Materials and NPI Demand Planner

York Space Systems • Greenwood Village, CO

19h • $85,000 - $105,000 • Onsite

About The Position

York Space Systems is seeking a hands-on Materials Planner to support demand planning within the Materials department, including new product introduction (NPI) efforts. The role follows the Materials Manager and NPI Planner lead on part optimization, continuous improvement initiatives for material presentation, floor material issuances, ordering and allocation, material movements, and conflicts between programs. The planner collaborates with Production, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Finance to ensure parts and supplies are available in the right place, quantities, and time. The role balances production-floor material needs with new product builds, first-of-a-kind vehicles, York and customer assets, and the ground support equipment needed to support them.

This position is fully on-site at York Space Systems’ Greenwood Village office.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain or business.
• At least 7 years of direct Materials Management experience.
• At least 5 years of experience in Production Planning.
• At least 5 years of experience with an ERP system.
• Hands-on experience applying Lean Manufacturing in a manufacturing and/or warehousing facility.
• Comfort with ambiguity and ability to influence and work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Structured thinking and the ability to implement processes for speed and repeatability.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills across multiple levels of the organization.
• Permanent authorization to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Background in Aviation or Aerospace.

Responsibilities

• Support the Materials team with production-floor kit presentations, including developing, setting up, and maintaining non-stock and Kanban materials and their replenishment.
• Support development, maintenance, and monitoring of Pre-Production Engineering requests, including first-of-a-kind builds across York programs, test assets, Ground Support Equipment, FlatSats, and customer milestone deliverables.
• Partner with Engineering to understand which key parts support development activities and milestone payments, and assess supply and demand across programs to deliver those parts.
• Collaborate with Material Planners on part swaps and purchase order delivery prioritization for NPI efforts, including providing a forward look at bill-of-material changes.
• Work with Supply Chain to realign purchase order deliveries, projects, and tasks to prioritized programs and improve estimated ship dates.
• Collaborate with the Warehouse on timely execution of parts kitting for Production and NPI teams.
• Help lead regular reviews of Pre-Production requests with each requestor and provide quick resolution to newly requested items.
• Coordinate financial compliance with Accounting for each generated asset, including conversion to a non-flight item and expense.
• Collaborate with the Warehouse on prompt shipment of completed milestone payments.
• Run, act on, and correct MRP demand associated with each individual Pre-Production request.
• Support Production Planning with Test Harness requests and inventory function demands.

Benefits

• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance, subject to spousal surcharge.
• Company holidays, floating holidays, and sick time.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Generous 401(k) match.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time