Sr Manufacturing Planning Specialist
About The Position
Imagine a world-class engineering environment with exceptional talent and advanced technologies that are often classified. At General Dynamics Mission Systems, you’ll work with amazing engineers to invent the technologies, products, and services that help our service members, intelligence analysts, and first responders keep our nation safe. We provide premium systems and services to the Department of Defense, government agencies, and commercial clients across areas including acoustic sensors, signal processing, combat systems, torpedoes, cybersecurity, knowledge management, and electronic warfare. If you want the chance to lead, it's time to bring your talent to General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS)! As a Senior Manufacturing Planning Specialist, you’ll represent the production and material planning function on concurrent engineering teams. You’ll develop production schedules, create complex material structures in planning tools, prepare labor and material forecasts, and implement process improvements. This position is 100% ON-SITE.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant work is required plus a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree.
- U.S. citizenship is required.
- Proficiency with material planning tools and Microsoft Office applications.
- Knowledge of bill of materials concepts, material requirements planning (MRP), and enterprise resource planning (ERP) principles.
- Understanding of proposal processes for material and labor estimating.
- Understanding of concurrent engineering principles and applicable government compliance regulations.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of earned value management and product costing.
- Experience identifying and implementing process flow improvements and measuring their effectiveness.
- Experience developing material program plans from work authorization documents.
- Experience using production and inventory data to support scheduling, capacity planning, and forecasting.
Responsibilities
- Represent the production and material planning function on concurrent engineering teams.
- Develop production schedules.
- Create complex material structures in planning tools.
- Prepare labor and material forecasts.
- Implement process improvements.
- Coordinate material movement with purchasing, production, and engineering, and resolve delivery issues with supply chain teams or suppliers.
- Develop and monitor production schedules, detailed production plans, capacity plans, and inventory goals.
- Create complex material structures, maintain forecasts in planning tools, and prepare labor and material forecasts.
- Review work authorization documents, generate material program plans, and develop unit status and shipment reports.
- Identifies opportunities to apply AI for continuous improvement and innovation.
Benefits
- An exciting career path with opportunities for continuous learning and development.
- Research-oriented work alongside award-winning teams developing practical solutions for our nation’s security.
- Flexible schedules with every other Friday off work, if desired (9/80 schedule).
- Competitive benefits, including 401(k) matching, flex time off, paid parental leave, healthcare benefits, health and wellness programs, employee resource and social groups, and more.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
