Manufacturing Planner Staff (Level 4)

Lockheed Martin•Fort Worth, TX

15h•Onsite

About The Position

As a Manufacturing Planner Staff, you will play a critical role in leading material distribution and allocation decisions for the global demand of the F35 Program. You will network and leverage data and resources across all production/FAB sites, SCM, sustainment, and labs to make allocation decisions and assist in adjudication/pre-adjudication board decisions at the ELT levels. You will be fully capable and experienced in researching critical parts at the production, sustainment, lab, and vendor level to build line of balances and forecasting data charts to inform and drive program level decisions. You will work with a Global Production mindset, being able to assess the weight of allocation decisions across the entire F35 Program. You will work hand in hand with Sustainment to monitor the schedule of accelerated demand and monitor list of parts that would be possible candidates for formal adjudication at the director level. You will manage the Production Asset Request (PARs) site, approving/rejecting part requests from Sustainment and labs and coordinates decisions with SCM POCs. You will represent Production Control in all director level adjudication board meetings, presenting accurate inventory and forecasting data to support global production allocation decisions. You will own PGMC (program critical material control) process for the FWT site, determining which critical parts need to have controlled distribution decisions applied at the warehouse level. You will request charts and supporting data for all groups requesting production parts currently in a shortage status situation and validate data against current data in SAP and supporting applications. You will identify less than lead time and accelerated demand activities and initiates corrective action reviews with issuing department to correct need dates in SAP to reflect true and accurate need dates.

Requirements

Experience in Production Operation or Production Control
SAP/MRP experience
MS Office Experience
Excellent communication skills
Proficiency data manipulation
Strong technical knowledge of inventory and tool control systems.
Exceptional communication skills to liaise with stakeholders across all levels.
A proactive, solution-driven mindset to manage complex processes and implement solutions.

Nice To Haves

Experience in SAP, QADS, Apriso, SFM, PDM, and Rapid Response
TNC Payback Experience
Complex problem-solving experience
Ability to work independently as well as part of a cross-domain team
Experience with PAR/SAR request site
Supply Chain Management and project management experience

Responsibilities

Network and leverage data and resources across all production/FAB sites, SCM, sustainment, and labs to make allocation decisions and assist in adjudication/pre-adjudication board decisions at the ELT levels.
Research critical parts at the production, sustainment, lab, and vendor level to build line of balances and forecasting data charts to inform and drive program level decisions.
Assess the weight of allocation decisions across the entire F35 Program with a Global Production mindset.
Monitor the schedule of accelerated demand and monitor list of parts that would be possible candidates for formal adjudication at the director level in coordination with Sustainment.
Manage the Production Asset Request (PARs) site, approving/rejecting part requests from Sustainment and labs and coordinating decisions with SCM POCs.
Represent Production Control in all director level adjudication board meetings, presenting accurate inventory and forecasting data to support global production allocation decisions.
Own PGMC (program critical material control) process for the FWT site, determining which critical parts need to have controlled distribution decisions applied at the warehouse level.
Request charts and supporting data for all groups requesting production parts currently in a shortage status situation and validate data against current data in SAP and supporting applications.
Identify less than lead time and accelerated demand activities and initiates corrective action reviews with issuing department to correct need dates in SAP to reflect true and accurate need dates.