Senior Production Planner – Aerospace & ITAR MRP Lead

Ulti-Mate Connector, Inc.; Garden Grove (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5% AIP

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Aptiv Interconnect is seeking a Production Planner to link customer demand with plant operations and procurement at our Garden Grove facility. The role focuses on creating, optimizing, and maintaining master production schedules to maximize throughput and on‑time delivery in a high‑mix, regulated environment.

You will lead detailed daily/weekly schedules, perform capacity analysis, and coordinate with procurement to ensure arrivals align with start dates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Business, or a related technical field.
• 3-5 years of direct experience in production scheduling, master planning, or material control in a high‑mix or high‑volume manufacturing plant environment.
• Experience working under AS9100 or ISO9001 quality management systems; Lean, Kanban, JIT, TOC concepts are preferred.
• U.S. Person (U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident) due to ITAR regulations.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and execute detailed finite daily and weekly production schedules for multiple production lines and work centers.
• Conduct rough‑cut capacity planning (RCCP) and line‑level capacity analysis to balance labor, machinery, and material availability.
• Optimize Safety Stock, Reorder Points (ROP), and EOQ to maintain lean inventory and minimize stockouts.
• Monitor WIP levels to prevent bottlenecks, control lead times, and improve shop‑floor flow.
• Maintain master data integrity (lead times, BOMs, routing times, batch sizes) in the ERP/MRP system.
• Track, report, and drive improvement on KPIs including Schedule Attainment, OTIF, and Inventory Turnover.
• Collaborate with Buyers/Procurement to ensure materials arrive in‑plant to align with production start dates.
• Ensure compliance with AS9100, ITAR, and applicable customer/regulatory requirements.

Skills

Production scheduling

Material flow management

Analytical skills

Crisis management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Business, or related field

Tools

SAP PP/MM

Oracle SCM

Epicor

Infor

Syspro

Job description

Aptiv Interconnect is seeking a Production Planner to link customer demand with plant operations and procurement at our Garden Grove facility. The role focuses on creating, optimizing, and maintaining master production schedules to maximize throughput and on‑time delivery in a high‑mix, regulated environment.

You will lead detailed daily/weekly schedules, perform capacity analysis, and coordinate with procurement to ensure arrivals align with start dates.