Project Material Management Analyst

Kaman Corporation; Middletown (CT); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401k with employer matching

Generous Paid Time Off

Job summary

Precision Fuzing and Sensors in Middletown, CT is seeking a Project Material Management Analyst to coordinate planning and control activities for a technical manufacturing program. The role focuses on master scheduling, capacity planning, and materials planning to meet schedules.

You will work with Engineering and Purchasing to develop schedules, analyze demand and supply, and provide direction to analysts. This is an on-site 100% role.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of related production planning experience.
• Broad knowledge of a general technical field such as manufacturing, procurement, materials planning.
• Requires understanding and use of MRP systems/manufacturing processes.
• Good oral and written communications skills and working knowledge of PC-based word processing, spreadsheet and database application software.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with Engineering, Purchasing and other groups to develop, maintain and monitor schedules.
• Perform analytical duties related to identification and resolution of materiel management problems to meet schedules.
• Provide technical direction to lower level analysts in scheduling/expediting duties.
• Release purchase requisitions for appropriate lot and batch quantities based on JIT principles while satisfying program cost objectives.
• Keep inventory levels balanced to demand and provide input to maintain accurate manufactured lead-times.
• Interface with Managers, Supervisors and Group Leaders to optimize and manage flow of work on the production floor.
• Participate in program status reviews and new program planning meetings.

Skills

Production planning

MRP systems

Verbal & written communication

Tools

MRP systems

Job description

Precision Fusing and Sensors is actively hiring for a Project Material Management Analyst in Middletown, CT. This role is responsible for the coordination of planning and control activities for a technical manufacturing program. Is knowledgeable in master scheduling and/or capacity planning techniques related to level loading, resource utilization, and detailed requirements planning processes.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with Engineering, Purchasing and other groups and work from established program plans to develop, maintain and monitor schedules.
• Perform diversified analytical duties related to the identification and resolution of materiel management problems associated with assigned programs in order to meet schedules.
• May provide technical direction to lower level analysts in the performance of scheduling/expediting duties.
• Work from established program plans to develop, maintain and monitor schedules.
• Perform diversified analytical duties related to the identification and resolution of material management problems associated with assigned programs in order to meet schedules.
• Provide technical direction to less experienced analysts in the performance of scheduling/expediting duties.
• Participate in program status reviews and new program planning meetings.
• Analyze demand and supply balance, determine out of balance conditions; identify alternatives and recommend actions for approval.
• Provide scheduling input for engineering changes with the intent of meeting customer and program requirements.
• Keep inventory levels balanced to demand.
• Provide input to maintain accurate manufactured lead-times.
• Release purchase requisitions for appropriate lot and batch quantities based on JIT principles while satisfying program cost objectives.
• Lead by example: prevent errors; perform work in accordance with department and company policies & procedures.
• Work in collaboration with the Inventory Control group.
• Interface with Managers, Supervisors and Group Leaders to optimize and manage flow of work on the production floor.
• Provide feedback to managers and supervisors regarding part shortages and concerns
• Ability to perform multiple tasks and make decisions under tight schedules in order to support Customer requirements.
• Work Setting: 100% on-site

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of related production planning experience.
• Broad knowledge of a general technical field such as manufacturing, procurement, materials planning.
• Requires understanding and use of MRP systems/manufacturing processes.
• Good oral and written communications skills and working knowledge of PC-based word processing, spreadsheet and database application software.
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401k with employer matching contribution
• Generous Paid Time Off

For more than 85 years, our team at Precision Fuzing and Sensors has designed, tested, and manufactured the fuzing and sensor systems that defense programs depend on — delivering mission-critical reliability from a single, vertically integrated facility in Middletown, Connecticut. Precision Fuzing & Sensors has spent more than eight decades at the forefront of fuzing technology for defense and aerospace applications, trusted by every branch of the U.S. military and allied nations across the globe.

Precision Fuzing and Sensors is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other protected characteristics protected by law. Precision Fuzing and Sensors and all its related companies fully endorse equal opportunity for all.

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