MRP Planner - 9/80 Schedule & Manufacturing Planning

Leonardo DRS; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

9/80 work schedule

Paid time off

Job summary

Join Leonardo DRS as an MRP Planner and play a key role in keeping manufacturing operations on track through effective production scheduling, material planning, and cross-functional coordination.

This position is ideal for someone who enjoys balancing demand, solving planning challenges, and working closely with operations, procurement, and project teams to ensure products move efficiently through production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with minimum 3 years of manufacturing planning experience.
• Solid understanding of business processes and inter-relationships.
• Strong background in project material management.
• Extensive experience in production planning.
• Proficiency in Excel, Pivot Tables, PowerPoint, Word and SharePoint.
• Knowledge of MRP systems.

Responsibilities

• Schedule and sequence jobs based on MPS-driven demand at workstations.
• Meet weekly with Contracts to review demands and assign planners.
• Manage workload and align resources to balance production.
• Ensure clear communication across planning, accounting, and project management for EACs and charts.
• Maintain manufacturing build plans daily.
• Maintain run/setup times for each job.
• Create expected completion dates for scheduled jobs.
• Plan raw materials and purchase requisitions to support runs.
• Ensure outside services are planned and monitored.
• Highlight critical parts and issues affecting MPS.
• Support Leonardo DRS mission and culture.

Skills

Business processes

Production planning

Cross-functional coordination

MRP systems

Excel

Pivot Tables

PowerPoint

Word

SharePoint

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Excel

Excel Pivot Tables

PowerPoint

Word

SharePoint

MRP systems

Job description

Join Leonardo DRS as an MRP Planner and play a key role in keeping manufacturing operations on track through effective production scheduling, material planning, and cross-functional coordination.

This position is ideal for someone who enjoys balancing demand, solving planning challenges, and working closely with operations, procurement, and project teams to ensure products move efficiently through production.