Production Planner

ALAC HR Solutions; Stafford (VA); In loco; USD 65.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

ALAC HR Solutions is recruiting a Production Planner for a growing defense manufacturer in Stafford, VA. You will leverage your Industrial Engineering background and hands-on assembly-line planning experience to manage schedules, anticipate material shortages, and use data to keep manufacturing operations running efficiently.

In this role you will develop and maintain production schedules, identify shortages with Procurement, manage ERP/MRP work orders and BOMs, and build Excel dashboards to

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering
• 2+ years in production planning, MRP, and scheduling in assembly-line manufacturing
• Advanced Excel with pivot tables, lookups, formulas, and data analysis
• Experience with ERP systems and manufacturing planning processes
• Strong analytical, organizational, and cross-functional communication skills

Mansioni

• Develop and maintain production schedules based on demand, inventory, and manufacturing capacity
• Identify shortages, monitor material availability, and work with Procurement and Production to prevent disruptions
• Create and maintain manufacturing work orders, bills of materials, routing information, and planning parameters in ERP/MRP
• Build Excel analyses, dashboards, and reports to monitor capacity, inventory, and production performance
• Track work orders, schedule attainment, material consumption, and manufacturing progress

Conoscenze

Production planning

MRP

Scheduling

Analytical skills

Cross-functional communication

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering

Strumenti

Microsoft Excel

ERP systems

Microsoft Business Central

Power BI

Descrizione del lavoro

Help build the production operations behind advanced defense technology

ALAC HR Solutions is recruiting a Production Planner for a growing defense manufacturer in Stafford, VA.

We're looking for an Industrial Engineer with hands-on assembly-line production planning experience who can manage schedules, anticipate material shortages, and use data to keep manufacturing operations running efficiently.

What you'll be responsible for

• Production planning: Develop and maintain production schedules based on demand, inventory, and manufacturing capacity
• Material readiness: Identify shortages, monitor material availability, and work with Procurement and Production to prevent disruptions
• ERP and MRP: Create and maintain manufacturing work orders, bills of materials, routing information, and planning parameters
• Data analysis: Build Excel analyses, dashboards, and reports to monitor capacity, inventory, and production performance
• Production execution: Track work orders, schedule attainment, material consumption, and manufacturing progress

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering
• At least 2 years of production planning, MRP, and scheduling experience in an assembly-line manufacturing environment
• Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency, including pivot tables, lookup functions, formulas, and data analysis
• Experience working with ERP systems and manufacturing planning processes
• Strong analytical, organizational, and cross-functional communication skills

Preferred experience

• Aerospace, defense, electronics, or another regulated manufacturing industry
• Microsoft Business Central
• Power BI and production performance dashboards

If you have an Industrial Engineering background and hands-on assembly-line production planning experience, we'd welcome a conversation.