Sr Manager Production Planning

L3Harris Technologies•Camden, NJ

7d•$96,500 - $179,500

About The Position

L3Harris Technologies is hiring a Manager, Production Planning to oversee the proper use and functioning of the ERP manufacturing planning system, including MRP, production work order release, material allocations, bills of materials, capacity and load planning, Production Master Schedule execution, and on-time delivery metrics. The role manages daily activities and standard work for salaried and hourly production planners, coordinators, and Operations Program Managers. The manager leads production planning for assigned projects, aligning demand with shop-floor capacity and contract delivery schedules. The role maintains planning inputs, interfaces between MRP and product scheduling/status systems, inventory and open orders, work-order processes, and performance reporting. It also leads process and system improvements and directs production planners to maintain workflow, productivity, and company objectives.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree and at least 12 years of prior related experience, or a graduate degree and at least 10 years of prior relevant experience; in lieu of an engineering degree, at least 15 years of prior related experience.
At least 10 years of production-planning experience in an environment producing products for the military.
6–8 years of managerial experience.
Comprehensive understanding of SAP or other ERP manufacturing planning systems, primarily MRP and MRP-II.
Experience and understanding of requirements for requisitioning, purchasing, stocking, controlling, and issuing inventory.
Experience working with unions.

Nice To Haves

Practical knowledge of leading and managing the execution of processes, projects, tactics, and employees within a team.
Ability to generate moderately complex spreadsheets and reports using MS Excel, including pivot tables, data mining/review, MS PowerPoint, MS Project for master schedules, and MS Word.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Responsibilities

Use MRP to schedule project-based demand while balancing schedule needs, existing demand, and shop-floor capacity.
Manage demand against constrained work centers and provide demand forecast reports to management; recommend capacity-planning actions based on current and forecast demand.
Maintain inputs for active schedule management and balance project mitigations with the overall production schedule, including dates, quantities, configurations, job-order creation, and changes to existing job orders.
Maintain the interface between the MRP system and the Product Scheduling/Status system, ensuring material demands support program schedules while balancing production with available capacity.
Process Work Authorization (WA) and Program Directive (PD) documents in accordance with scheduling-system, project-grouping, configuration-control, and approval guidelines.
Manage the impact of Engineering Change Notices (ECNs) and implement resulting changes.
Manage inventory and open orders for assemblies related to assigned projects, including project-transfer approvals, transfer-payback activity, excess/inactive/obsolete inventory reconciliation, and open job-order maintenance.
Manage special MRP demand inputs, including Planned Independent Requirements (PIRs), Final Acceptance Orders (FAOs), and Blocking Jobs, to meet time-phased program requirements while mitigating excess demand.
Perform schedule compression and critical-path mitigation.
Manage work orders, including revision control, material availability, work-order release, start and completion date maintenance, material allocation changes, work-center labor requirements, material and labor variance analysis, and released bills of materials and routers.
Assist Work Centers with dispatch-report management and execution, work-order prioritization, and schedule management.
Manage and execute project production schedules to meet the Master Schedule and contract delivery dates.
Lead system-related improvements to processes, systems, and solutions; maintain and report KPIs; and compile performance data and metrics into weekly and monthly reports.
Lead, direct, and review production planners’ work to maintain workflow and productivity and achieve company objectives.
Perform other duties as assigned.