NPI Materials & Demand Planner | On-Site Aerospace

York Space Systems; Greenwood Village (CO); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

York Space Systems is seeking a hands-on Materials Planner to support demand planning in the materials department for NPI efforts. You will follow the Materials Manager and NPI Planner lead regarding part optimization, material presentation, and on-the-floor issuances, ordering and allocation, and material movements across programs.

You will collaborate with production, manufacturing, supply chain, engineering and finance to ensure the right parts and supplies are available at the right place,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain or business; 7+ years of materials management experience.
• 5+ years in Production Planning.
• 5+ years with an ERP system.
• Lean manufacturing experience in manufacturing/warehousing.
• Ability to communicate across multiple levels.
• Structured thinker; implement processes for speed and repeatability.
• Background in Aviation or Aerospace is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support the Materials team with kit presentations on the production floor to include the development, set up, and maintenance of non-stock and Kan-Ban materials and their replenishment.
• Support the development, maintenance and monitoring of Pre-Production Engineering requests to include but not limited to First of a Kind Build for all York programs, Test assets, Ground Support Equipment, FlatSats, Customer Milestone Deliverables, etc.
• Partner with Engineering on understanding which key parts support development activities and milestone payments and assess supply and demand between programs to be able to deliver these parts.
• Collaborate with Material Planners on part swaps and PO delivery prioritization in support of NPI efforts to include providing forward look on BOM changes.
• Work with Supply Chain to realign PO deliveries, Projects and Tasks to point to prioritized programs and improve ESDs.
• Collaborate with the Warehouse on the timely execution of parts kitting to the Production and NPI teams.
• Help with support leading regular reviews of Pre Production requests with each requestor and provide quick resolution to newly requested items.
• Coordinate financial compliance with Accounting on each asset generated to include conversion to a non-flight item and expense.
• Collaborate with Warehouse on the prompt shipping of completed Milestone Payments.
• Run, act on, and correct MRP demand associated with each individual Pre-Production request.
• Support Production Planning with Test Harness requests and inventory function demands.

Skills

Production Planning

Lean Manufacturing

Cross-functional collaboration

Structured thinking

Ambiguity tolerance

Communication skills

Aviation/Aerospace knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain or business

Tools

ERP system

Job description

York Space Systems is seeking a hands-on Materials Planner to support demand planning in the materials department for NPI efforts. You will follow the Materials Manager and NPI Planner lead regarding part optimization, material presentation, and on-the-floor issuances, ordering and allocation, and material movements across programs.

You will collaborate with production, manufacturing, supply chain, engineering and finance to ensure the right parts and supplies are available at the right place,