manufacturing background, where a line stop carries a real, immediate cost. - Experience with contract or co-manufacturing oversight, ideally including an Asia-based partner. - European logistics or 3PL exposure. - APICS/CPIM certification, or working knowledge of Lean/Kaizen and Theory of Constraints. - Multilingual (Portuguese, Spanish, or Mandarin) a plus given the international coordination scope. **The Company** Balanced Body is the world's largest designer and manufacturer of Pilates equipment, as well as a provider of high-quality Pilates and other mind-body instructor training and continuing education. We currently do business in over 100 countries, with world-renowned customer service and a serious commitment to environmentally friendly business practices. If you want to work with a company with a passion for changing lives in ways small and large, let us hear from you. We offer competitive compensation and excellent benefits including: - Medical, Dental and Vision - 401(k) +Match - Life and Long-Term Disability Insurance - Employer Paid! - Paid time off and holidays Balanced Body is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to workforce diversity. NO AGENCY CALLS! ## Skills - Enterprise Resource Planning - Ramp - APICS Certification - Go - Manufacturing Resource Planning MRP Software - Spreadsheets - Total Quality Control - Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central - Planning - Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) - Purchasing - Mandarin Chinese - Logistics - Purchase Order Management - International Logistics - Schedule Adherence - CNC Turning - Contract Manufacturing - E-Commerce - Continuous Improvement Process - Production Planning - Composure - Theory of Constraints - Sales Inventory And Operations Planning - Coordinating - On-Time Delivery (Otd) - Third-Party Logistics - APICS Certified in Planning and Inventory Management - Leadership - Spanish - ABB Production Planning - Portuguese Language - Sales ## Benefits - Professional Development - Health Insurance - Dental Insurance - Vision Insurance - Disability Insurance - Paid Time Off (Pto) - 401(k) Plans ## How to Apply [Apply for this position](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/production-planning-control-manager-at-balanced-body-01a0b3c7-731f-7b6e-a0a9-715b2c4baa5e?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Related - [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown)