Production Planner

Education:

Bachelors Degree or equivalent work experience in a related field. An equivalent of 4 years of combined, education, professional training, or related work experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's requirement

Experience Level: 3-6 years of applied experience.

**Travel: **Local. May require occasional travel to off-site locations in the Manassas VA area.

Overview:

This is a great opportunity for a self-motivated Production Planner. Activities are associated with submarine Total Ship Monitoring System (TSMS) and Towed Array (TA) programs. Candidate must be a self-starter with a strong work ethic and interpersonal skills.

Job Responsibilities:

• Plans, schedules, and executes the Material Requirements Plans (MRP) for production and development requirements
• Maintains and monitors project inventory requirements
• Coordinate and facilitate communication between the procurement, production control, and property teams
• Identify material shortages, notifies program and production managers of material requirement issues and drives problem solving resolution
• Monitors planned floor stock inventory levels and coordinating release of orders for replenishment as necessary
• Coordinates with the production team to ensure timely scheduling of materials and shop orders
• Works with the property team to identify and resolve discrepancies in inventory records
• Collaborates with production team and property team to ensure that materials are always available when needed
• Provides input to inventory policies and procedures
• Supports property team with regular inventory and cycle count stock audits
• Understanding of engineering changes and managing implementation and impact to the material plan and production schedules
• Coordinate with Engineering on Engineering BOM (EBOM) to Manufacturing BOM (MBOM) discrepancies

Basic Qualifications:

• - Good written and verbal communication skills
  • Proficiency in the use of Microsoft products – Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Word, Vision
  • Understanding and experience with Material Requirements Planning (MRP) principles
  • Extreme attention to detail is a must

Desired Qualifications:

• Knowledge of concurrent engineering principles

- Costpoint Materials Module Experience

Microsoft Project Scheduling experience

You should be proficient in:

• Supplier Management
• ERP & MRP Systems
• Production Planning & Scheduling
• Inventory Management & Control
• Supply Chain Management
• Experience in a Manufacturing Environment