Primary Responsibilities:
- Scheduling management, qualitative and quantitative monitoring of production dates
- Planning, scheduling and maintenance of a sales plan and supporting production orders
- Develop workorders based on start dates and maintain valid due dates through its closure.
- Develop Can-Build build analysis.
- Analyzes pre-order entry requests for material and labor availably in support of customer requirements.
- Monitor customer requirements and develop a level loaded MPS
- Maintain and utilize standard tools to manage short and long term SIOP Capacity profiles.
- Maintain optimized Inventory levels aimed to maximize customer service levels while increasing inventory turns.
- Leads multi-disciplined Production Meetings. Will communicate with various levels within the organization.
- Develops weekly and monthly sales estimates for assigned product line.
- Responsible for managing the Item Master (IM) Planning Parameters supporting different replenishment strategies.
- Shortage Management responsibilities – Proactive identification, prioritization, and tracking.
- Works with New Product Introduction (NPI) developing preliminary planning bills of materials, coordinates prototype builds, and contributes to production readiness activities.
Required:
- Degree + 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 9 years of relevant experience.
- Prior production or material planning / forecasting operations in Aerospace or manufacturing industries (Distribution does not transfer).
- Advance skills in MS Excel (VLook Up, Pivot Table, Macros).
- Application of process improvement methodologies such as LEAN or Kaizen. No formal certification required.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior experience working within the aerospace industry in a manufacturing environment preferred.
- Prior experience with production and/or material planning and forecasting operations preferred.
- Advanced user of MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Ability to utilize formulas, pivot tables etc. to manipulate large data sets.
- Basic understanding of bill of materials and drawings.
- Working knowledge of continuous improvement (Lean) activities is preferred.