Manufacturing Planner - MRP & Materials Scheduling

Leonardo DRS; Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Health savings account

401(k) plan

Flexible schedule / 9/80 program

Job summary

Leonardo DRS, Inc. in Melbourne, FL, is seeking a Planner with a strong background in production planning and MPS-driven scheduling. The role involves coordinating with contracts, managing workload, and ensuring materials are available to meet schedules.

You will partner with planning, accounting, and PM teams to optimize execution charts and EACs, while supporting company values and flexible work options. The ideal candidate will have a bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of relevant experience,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Solid understanding of business processes and functional inter-relationships.
• Strong background in project material management.
• Extensive experience in production planning.
• Skilled in Excel, Excel Pivot Tables, Power Point, Word, as well as Sharepoint.
• Strong understanding of MRP systems.

Responsibilities

• Based on the MPS driven demand, select and sequence available jobs to be run at specific workstations or machines.
• Meet weekly with Contracts to review all pending and recently received demands and assign planner responsibility to the appropriate individual.
• Manage overall workload and align resources as needed to maintain balance.
• Drive consistent communications between planning, project accounting, and project management for consistent project Material EAC’s and Execution Charts.
• Improve current system, functions, and daily operations to more effectively meet goals.
• Maintain manufacturing build plans on a daily basis.
• Maintain the run and set up times associated with each job / product / part.
• Create and maintain the expected completion of each scheduled job.
• Review the schedule and ensure the raw materials are available when needed to run according to the schedule.
• Create a forward-looking plan to create purchase requisitions and monitor material deliveries to support the run schedules.
• Ensure all outside services are planned and monitored.
• Consolidate demand for purchase requisitions.
• Highlight critical parts and any issue, which may keep operations from meeting the MPS.
• Support, communicate and defend the mission, values and culture of the company.

Skills

Production planning

MRP systems

Project material management

Business processes

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Excel Pivot Tables

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

SharePoint

Job description

Leonardo DRS, Inc. in Melbourne, FL, is seeking a Planner with a strong background in production planning and MPS-driven scheduling. The role involves coordinating with contracts, managing workload, and ensuring materials are available to meet schedules.

You will partner with planning, accounting, and PM teams to optimize execution charts and EACs, while supporting company values and flexible work options. The ideal candidate will have a bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of relevant experience,