Manufacturing Planner

Lockheed Martin•Palmdale, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

At Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, the Supply Chain team is dedicated to delivering innovative, affordable, and agile solutions. This role is part of the Demand Planning team in Palmdale, supporting one or more Palmdale programs by providing material requirements planning (MRP) support. The selected candidate will attend/chair status meetings, advise management on work in progress, material availability, and potential production problems. They will resolve issues in the manufacturing or procurement process by interfacing with supporting organizations and utilize software such as SAP and shop floor management (SFM). The role requires a self-starter with strong interpersonal skills and US citizenship, as the facility requires special access. The position involves Make, Buy, and/or Bill of Material (BOM) planning activities within Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) transactions, maintaining production systems integrity for inventory optimization, expediting material flow, coordinating with manufacturing and operations for shop floor control, analyzing production schedules and capacity, and executing plans. Additionally, the role involves coordinating with Supply Chain stakeholders for procured parts, ensuring deliverables meet production schedules, maintaining MRP parameters, and coordinating BOM changes with Engineering.

Requirements

Experience in Aerospace Industry
Must Have Experience in two or more of the following areas: Demand Planning, Materials Planning, Manufacturing Planning, Scheduling, Production Control, Supply Chain, Procurement, Buyer or Subcontract Management
Experience with SAP
Analytical skills
Advanced Excel skills
Problem solving and written/oral communication
Must be a US Citizen.

Nice To Haves

ERP system experience (example SAP, Oracle, Netsuite)
ERP Implementation
Understanding of Microsoft
Strong Communication / Interpersonal Skills
Secret Clearance

Responsibilities

Performs the Make, Buy and / or Bill of Material (BOM) planning activities associated with Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) transactions.
Performs one or more multiple manufacturing activities within various manufacturing functions.
Maintains production systems integrity to drive inventory optimization to minimize cost.
Expedites and optimizes material flow through the supply chain to meet customer requirements.
Coordinates with manufacturing and Operations Management to provide shop floor control on make parts, analyzes and controls production schedule and capacity requirements, executes the plan, provides timely status and expedites or works around plans to preserve schedule.
Coordinates with Supply Chain Stakeholders including Procurement and Operations Management to determine appropriate time phased plan for procured parts and executes processes to ensure deliverables meet production schedule requirements.
Maintains MRP parameters including lead times and lot sizes and coordinates with Engineering and Change Board Rep to make the associated changes to the BOM.