Production Planner

Insight Global (United States); Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Manufacturing Planner in Huntsville, AL to coordinate material requirements and production needs across multiple programs. The role interfaces with manufacturing engineering, purchasing, and program management to ensure parts and materials are available when needed to keep schedules on track.

Responsibilities include reviewing MRP/ERP requirements, generating purchase requisitions, and communicating needs to the purchasing team while aligning with major milestones and

Qualifications

• 5+ years in manufacturing or production planning.
• Experience with MRP/ERP systems.
• Strong cross-functional communication and coordination skills.
• Experience managing material and purchasing requirements.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate material requirements and production needs across assigned programs.
• Review requirements in the MRP/ERP system and generate purchase requisitions.
• Communicate material and part needs to the purchasing team.
• Coordinate timing of materials with production schedules to align with major milestones.
• Support multiple products and programs across engineering, purchasing, and production to maintain schedule.
• Collaborate with manufacturing engineering, purchasing, program management, and production to ensure availability of parts and materials.

Skills

Manufacturing planning

Production planning

Material planning

MRP/ERP experience

Material purchasing coordination

Production scheduling

Capacity planning

Communication and coordination

Manufacturing environment experience

Tools

Excel

Job description

Job Description

Insight Global is seeking a Manufacturing Planner to support a large aerospace and defense manufacturing customer in Huntsville, AL. This person will act as an extension of the Program Management team within manufacturing and will be responsible for coordinating material requirements and production needs across assigned customer programs.

The Manufacturing Planner will review requirements loaded into the MRP/ERP system by manufacturing engineering, generate purchase requisitions, and communicate material and part needs to the purchasing team. They will coordinate when materials are needed based on production schedules and ensure requirements align with major program milestones.

This person will support multiple products and programs, so strong communication, organization, and capacity planning skills are important. They will work closely with manufacturing engineering, purchasing, program management, and production to ensure parts and materials are available when needed to keep programs on schedule.

Skills and Requirements

• 5+ years of manufacturing planning, production planning, material planning, or similar experience
• Experience working within a manufacturing environment
• Experience with an MRP/ERP system and ability to understand system workflow and interpret outputs
• Experience generating or managing material and purchasing requirements
• Strong Excel experience
• Experience with production scheduling and/or capacity planning
• Strong communication and coordination skills across manufacturing, engineering, purchasing, and program teams
• Experience working with many different parts instead of high production with one part

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [e-mail].