Project Material Planner & Scheduling Analyst

Kaman Aerospace Corporation; Westfield (CT); On-site; USD 42,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and 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 material requirements planning to meet schedules.

You will collaborate with engineering and purchasing, develop and monitor schedules from program plans, and guide junior analysts in scheduling and expediting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent educational experience (e.g. certs, CEUs, etc.).
• 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 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

Skills

Bachelor's degree

Production planning

MRP systems knowledge

Manufacturing processes

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

MRP systems

Job description

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 material requirements planning to meet schedules.

You will collaborate with engineering and purchasing, develop and monitor schedules from program plans, and guide junior analysts in scheduling and expediting.