Principal Planner

Mercury Systems, Inc.; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercury Systems, Inc. in Torrance, CA, is seeking a Principal Planner to drive end-to-end material planning for current and new products, ensuring on-time delivery and customer satisfaction.

You will develop rolling 24-month demand forecasts, manage multi-level demand, and coordinate with Programs, Manufacturing, and Materials to mitigate risks and optimize inventory. The role requires 6+ years in planning, MRP/SIOP knowledge, BOM reading, Excel mastery, and AS9100D familiarity.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Typically requires minimum of 6+ yearsxperience in planning and/or scheduling, inventory control in a manufacturing environment.
• Thorough understanding MRP systems and SIOP process is preferred.
• Experience with electronics manufacturing preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Products, with heavy emphasis on Excel required.
• Experience reading a multilevel BOM, drawings, and specifications is required.
• Familiarity with outside processing preferred.
• Must be able to comprehend and perform duties in accordance with an AS9100D Quality System.

Responsibilities

• Develop the final demand forecasts (operational forecasts) at multiple levels of aggregation for the full-time horizon by channels and by key accounts (if applicable).
• Play a key role in monthly S&OP development and work closely with the internal sales team key customer representatives in the development of the collaborative forecast.
• Responsible for providing training or leadership for team members, and planning & assigning personnel to projects or tasks.
• Ability to capture risk(s) and develop mitigations.
• Accurate processing of customer demands in the system.
• Cooperate with Customer Focus Teams for problems of materials availability.
• Collaborate with Program Manager, Manufacturing Program Manager, and production control for production rescheduling in case of design changes, insufficient materials or labor, backlog, and other potential causes for plan failure.
• Controls configuration release into the manufacturing BOM via Initial Release, Incremental Release and Engineering Change process in a manner that minimizes impact on execution, customer on-time delivery and inventory.
• Methodizes the manufacturing BOM that is conducive to the manufacturing execution strategy.
• Analyze data, including enterprise requirements planning information and prepares consolidated managerial reports as needed to facilitate and recommend/take action to ensure organization/product line optimal supply chain execution.
• Manage schedule impact of proposed engineering change orders in addition to taking necessary actions to ensure successful implementation and execution of approved engineering product releases/changes.
• Work closely with the Materials Management team to evaluate product inventory planning and reporting along with detailed level actions to drive improvement and minimize Excess and Obsolete Inventory in assigned programs.
• Be a liaison between the New Program teams and Operations for all assigned products.
• Manage tight deadlines in a low volume, high mix, fast paced, matrixed environment.
• Monitoring and report metrics including, on time delivery, missing allocations, and production throughput.
• Meet deadlines to avoid material shortages and delays on assigned tasking based on the master build plan.
• Partnering with inventory, Quality, Engineer, program office, and production to communicate changes in material demand, facilitate effective material/WIP movement, and maintain appropriate level load plan.
• Minimize risk of exposure to excess/overstock finish goods.
• Provides commitment dates and updates to Program Office and Management.
• Complete other duties as assigned by your supervisor in support of customer deliveries.

Skills

Planning & scheduling

BOM reading

Problem solving

Education

Bachelors degree

Tools

MRP systems

SIOP process

Excel

Job description

Reporting directly to the Sr. Manager, Planning & Execution, the Principal Planner will be responsible for executing all elements of end-to-end material planning to support existing product as well as newly launched products with the primary objective of meeting/surpassing customer expectations. The successful candidate will collaborate in the development of rolling 24-month demand forecasts and will be responsible for the planning of material and the transition to Operations Planning.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop the final demand forecasts (operational forecasts) at multiple levels of aggregation for the full-time horizon by channels and by key accounts (if applicable).
• Play a key role in monthly S&OP development and work closely with the internal sales team key customer representatives in the development of the collaborative forecast.
• Responsible for providing training or leadership for team members, and planning & assigning personnel to projects or tasks.
• Ability to capture risk(s) and develop mitigations.
• Accurate processing of customer demands in the system.
• Cooperate with Customer Focus Teams for problems of materials availability.
• Collaborate with Program Manager, Manufacturing Program Manager, and production control for production rescheduling in case of design changes, insufficient materials or labor, backlog, and other potential causes for plan failure.
• Controls configuration release into the manufacturing BOM via Initial Release, Incremental Release and Engineering Change process in a manner that minimizes impact on execution, customer on-time delivery and inventory.
• Methodizes the manufacturing BOM that is conducive to the manufacturing execution strategy.
• Analyze data, including enterprise requirements planning information and prepares consolidated managerial reports as needed to facilitate and recommend/take action to ensure organization/product line optimal supply chain execution.
• Manage schedule impact of proposed engineering change orders in addition to taking necessary actions to ensure successful implementation and execution of approved engineering product releases/changes.
• Work closely with the Materials Management team to evaluate product inventory planning and reporting along with detailed level actions to drive improvement and minimize Excess and Obsolete Inventory in assigned programs.
• Be a liaison between the New Program teams and Operations for all assigned products.
• Manage tight deadlines in a low volume, high mix, fast paced, matrixed environment.
• Monitoring and report metrics including, on time delivery, missing allocations, and production throughput.
• Meet deadlines to avoid material shortages and delays on assigned tasking based on the master build plan.
• Partnering with inventory, Quality, Engineer, program office, and production to communicate changes in material demand, facilitate effective material/WIP movement, and maintain appropriate level load plan.
• Minimize risk of exposure to excess/overstock finish goods.
• Provides commitment dates and updates to Program Office and Management.
• Complete other duties as assigned by your supervisor in support of customer deliveries.

This position requires you to access information that is subject to U.S. export regulations. You may only access such information if you are a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. government.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
• Typically requires minimum of 6+ years’ experience in planning and/or scheduling, inventory control in a manufacturing environment.
• Thorough understanding MRP systems and SIOP process is preferred.
• Experience with electronics manufacturing preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Products, with heavy emphasis on Excel required.
• Experience reading a multilevel BOM, drawings, and specifications is required.
• Familiarity with outside processing preferred.
• Must be able to comprehend and perform duties in accordance with an AS9100D Quality System.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPIM or CSCP certified

Fulltime Equivalent Job Grade Salary Range for this position

• $87,100.00 - $182,900.00 annual salary for in-office or hybrid employees in FL, GA, IN, AZ, AL, MD or TX, and all remote employees
• $97,600.00 - $204,800.00 annual salary for in-office or hybrid employees in VA, CA, NH or MA
• $102,800.00 - $215,800.00 annual salary for in-office or hybrid employees in NJ

Additional Information

Mercury considers a variety of factors to determine individual base salary offers to candidates, including:

• the role and related responsibilities;
• education, training, skills and certifications;
• internal equity with others employed by Mercury in similar roles;
• geographic location; and
• alignment with market data.

In addition to base salary, Mercury provides a variety of benefits for team members including:

• bonus opportunities (or special incentives for sales positions);
• health, life and disability insurance;
• company-paid holidays and time off;
• discounted employee stock purchase plan;
• tuition reimbursement; and
• access to professional development and personal wellness platforms including LinkedIn Learning, Headspace, Aaptiv and Virgin Pulse.

Team members at the Director or Vice President level are also eligible to receive annual stock-based awards.

Mercury offers a 9/80 alternative work schedule that provides employees more opportunity for work/ life balance (available based off location)

Why Mercury?

Why should you join Mercury Systems?

Mercury Systems is a technology company that makes the world a safer, more secure place. We push processing power to the tactical edge, making the latest commercial technologies profoundly more accessible for today's most challenging aerospace and defense missions. From silicon to system scale, Mercury enables customers to accelerate innovation and turn data into decision superiority. Headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts, Mercury employs more than 2,300 people in 24 locations worldwide. To learn more, visit mrcy.com

Our Culture

We are committed to making Mercury a great place to work, no matter where our employees are located. We offer a casual and enjoyable atmosphere that allows employees to learn and grow. We help and care for one another and work as one to achieve results for us and for our customers. We value communication and transparency, and strive to foster two-way dialogue at all levels of the organization. We are committed to lifelong learning, offering comprehensive skills training and tuition reimbursement. Whether you're just starting out on your career journey or you are an experienced professional, it's important to us that you feel recognized and rewarded for your contributions.

Mercury Systems is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, creed, citizenship, disability, protected veteran or marital status.

As an equal opportunity employer, Mercury Systems is committed to a diverse workforce. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact the number below for assistance.