Associate Material Planner
Associate Material Planner
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$ 44200 - 79900
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Job Description
Leidos has a career opportunity for a Material Planner on our Procurement Strategy team working from home in Orlando Florida area supporting the Armys Common Hardware Systems program where Leidos provides seamless and consolidated procurement of Commercial Information Technology (CommIT). The role of the Material Planner is to conduct procurement actions including using the Leidos procurement systems to request and provide analysis of quotes to satisfy customer requirements. The Planner is a key function in Supply Chain Strategy and Operations within Leidos. Typical duties include supplier contract negotiation and administration; supplier development sourcing and supplybase diversity and cost management; supplier relationship management; suppliercontract regulatory compliance DFAR Business System (Purchasing) compliance and suppliercontract risk management. IMPACT: Works to achieve daytoday objectives with limited impact beyond the scope of own work area/project team. Work is of limited scope typically on smaller less complex projects or taskrelated activities. Work is closely supervised. COMPLEXITY: Identifies defines and addresses problems which are not immediately evident but typically not complex. Problems are typically within a narrow scope and are solved through drawing from prior experiences or standard procedures and basic analysis. COMMUNICATION: Communicates with peers to explain facts basic analysis processes and practices related to area. LEADERSHIP & TALENT MANAGEMENT: KNOWLEDGE: Requires limited use and/or application of basic principles theories and concepts. Utilizes limited knowledge of industry practices and standards. TYPICAL EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE: Typically requires a BA degree or equivalent experience and less than 2 years prior relevant experience.
Primary Responsibilities
* Works with Program team to ensure a streamlined procurement process of materials against program requirements including maintaining pricing for catalog items.
* Executes micropurchases with Leidos issued credit card and associated weekly administrative tasks.
* Candidate must have the ability to work with programs in generating material requirements and providing the necessary support of acquisition plans from start to finish.
* Maintains reports and monitors material movement throughout manufacturing and inventory sequences.
* Coordinates forecasts workload expediting and acquisition priority with commodity/category team leadership.
* Engages supply chain (vendor to manufacturing) to determine optimal acquisition strategy.
* There will also be opportunities to work special projects with multifunctional teams. The most successful candidate will have a desire to be a part of a team enjoy hard work and learning on the job from a team of other talented professionals.
Basic Qualifications
* Bachelors degree in Supply Chain / Logistics Business Admin Finance Engineering or related field.
* Excellent computer skills (excel/pivot tables and PowerPoint).
* Effective verbal and written communications skills.
* The ability to work under tough time constraints and prioritize multiple tasks
* U.S. Citizenship is required.
* Secret Security Clearance or ability to obtain one is required
Preferred Qualifications
Supply Chain Management experience
MRP knowledge or experience (Costpoint)
Understanding of US Government acquisition laws and regulations (FAR)
Warehouse Operations
Original Posting:
April 11 2025For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $44200.00 $79900.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
