Strategic Production Planner – MPS & Materials

Leonardo DRS; Fort Walton Beach (FL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

HSA contribution

401(k) plan

Telemedicine

9/80 program

Flexible work schedules

Paid parental leave

Career development

Job summary

Leonardo DRS in Fort Walton Beach, FL seeks a skilled Materials Planner to drive MPS-driven scheduling and production planning. You will coordinate with Contracts, Planning, and Operations to balance workload, maintain build plans, and ensure materials are available to meet the master production schedule.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of planning experience, strong Excel/PowerPoint/SharePoint skills, and a solid grasp of MRP systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 3 years demonstrated experience.
• Solid understanding of business processes and functional inter-relationships.
• Strong background in project material management.
• Extensive experience in production planning.
• Skilled in the use of Excel, Excel Pivot Tables, Power Point, Word, as well as Sharepoint.
• Strong understanding of 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 as needed to maintain balance.
• Drive consistent communications between planning, project accounting, and project management for consistent project Material EAC's and Execution Charts.
• Improve current system, functions, and daily operations to more effectively meet goals.
• Maintain manufacturing build plans on a daily basis.
• Maintain the run and set up times associated with each job / product / part.
• Create and maintain the expected completion of each scheduled job.
• Review the schedule and ensure the raw materials are available when needed to run according to the schedule.
• Create a forward‑looking plan to create purchase requisitions and monitor material deliveries to support the run schedules.
• Ensure all outside services are planned and monitored.
• Consolidate demand for purchase requisitions.
• Highlight critical parts and any issue, which may keep operations from meeting the MPS.
• Support, communicate and defend the mission, values and culture of the company

Skills

MRP systems

Excel

PowerPoint

SharePoint

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel Pivot Tables

PowerPoint

SharePoint

Job description

Leonardo DRS in Fort Walton Beach, FL seeks a skilled Materials Planner to drive MPS-driven scheduling and production planning. You will coordinate with Contracts, Planning, and Operations to balance workload, maintain build plans, and ensure materials are available to meet the master production schedule.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of planning experience, strong Excel/PowerPoint/SharePoint skills, and a solid grasp of MRP systems.