Associate Planner - Materials & MRP Specialist (4/10)

Leonardo DRS; West Plains (MO); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

HSA contribution

Telemedicine

401(k) plan

Flexible 4/10 schedule

Career development programs

Job summary

Leonardo DRS Land Systems in West Plains, MO seeks a Production Planner to coordinate material planning and scheduling for complex programmes. The role ensures accurate master production schedules, manages MRP-driven requisitions, and collaborates with planning, procurement, and production teams to meet delivery commitments.

The position requires an associate degree or equivalent, strong planning experience, and proficiency with Microsoft Office and MRP systems.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Understanding of business processes and functional inter-relationships.
• Background in project material management.
• Solid experience in production planning.
• Skilled in Excel, Pivot Tables, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint.
• Good understanding of MRP systems.

Responsibilities

• Drive consistent communications between planning, project accounting, and project management for consistent project Material EAC’s and Execution Charts.
• Create appropriate documentation to plan material deliveries and monitor the supply chain.
• Consolidate demand for purchase requisitions.
• Create purchase requisitions based on the Master Production Schedule.
• Create reports for distribution to program office, customer visits and management.
• Maintain manufacturing build plans on a daily basis.
• Highlight critical parts and any issue, which may keep operations from meeting the MPS.
• Coordinate engineering changes with purchasing and production. Ensure disposition of obsolete material.
• Support, communicate and defend the mission, values and culture of the company.

Skills

Production planning

Material management

Cross-functional communication

Excel proficiency

Education

Associate’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Pivot Tables

PowerPoint

Word

SharePoint

Job description

Leonardo DRS Land Systems in West Plains, MO seeks a Production Planner to coordinate material planning and scheduling for complex programmes. The role ensures accurate master production schedules, manages MRP-driven requisitions, and collaborates with planning, procurement, and production teams to meet delivery commitments.

The position requires an associate degree or equivalent, strong planning experience, and proficiency with Microsoft Office and MRP systems.