Senior Material Planner
Camp Springs, MD - USA
Job Summary
We are excited to announce our opening for a remote Senior Material Planner on our Materials Management team! This person will be responsible for supporting the material acquisition plans for program(s) within the Leidos Digital Modernization sector. Must have the ability to work with Program in generating material requirements and provide the necessary support of acquisition plans from start to finish. Individual will be interfacing with internal customers Suppliers Logistics Receiving Materials Management and Strategic Sourcing to ensure program milestones are met.
Primary Responsibilities
-Works with Program team to ensure a streamlined procurement process of materials against program requirements.
-Candidate must have the ability to work with program in generating material requirements and providing the necessary support of acquisition plans from start to finish.
-Maintains reports and monitor material movement throughout ordering process
-Coordinates forecasts workload expediting and acquisition priority with commodity/category team leadership.
-Provides advice to programs as to proper routes to take throughout the materials management and sourcing process that will be to the greatest benefit of the program.
-Places orders through purchasing cards within a specific spend threshold/limit.
-Analyzes material requirements for leveraging opportunities supplier recommendations acquisition planning
-Engages supply chain supplier / OEM to determine optimal acquisition strategy.
-Communicates with internal and client project team members. Works to influence team members regarding solution design process and/or approaches.
- Typically responsible for coaching and reviewing work from team members
Basic Qualifications
Eligible to receive Secret clearance at minimum
- Requires a BA degree or equivalent experience and 4-8 years prior relevant experience or Masters degree with 2-6 years of prior relevant experience.
- Strong Microsoft Office knowledge and skills
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks
- Great organization and communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Intermediate Excelexperience (Pivot Tables Charts v-Lookups Bar Charts)
Preferred Qualifications
-Buying experience
-Supply Chain Management experience
-MRP knowledge or experience
-Strong knowledge and experience in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) requirements for price and source justification requirements at appropriate levels for purchasing card orders
- Experience with PowerBI CostPoint or similar system
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Original Posting:
May 4 2026For 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 $65650.00 - $118675.00The 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:
Senior IC
About Company
Leidos is an innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. Our 47,000 employees collaborate to create smarter technology solutions for customers in these critical markets.