Specialist Production Planning - Materials Planner 21666
Specialist Production Planning - Materials Planner 21666
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Job Title:Specialist Production Planning Material Planner
Job Code:21666
Job Location: Tulsa OK (Responsibilities must be performed onsite.
Job Schedule: 9/80 Work Schedule (Every other Friday is a nonworkday.
Job Description:
The Materials Planner is responsible for managing and optimizing the endtoend material planning process to ensure the ontime availability of raw materials and finished goods for all contract and noncontract material at a group of sites. The Materials Planner supports the Production Planning & Control site master production schedule through efficient utilization of the MRP system including implementation of planning strategies and effective purchasing requisition management. This role will work closely with the Procurement organization to ensure material is proactively planned ordered received stored and issued to the manufacturing line to support the manufacturing need date master schedule attainment and customer ontime delivery. The Materials Planner plays a vital role in maintaining optimal inventory levels minimizing costs and ensuring timely delivery of products to customers.
Essential Functions:
- Review MRP system daily for actions; review and generate reports as required; validate the output for accuracy and initiate corrective action for discrepant issues.
- Actively utilize and maintain key planning parameters within the MRP system (e.g. lead times planning strategy codes etc. at the site to ensure a high level of data integrity to effectively plan for every part for every program.
- Analyze and process purchase requisitions and fulfill work orders across multiple projects in a timely manner. Manage and execute project production schedules to meet the Master Production Schedule and contract delivery date.
- Verify and validate L3Harris demand signals to suppliers and interface with Purchasing to resolve due date and shortage issues prior to Work Order release to support customer delivery/contract dates.
- Develop and execute material planning strategies to meet production requirements while maintaining optimal inventory levels.
- Leverage system data to evaluate work order workability ensure schedule optimization and reprioritization via levelloading of planned orders and ensure systemic inventory discrepancies are resolved in a timely manner.
- Proactively manage exceptions (material delays material changes substitute materials etc. and initiate communication between necessary parties to resolve. Notify the Materials Management Manager when available resources do not support the production plan (MPS) or meeting the contract date is at risk.
- Monitor and manage Plant Stock inventory levels. Identify and resolve systemic project assignmentrelated issues prior to work order issuance.
- Support the sites key operational and Supply Chain metrics:MRP use and data integrity/population; PO Meeting Manufacturing Needby Date; Work Order/Kitting ; Master Schedule Attainment
- Participate in the sites SIOP process and contribute to material supplyrelated SIOP activities.
- Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to define project timelines supply chain objectives and strategies for assigned projects.
- Lead and attend meetings and conference calls with internal department representatives as needed.
Job Qualification Requirements:
Bachelors Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
- United States Citizenship required with ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Security Clearance.
- Production Planning experience required.
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Some knowledge of the SIOP process.
- Familiarity with lean manufacturing concepts and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Familiarity with manufacturing capacity planning.
- Knowledge in defense program planning desired but not required.
- Six Sigma Lean or APICS certification; CPIM certification highly desired.
- Strong knowledge of MRP and ERP SAP experience a plus.
- Proven analytical and problemsolving skills.
- Strong organizational and time management abilities with the capacity to manage multiple priorities and meet competing deadlines.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel. Must be comfortable working with large data sets
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full Time
