Strategic Production & Materials Planner

Leonardo DRS; Fort Walton Beach, Northern (FL, KY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Leonardo DRS in Fort Walton Beach, FL, is seeking a Planner- Manufacturing to organize and sequence production, balance workload, and coordinate with contracts and project management to ensure accurate material EACs and execution charts.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years in production planning, with strong Excel/MRP skills and experience in generating reliable schedules; the company offers competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum 3 years’ demonstrated planning experience.
• Strong understanding of business processes and inter-relationships.
• Extensive experience in production planning and MRP systems.

Responsibilities

• Based on the MPS driven demand, select and sequence available jobs to be run at specific workstations or machines.
• Meet weekly with Contracts to review all pending and recently received demands and assign planner responsibility to the appropriate individual.
• Manage overall workload and align resources to maintain balance.
• Drive communications between planning, project accounting, and project management for Material EACs and Execution Charts.
• Improve current system, functions, and daily operations to meet goals.
• Maintain manufacturing build plans on a daily basis.
• Maintain run and setup times for each job/product/part.
• Create and maintain the expected completion of each scheduled job.
• Review the schedule and ensure raw materials are available to run according to schedule.

Skills

Excel Pivot Tables

PowerPoint

MS Word

SharePoint

MRP systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Excel

SharePoint

Job description

Leonardo DRS in Fort Walton Beach, FL, is seeking a Planner- Manufacturing to organize and sequence production, balance workload, and coordinate with contracts and project management to ensure accurate material EACs and execution charts.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years in production planning, with strong Excel/MRP skills and experience in generating reliable schedules; the company offers competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits.