Material Planner

Cordia Resources by Cherry Bekaert is partnered with a premier solutions company who is seeking Material Planner to join their team on a contract basis with the potential for contract to hire. Details below!

Title: Material Planner

Location: On-Site - Chantilly, VA

Hourly Rate: $35.00 - $43.00/hour

Job Type: Contract / Contract to Hire

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Develop and maintain material requirements planning methods to ensure all program requirements are satisfied.

Coordinate with other material planners’ team to ensure master schedule tasks are updated and completed.

Provide guidance to program teams to achieve aggressive timelines regarding various challenges.

Forecast material needs across business unit and collaborate with internal and external parties to resolve various conflicts between cost, schedule, and quality.

Ensure resource requirements are identified and maintained to support program needs, i.e.

Evaluate, asses and present decisions to mitigate supply chain risks impacting program cost, schedule and/or quality or product to stakeholders.

Coordinate with internal stakeholders to align pull in/push outs with master schedules.

Work with complex data and models to derive priority requirements and solve potential conflicts with minimal assistance.

Consistently populate accurate and vetted data to various tracking worksheets and software (i.e., ERP, Excel)

Identify, evaluate, and implement continuous improvement strategies within the material planning team.

Provide data, as requested, to support contract proposal efforts.

Leverage working relationships across departments to achieve goals, daily.

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s degree in Operation Mgt., Logistics, Planning or equivalent experience.

5+ years’ experience in logistics, material planning, production planning, or procurement (may be in combination with education and professional experience)

Excel in a team-based environment, in both a supporting and leading capacity

Ability to maintain situational awareness among technical experts.

Ability to apply various processes and policies across multiple use case scenarios.

Manage multiple tasks and adapt to competing needs; able to determine and apply prioritization effectively.

Inductive and Deductive Reasoning skills to navigate various supply chain challenges.

Strong attention to detail and ability to parse extraneous information.

Experience working with an ERP/MRP system.

Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (outlook, excel, word)

Degree in Manufacturing Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain, Production Planning or a related business or technical field or equivalent

Aerospace industry and electronic design/manufacturing experience

Experience with TipQA, Navision 2017, is a plus.

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