Position Summary:

The Materials Planner is responsible for contributing to the optimization of our production processes, enhance supply chain efficiency, and play a crucial part in our commitment to delivering on time to our customers. The Materials Planner will play a key role between Sales and Production, ensuring seamless information flow and effective coordination between customer demand and production.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Support Master Scheduler to meet on customer delivery, inventory and level loaded schedule.
• Responsible for master schedule or detailed production schedule attainment for assigned product categories to support manufacture of Aerospace fasteners, subassemblies or assemblies. Generate router packets according to schedule.
• Analyze requirements to optimize production flow, lead times, raw materials, lot sizes, tooling or supplies required to achieve production plan. Plan part quantities and release dates to ensure uninterrupted organization operations.
• Maintain work order integrity including quantity accuracy, splits and lot control and sizing.
• Frequent contact is required with sales, manufacturing engineering, quality and purchasing to ensure seamless work order launch
• Performs other duties as necessary or that may be assigned from time to time

Experience & Education

Required:

• Familiarity with Supply Chain metrics and MRP systems
• Ability to analyze production data and develop solutions
• Ability to work well in a cross-functional team setting
• High visible energy, sense of urgency, and ownership
• Effective communication skills to teams and upper management
• Ability to manage several tasks and priorities at a time
• 3-5 years of related experience and/or training

Desired:

• High school degree preferred
• Production Control/Planning experience preferred
• Lean manufacturing experience or background. Strong problem-solving skills
• Advanced Microsoft Office user
• ERP system reporting and analytical capabilities

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.  The employee frequently is required to walk, sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 35 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Schedule

Monday – Friday 7am-4pm with overtime and weekend work as directed.

Work Environment 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to airborne particles and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.