Title:  Lead, Schedule Integrator

Job Title: Lead, Schedule Integrator 

Job Code: 24514

Job Location: Huntsville, AL

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

We are seeking a Lead Schedule Integrator to work at our Aerojet Rocketdyne HQ facility in Huntsville, AL. This position is a part of the Scheduling & Material Planning (SMP) Center of Excellence and is a direct report to the Senior Manager of Production Planning (Schedule Integration).

The Schedule Integrator is responsible for ensuring alignment between factory production schedules as loaded within the enterprise Material Requirements Planning (MRP) system and all Program / Product Line Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) milestone deliverables. The Schedule Integrator partners with Scheduling, Material Planning, Manufacturing, Program Management leadership, and others to develop integrated schedules and delivery plan strategies required to achieve contracted deliverables / production rates. 

Essential Functions:

• Identifies risks to both internal operating plans as well as delivery plans, and facilitates among cross-functional work teams to define mitigating actions.

• Facilitates development of integrated schedules to support proposal activities and the on-boarding of new demand into the MRP system.

• Point of contact for the SMP organization (30%)

  • Coordinates responses to business challenges

  • Spearheads strategic initiatives.

  • Supports Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), recovery planning, program proposals, improvement events/projects, and help deconflict shop floor schedule priority.

  • Suggests improvement projects to management and delegate within team as approved.

  • Leverages knowledge of scheduling, project management, Lean Six Sigma, technical skills, and others to deliver high quality workmanship.

• Coordinates gap identification and resolution by using in-depth working knowledge, internal support network, and analysis of data from multiple systems with minimal direction.

• Integrates the program and production schedules so our execution can meet the program objectives.

• Monitors and contributes to the program onboarding process to translate the program’s statement of work into an achievable production plan.

• Integrates with COEs such as Operations, Quality, Engineering, Planning, and Finance.

• Coordinates teams to schedule non-recurring engineering (NRE) activities, production support items, and staffing plans.

• Manages ad-hoc projects elected by the organization, program management, or site leadership with minimal supervision.

• Spokesperson for the SMP organization concerning sound scheduling practices for both program and production scheduling.

• Ability to obtain US Security Clearence. 

• Up to 5% business travel to other L3Harris Sites. 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant scheduling or material planning experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related scheduling or material planning experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related scheduling or material planning experience.

• 2+ years advanced proficiency experinece with Microsoft Office suite; utilizing PowerPoint for building charts/graphs and Excel for data analysis.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience with Oracle / Delmia / Windchill / Power BI / Data Analytics.

• Production planning experience.

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with cross-functional / cross-site teams.

• Proficiency in Material Requirements Planning (MRP) & Manufacturing Execution System (MES), Delmia, ASCP, Oracle Enterprise Business Suite, MS Office.

• American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) Certification.

• American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certification.

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