Production Control Manufacturing Planner

Lockheed Martin; Palmdale (CA); On-site; USD 67,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4x10 work schedule

401(k) match

Paid time off

Holiday and parental leave

Job summary

Lockheed Martin in Palmdale, California, seeks a Production Control Planner to oversee the manufacturing build process, optimize inventory, and ensure customer requirements are met on schedule. The role drives materials, schedules, and shop-floor control while coordinating with procurement and engineering teams.

The candidate will manage MRP transactions, lead planning activities, and maintain BOM integrity to preserve the production timeline.

Qualifications

• Experience with inventory control and material handling.
• Knowledge of SAP & SFM.
• Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage the manufacturing build process to maintain production flow.
• Provide real-time status updates on component progress and optimize material flow.
• Coordinate with multiple departments to meet production schedules.

Skills

Inventory control

Advanced Excel

Dashboard creation

Schedule management

Critical path analysis

Communication

Tools

SAP

SFM

Microsoft Office

Excel

SQL

Job description

Standard Job Description

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Production Control Planner to oversee and manage the manufacturing build process for various components. This role is essential to maintaining the production flow, optimizing inventory, and ensuring that customer requirements are met within schedule.

The Manufacturing Planner will provide real-time status updates on component progress, coordinate with multiple departments, and drive parts to completion through effective planning and material flow management.

Performs the Make, Buy and / or Bill of Material (BOM) planning activities associated with Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) transactions. Performs one or more multiple manufacturing activities within various manufacturing functions. Maintains production systems integrity to drive inventory optimization to minimize cost. Expedites and optimizes material flow through the supply chain to meet customer requirements. Coordinates with manufacturing and Operations Management to provide shop floor control on make parts, analyzes and controls production schedule and capacity requirements, executes the plan, provides timely status and expedites or works around plans to preserve schedule. Coordinates with Supply Chain Stakeholders including Procurement and Operations Management to determine appropriate time phased plan for procured parts and executes processes to ensure deliverables meet production schedule requirements. Maintains MRP parameters including lead times and lot sizes and coordinates with Engineering and Change Board Rep to make the associated changes to the BOM.

What’s In It For You

• From onsite to remote, we offer flexible work schedules to comprehensive benefits investing in your future and security, Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package here.
• Do you want to be part of a company culture that empowers employees to think big, lead with a growth mindset, and make the impossible a reality? We provide the resources and give you the flexibility to enable inspiration and focus -if you have the passion and courage to dream big, work hard, and have fun doing what you love then we want to build a better tomorrow with you.

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Basic Qualifications

• Experience with inventory control and material handling knowledge.
• Knowledge of SAP & SFM
• Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel
• Ability to obtain and maintain Secret Clearance per business requirements

Desired Skills

• Microsoft Office experience
• Advanced Excel (pivot tables, Power Query, Power Pivot)
• Ability or experience creating dashboards, and/or charts, to communicate part status, bottlenecks, and forecast accuracy
• Past experience with Production Control and/or Make and Buy Planning, manufacturing and and/or Make Planning experience.
• Schedule management experience to track adherence (planned vs. actual) across multiple lines
• Use critical path analysis and deviation root cause tracking to drive on time delivery
• Familiarity with database queries (SQL) is a plus for extracting SAP/SFM data
• Experience with SAP & SFM
• Manufacturing Experience
• Planning or MRP experience
• Excellent communication skills

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $67400.00 - $125200.00

At Lockheed Martin, we know mission success starts with taking care of our people. Our Total Rewards program is designed to attract top talent, support your well-being, and help you grow—both professionally and personally.

The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits offered:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
• For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.