Sr Production Planner

Description:

The Sr. Production Planner is responsible for creating and maintaining efficient production schedules, ensuring that materials, resources, and labor are aligned to meet production goals and deadlines. This role involves implementing Lean Manufacturing practices, leading scheduling best practices, and utilizing advanced skills in ERP, MRP, Excel, and SQL. The Sr. Production Planner also ensures that production processes are optimized and aligned with industry standards, particularly in aerospace and automotive manufacturing.

In this role, you will create and maintain efficient production schedules to meet production goals and deadlines while ensuring that materials, resources, and labor are aligned to support these schedules. You will implement Lean Manufacturing and scheduling best practices, utilizing advanced skills in ERP, MRP, Excel, and SQL to optimize production planning processes. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, you will ensure alignment of production schedules with business objectives and maintain accurate records of production schedules, material requirements, and resource allocation. Additionally, you will monitor production progress and adjust schedules as needed to address any issues or delays. You will perform data analysis, present relevant findings and suggestions to stakeholders, and provide insights and recommendations to improve production efficiency and reduce costs.

About You

Our mission is driven by an unyielding commitment to advancing space-based technology in service of our customers and safeguarding national security. We seek individuals who are passionate about innovating beyond boundaries and relentlessly pursuing solutions that protect, preserve and empower – to join us in this critical mission.

We’re looking for team members who align with our values, mission and goals – while also meeting the minimum qualifications below. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum Qualifications:
 

• Requires Bachelor's degree in a related field (or equivalent work experience in lieu of degree).
• Typically 8+ years of related experience.
• Experience implementing Lean Manufacturing and leading scheduling best practices.
• Highly skilled with ERP, MRP, Excel, and SQL.
• Extensive experience with production planning and scheduling in a manufacturing environment, preferably Aerospace or Automotive.
• Proven track record of optimizing production processes and improving efficiency.
• Proficiency in data analysis and reporting tools to support decision-making processes.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in continuous improvement initiatives and process optimization.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to identify root causes and implement effective solutions.
• Familiarity with quality management systems and standards, such as ISO 9001.
• Understanding of capacity planning and resource allocation to optimize production efficiency.
  
   

Preferred Qualifications:
 

• Certification: APICS.
• Experience using Python, R, MS Project, PowerBI, Tableau.