Materials Planner

Material Planner II

Location: Fairfax, VA, US

Job Type: Full-Time (Contract)

The Material Planner II will be responsible for developing and maintaining material requirements planning methods to ensure all program requirements are satisfied. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience in logistics, material planning, production planning, or procurement, and a Bachelor's degree in Operation Mgt., Logistics, Planning, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities:

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.

Evaluate, assess, 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.

Requirements:

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).

Ability to 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).

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