Sr. Production Planner

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Job Overview
Overview
The Sr. Production Planner for Crocs brand, based in Shenzhen, China, is responsible for managing factory purchase order execution, coordinating value-added service requirements, and supporting process improvement. This role partners closely with factories and cross-functional teams to ensure timely PO confirmation, production readiness, shipment execution, and continuous improvement across planning processes. The role reports to the Sr. Manager, Production Planning.
What You'll Do
- Own end-to-end lifecycle management of assigned factory purchase orders, from PO release through final shipment delivery.
- Drive timely PO buy confirmation and factory commit discipline, including proactive follow-up on aging or no-commit POs.
- Manage PO changes, including pull-ins, push-outs, and quantity changes, while assessing supply and execution impact.
- Serve as the key point of contact with factories to ensure alignment on timelines, priorities, and delivery commitments.
- Coordinate value-added service requirements, including packaging, labeling, ticketing, and special services, ensuring readiness and data completeness before production.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives across production planning processes by identifying bottlenecks, execution gaps, and risks, and implementing standardized, scalable solutions.
- Develop and enhance planning tools, dashboards, automation solutions, and reporting frameworks, while ensuring data accuracy and consistency across systems such as SAP and Infor Nexus.
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in production planning, supply chain execution, operations, or a related area.
- Strong understanding of PO lifecycle management, factory operations, sourcing processes, and shipment execution.
- Proven experience supporting process improvement, digital tool development, dashboards, or automation initiatives.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and root cause analysis skills, with proficiency in Excel, Power BI, Power Query, or similar tools.
- Experience with ERP or supply chain systems, such as SAP and Infor Nexus, is preferred.
- Fluent in spoken and written English, with strong cross-functional communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Demonstrates strong execution ownership, a process excellence mindset, continuous improvement orientation, and change leadership capability.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability, or any other protected classification.
At Crocs, Inc. we believe in the power of a blend of in-person and virtual collaboration to drive creativity and strengthen relationships. Your participation in this flexible schedule plays a key role in building a connected and successful team. In-office requirements vary by our work personas: Resident (5 days), Collaborator (4 days), Connector (2-3 days), Explorer (fully remote). This role has been aligned to the Collaborator persona.
Job Category: Corporate
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