Materials Planner

The Judge Group; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Judge Group in Sterling, VA is seeking a Materials Planner to translate production schedules, BOMs, and specs into material requirements, coordinate with procurement, and manage P-card purchases within policy.

Responsibilities include monitoring inventory, expediting critical materials, tracking supplier deliveries, and collaborating with Engineering, Production, Quality, and suppliers to meet schedules.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 5+ years in material planning or procurement.

Responsibilities

• Develop material requirements from production schedules, BOMs, technical specs, and contract requirements.
• Review and analyze MRP recommendations to support procurement and manufacturing activities.
• Create purchase requisitions and coordinate purchasing with procurement teams and buyers.
• Execute P-Card purchases in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Monitor inventory levels and material availability to ensure uninterrupted production.
• Track supplier deliveries, resolve shortages, and expedite critical materials to meet production commitments.
• Coordinate WIP material allocation, staging, and movement throughout production cycle.
• Support disposition of non-conforming materials, vendor returns, and replacement material requirements.
• Maintain material planning accuracy with engineering changes, BOM revisions, and configuration updates.
• Identify and mitigate shortages, excess inventory, and obsolete stock.
• Ensure compliance with quality standards, inventory accuracy, and material traceability.
• Generate material status reports, shortage analysis, and procurement updates for management.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Production, Quality, Program Management, Warehouse, and external suppliers to support objectives.

Skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Multitasking

Procurement coordination

Material planning

Inventory control

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

Costpoint

ERP systems

Job description

• Develop material requirements based on production schedules, Bills of Materials (BOMs), technical specifications, and contract requirements.
• Review and analyze MRP recommendations to support procurement and manufacturing activities.
• Create purchase requisitions and coordinate purchasing activities with procurement teams and buyers.
• Execute P-Card purchases in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Monitor inventory levels and material availability to ensure uninterrupted production operations.
• Track supplier deliveries, resolve shortages, and expedite critical materials to meet production commitments.
• Coordinate work-in-process (WIP) material allocation, staging, and movement throughout the production cycle.
• Support the disposition of non-conforming materials, vendor returns, and replacement material requirements.
• Maintain material planning accuracy by incorporating engineering changes, BOM revisions, and configuration updates.
• Identify and mitigate material shortages, excess inventory, and obsolete stock.
• Ensure compliance with quality standards, inventory accuracy, material traceability, and configuration management requirements.
• Generate material status reports, shortage analysis, and procurement updates for management.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Production, Quality, Program Management, Warehouse, and external suppliers to support operational objectives.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree with 2+ years of experience in material planning, inventory control, procurement coordination, or manufacturing operations; or 5+ years of related experience in lieu of a degree.
• Experience supporting material planning and production environments.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and resolve material-related issues affecting production schedules.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Working knowledge of inventory control, quality assurance, configuration management, and material traceability principles.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with MRP/ERP systems, particularly Costpoint.
• Understanding of inventory management, procurement processes, production scheduling, and requirements planning.
• Experience in low-volume, high-mix manufacturing environments.
• Familiarity with engineering drawings, BOM structures, revision control, and engineering change processes.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 and AS9100 quality systems.