Title:  Associate, Production Planning

Job Title: Associate, Production Planning 

Job ID:  39358

Job Location:  Waco, TX

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

Job Description:  

Plans, prepares, issues, and controls production demands and directs material requirements to ensure a controlled flow of raw and approved finished goods materials timed to meet production requirements. Converts engineering drawings into work instructions and bills of material driving procurement, shop fabrication, assembly and HDL installation.

Essential Functions: 

• Develop and implement manufacturing build plans to meet customer contractual delivery schedules
• Utilize Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) system to input Master Schedule build plans, track material availability, status kit readiness, release shop orders, and maintain all shop order records and inventory integrity
• Update and maintain make items lead times within MRP system
• Manage floor stock of program components
• Work jointly with Manufacturing and Quality teams to execute build schedule and address any issues in a timely manner
• Work with Materials Planners to proactively manage the schedule and material dock dates to ensure accuracy of planning
• Provide hardware status, updates and performance statistics to program team based on status of hardware through Manufacturing Execution System (MES)

Qualifications:

• To be eligible, applicants must be pursuing a Bachelor's degree in supply chain, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering or other related degree or have completed their Bachelor’s degree within the last 12 months, regardless of age.   

Preferred Skills:

• Knowledge and/or experience in scheduling or supply chain planning preferred.
• Strong computer and analytical skills combined with the ability to manage large amounts of quantitative data
• Proficient in the use Microsoft Office software; working knowledge of relational data bases.
• Knowledge and/or experience with Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) or other enterprise planning and scheduling suite