Sr. Planner, Production Control Specialist

Date Posted:

2026-01-16

Country:

United States of America

Location:

US-MA-ANDOVER-AN3 ~ 354 Lowell St ~ AN3 SUFFOLK BLDG

Position Role Type:

Onsite

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

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.​ U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Security Clearance:

DoD Clearance: Secret

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world. 

Raytheon has an opening for a Sr. Planner, Production Control Specialist in our Andover, MA facility. The successful candidate has experience with Material Requirements Planning (MRP) systems in a manufacturing environment and utilizes data-driven decision making to enable effective material and workforce forecasting. This role requires daily interaction with cross functional teams, programs, and business units to maintain and meet organizational goals and objectives. These groups include planning, production control, operations, quality, and manufacturing/test/design engineering.

The individual in this role will need to quickly develop credibility and influence, aligning the operations’ execution plan to meet critical customer deadlines with supply chain strategies and financial targets.  You will foster a working environment that promotes safety, security, compliance, and quality while achieving overall customer requirements.  You will actively establish, lead, and participate in continuous improvement projects within Raytheon, as well as, at the enterprise level.

 

What You Will Do

• Present and drive metric-based improvements across the Value Stream
• Manage a team of Production Control Managers and Professionals
• Material Availability Analysis, Tracking, and Reporting. Releasing production orders in MRP system and confirming in shop floor system.
• Manage and coordinate Kit Readiness including working with cross-functional team in BOM, Material Master, Process Engineering, Operations, and Document Control
• Provides production floor support including replacement part management, shop floor material staging, Work In Progress (WIP) movement through shared resource areas, completion of units in shop floor and MRP system, delivery to next step (inventory or shipment), and meeting MRP schedule
• Controls the physical disposition of nonconforming or specially handled material including Return to Vendor, Purged material, WIP STOP per contractual restrictions, and configuration of components/sub-assemblies as required. Maintains the shop floor, MRP, and inventory systems through key performance metrics
• Process piece part movement to support internal build requirements through subcontractors, internal resources, and other Raytheon facilities

• Managing the coordination and execution of program schedules with Global Supply Chain Management, Subcontracts, Engineering, and other functional areas.
• Support efforts to establish and coordinate all actions are in place to support our customer commitments.
• Coordinate Drive and mitigate accountability across our business teams and escalate across cross functional teams
• Completing Estimate at Completion (EAC’s)
• This position is an onsite role in our Andover, MA facility.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and minimum 5 years experience.
• Experience in planning, scheduling, production control, supply chain, manufacturing, operations, project management or a related field.
• Experience leading daily team operations and/or comparable leadership experience.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Manufacturing tool sets and how to leverage information from material receipt through DD250 within a defense contracting organization.
• Experience with Foreign Military Sale (FMS) & Direct Commercial Sale (DCS) contracts
• Experience supporting cross-functional teams
• Experience working with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) / Material Resource Planning (MRP) systems, including but not limited to Special program access applications, Kinaxis, CMES
• Microsoft Office 360 experience
• EVMS L2 Certification
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