Senior Materials and Production Planner

Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Inc offers advanced solutions to meet the most complex U.S. defense, security, space, and intelligence requirements. Celebrating over 50 years in the US, we remain a trusted government partner, leveraging world-class satellite, laser communication, rotor and fixed wing solutions to help our national security, defense and space focused customers meet their missions.

Airbus U.S. looks to employ a commitment driven team, dedicated to enabling our customer's mission success. We are committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment and a welcoming and engaging staff. With competitive compensation and superior employee benefits, as well as a commitment to fostering individual career growth, Airbus U.S. is the place where top talent wants to work.

Position Summary

You are responsible for the daily scheduling of all production orders, ensuring proper coordination between the production lines and the stock room. You oversee the short-term and long-term hardware availability and proactively follow up with the supply chain department, in line with your management to ensure continuous production flow.

Responsibilities

• Working with the logistics team, you will set the priorities regarding the transportation of hardware between manufacturing sites and arrange urgent shipments as needed.
• Audit ERP data for all in-factory hardware movements to ensure good quality of the data.
• Propose and implement improvements to the planning processes.
• Understand and keep track of basic supply chain architecture abilities.
• Identify and resolve issues regarding the execution scheduling system with the SCADA Engineering Team.
• Work with international teams across the organization to ensure efficient planning.
• Promptly inform the relevant departments of changes to current production schedules.
• Shall be able to understand multi-level product and scheduling processes.
• General knowledge of data mining to analyze data and provide actionable plans. Ensure production orders are scheduled, prioritized and aligned with available resources
• Track weekly progress of orders, identify critical path schedules, and advise stakeholders of required adjustments to scheduled plan.
• Perform critical path analysis and variance analysis as required.
• This position reports to the Head of Program Industrial Management and is located in Merritt Island, Florida.

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in related field with a minimum of 5+ years of relevant work experience.

Certification(s):

• Certified In Planning and Inventory Management (CPIM) certification a plus.

Experience:

• Prior experience in a production or manufacturing environment required.
• Capability to understand basic aerospace engineering terms and practices, mostly for working context.
• Apply critical thinking skills to help solve problems.
• Highly proficient in written and spoken English. Verbal French and Spanish a plus, not required.
• Proven experience of managing deadlines based on project expectations.
• Ability to work independently and within a team.
• Excellent verbal and written skills to communicate effectively across the organization.
• Solid understanding of business processes and functional inter-relationships.
• Skilled in the use of Outlook, Excel, Pivot Tables, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint and TEAMS.
• Experience in leadership and/or team management, preferred.
• Strong background in material management.
• Strong background in production planning and project management.

Technical Systems Proficiency:

• Strong understanding of MRP systems and related software. SAP experience preferred.

Physical Requirements:

• Carrying: able to carry documents and/or electronic equipment up to 20lbs/9kg.
• Lifting: able to lift documents and/or electronic equipment up to 20lbs/9kg.