MRP Planner (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-04-30

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HIA02: Engine Comp (TFT) - WDM 4th St 811 Fourth Street, West Des Moines, IA, 50265 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access certain necessary systems.

Security Clearance:

None/Not Required

Joining Collins Aerospace isn’t just about finding a job; it’s about embarking on a journey to redefine the future of aerospace technology.

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

As a MRP Planner, you will drive the Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) and Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP) processes to ensure timely production and delivery performance aligned with customer expectations. Your work will directly support the strategic alignment of supply and demand, enabling operational excellence and long-range planning.

What You Will Do

• Develop and maintain production plans for materials planning and SIOP

• Develop standardized processes within materials planning and SIOP in order to optimize the utilization of business resources and meet customer expectations for delivery.

• Identify appropriate demand streams and establish data relationship linkages.

• Interact with product development leaders as well as sales and marketing teams to develop demand forecasts.

• Planning capacity and fulfillment demand with plant manufacturing operations.

• Facilitate the capacity management process, including identification and escalation of long-term capacity gaps to ensure successful execution of customer demands in support of SI&OP.

• Execute continuous management of the production plan, including adherence to all required validations using the best information available, in order to provide long range OE and aftermarket demand visibility in support of financial planning, internal and external capacity management, and the overall SI&OP process.

• Mitigate risk for short term shortages with internal suppliers to ensure successful customer delivery.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 2 years of prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field

Qualifications We Prefer

• Working experience in Planning, Supply Chain, Procurement, or Operations within a manufacturing environment

• Working experience deciphering engineering drawings.

• Working ability to communicate effectively and persuasively to individuals at all levels as well as to cross-functional groups.

• Experience with continuous improvement activities is preferred.

What We Offer

Some of our competitive benefits package includes: 

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
• Adoption Assistance         
• Autism Benefit
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
• And more! 

Learn More & Apply Now!

We make modern flight possible for millions of travelers and our military every second.  Our major product lines are on-board virtually every aircraft flying. Be it keeping passengers safe with our emergency power generation systems or creating a positive in flight experience through reliable cabin pressure controls and quieter engi