Senior, Production Planner

Job Title: Senior Production Planner

Job Code: 31589

Job Location: Camden AR / Orange Virginia

Job Schedule:

Camden AR - 4/10: Employees work 10 hour days 4 days a week

Orange VA - 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days totaling 80 hours worked with every other Friday off

Job Description:

We are seeking a Schedule Integratorto work at our Aerojet Rocketdyne facility in Camden AR or Orange VA.

Thisposition resides with the Scheduling & Material Planning (SMP) functional Center of Excellence and is a direct report to the Senior Manager of Production Planning (Schedule Integration).

The Schedule Integrator is responsible for ensuring alignment between factory production schedules as loaded within the enterprise Material Requirements Planning (MRP) system and all Program / Product Line Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) milestone deliverables.

The Schedule Integrator partners with Scheduling Material Planning Manufacturing Program Management leadership and others to develop integrated schedules and delivery plan strategies required to achieve contracted deliverables / production rates. The Integrator identifies risks to both internal operating plans as well as delivery plans and facilitates among cross-functional work teams to define mitigating actions. Additionally the Integrator facilitates development of integrated schedules to support proposal activities and the on-boarding of new demand into the MRP system. The Integrator is also responsible for reporting on-time delivery performance.

Essential Functions:

• Serve as point of contact for the SMP organization; help coordinate responses to business challenges; spearhead strategic initiatives. Support Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) recovery planning program proposals improvement events/projects and help deconflict shop floor schedule priority. Suggest improvement projects to management and delegate within team as approved. Leverage knowledge of scheduling project management Lean Six Sigma technical skills and others to deliver high quality workmanship.
• Coordinate gap identification and resolution by using in-depth working knowledge internal support network and analysis of data from multiple systems with minimal direction. Integrate the program and production schedules so our execution can meet the program objectives. Monitor and contribute to the program onboarding process to translate the programs statement of work into an achievable production plan.
• Coordinate teams to ensure major program objectives and program schedules are achievable. Integrate with COEs such as Operations Quality Engineering Planning and Finance. Coordinate teams to schedule non-recurring engineering (NRE) activities production support items and staffing plans.
• Manage ad-hoc projects elected by the organization program management or site leadership with minimal supervision. Serve as spokesperson for the SMP organization concerning sound scheduling practices for both program and production scheduling. Recommend short- and long-term organizational improvements using sound LEAN thinking. As prime contact for the SMP organization regularly interact with internal and external senior management representatives.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Security Clearance at the appropriate level.

Qualifications:

Requires a Bachelors degree preferably in Supply Chain Management Operations Management Engineering Business Management/Administration or other relevant discipline and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related lieu of a degree minimum of10 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Prior experience with Oracle / Delmia / Windchill / Power BI / Data Analytics
• Advanced proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite of applications
• American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) Certification
• American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certification
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with cross-functional / cross-site teams
• Thrive on taking initiative and comfortable working tactically while also steering overall success of projects / initiatives with a strategic mindset
• Comfortable working with limited instruction and collaborating with a variety of internal stakeholders to gather inputs and design solutions to achieve desired goals and objectives
• Expertise in operating effectively within a fast-paced team setting
• Operations Procurement Scheduling and Engineering value stream experience or demonstrated willingness to learn
• Willingness to learn Material Requirements Planning (MRP) & Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Delmia ASCP Oracle Enterprise Business Suite MS Office