Senior Planner - Production

Leonardo DRS, Inc.•Germantown, MD

55d•$83,552 - $108,618•Onsite

About The Position

DRS RADA Technologies is hiring a Senior Production Planner to join our team on-site at our Germantown, MD location. The Senior Production Planner is responsible for developing, maintaining, and executing the Master Production Schedule to ensure production capacity, material availability, and contractual delivery requirements are aligned. This role partners closely with production, materials, contracts, program management, planning, and manufacturing teams to establish stable schedules, manage changes, and resolve delivery issues.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 5 years demonstrated experience
Solid understanding of business processes and functional inter-relationships
Strong background in project material management
Extensive experience in production planning
Skilled in the use of Excel, Excel Pivot Tables, Power Point, Word, as well as Sharepoint
Excellent understanding of MRP systems
U.S. Citizenship required.
This position requires an active DOD security clearance or the ability to obtain such clearance within a reasonable time after commencement of employment.

Responsibilities

Create the Master Production Schedule (MPS) based on production capacity, materials availability and contractual requirements
Obtain agreement from production, materials and program office before execution of the MPS
Maintain the MPS files
Ensure closeout of old programs/jobs to include the disposition of all requisition, purchase orders and residual inventory
Monitor shipping performance to MPS and contract and create tracking reports
Track and report the number of changes to each MPS
Interfacing with contracts, planning, master scheduling and production to create and maintain the Internal Operating Plan (IOP)
Ensure product is moving from production to packaging to shipping
Create reports that show actual shipments against projections
Work closely with manufacturing to establish and evolve a stable manufacturing schedule
Improve current system, functions, and daily operations to more effectively meet goals
Responsible for rescheduling daily delivery requirements if problems require a re-plan to meet internal needs and contractual obligations
Consolidate demand for purchase requisitions
Support, communicate and defend the mission, values and culture of the company

Benefits

comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
employer matching 401(k) retirement plan
paid time off including vacation, holidays, and sick leave (including ant state-mandated paid sick leave)
parental leave benefits
tuition reimbursement
professional development support
life and disability insurance coverage
company contribution to a health savings account
telemedicine
legal insurance
401(k) savings plan
wellness programs that focus on physical, emotional, and financial well-being
programs and activities to support career-growth, professional development, and skill enhancement
flexible work schedules with our 9/80 program
competitive vacation
health/emergency leave
paid parental leave
community service hours