Materials and NPI Demand Planner

York Spaces Systems•Greenwood Village, CO

9d•Onsite

About The Position

York is seeking a hands-on Materials Planner to support demand planning in the Materials Department, including New Product Introduction (NPI) efforts. The role follows the Materials Manager and NPI Planner lead on part optimization projects, continuous improvement initiatives involving material presentation, production-floor material issuance, ordering and allocation, material movements, and conflicts between programs. The planner collaborates with production, manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, and finance teams to ensure parts and supplies are available in the right place, quantities, and time. The role balances production-floor 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 in York’s 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 the ability to influence and work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
Structured thinking and the ability to implement processes for speed and repeatability.
Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, across multiple levels of the organization.

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 Kan-Ban materials and their replenishment.
Support the development, maintenance, and monitoring of Pre-Production Engineering requests, including First of a Kind Builds for all York programs, test assets, Ground Support Equipment, FlatSats, and Customer Milestone Deliverables.
Partner with Engineering to identify key parts supporting development activities and milestone payments, and assess supply and demand across programs to ensure parts can be delivered.
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 toward 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 requestors and provide quick resolution for 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.