Material Production Planner II

Company Description

Elbit Systems of America is a leading provider of high-performance products, system solutions, and support services focusing on the defense, homeland security, commercial aviation, and medical instrumentation markets. With facilities throughout the United States, Elbit Systems of America is dedicated to supporting those who contribute daily to the safety and security of the United States. Elbit Systems of America, LLC is wholly owned by Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT and TASE: ESLT), a global high technology company engaged in a wide range of programs for innovative defense and commercial applications. For additional information, visit: www.elbitsystems-us.com or follow us on Twitter.

Job Description

Overview:

The Material Production Planner plans, schedules, coordinates and/or monitors the flow of products through the complete production cycle. Provides timely planning and scheduling of manufacturing work orders to the manufacturing floor at the end item and LRU/sub-assembly level in order to achieve balanced work flow, internal financial goals, and customer delivery dates.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Creates and manages the Master Production Schedule and associated sub-level production schedules.
• Monitor MRP signals for manufactured items and ensure prompt action.
• On-time review of Planned Orders due for release.
• On-time release of production orders not held up due to shortages.
• Monitor and report on aging of Production Orders in WIP.
• Monitor and report shortage quantities affecting WIP and Production Order Release.
• Monitor and report SRU and LRU on time completions.
• Support daily shortage and other manufacturing coordination meetings.
• Monitor issues of material to WIP.
• Ensure paperwork accuracy of Production Orders prior to release for kitting activity.
• Maintenance of open Production Orders as required.
• Support periodic WIP floor audits, including reconciliation.
• Support warehouse inventory accuracy counts, including reconciliation.
• Participate in Process Improvement activities.
• Works on complex “developmental” and “transition to production” programs and other projects
• Has strong knowledge of MRP and understands its relationship with most facets of the business.
• Releases all orders, manages all exceptions, and uses multi-level pegging to resolve requirement issues from the ERP workbench.
• Prioritizes multiple items through inspection and internal suppliers. Coordinates resources to expedite competing priorities.
• Identifies the need for an inventory replenishment program and works with a manufacturing team and supplier(s) to establish the right type of replenishment strategy.
• Assists in the establishment of project goals, milestones, and procedures; defines roles and responsibilities; acquires project resources; monitors project progress; manages multiple projects.
• Communicates well both verbally and in writing, creates accurate and punctual reports, delivers presentations, shares information and ideas with others, has good listening skills.
• Cooperates with coworkers and helps team leader meet goals. Shares information and ideas with the team. Treats others with respect and supports their ideas, listens to others ideas, asks questions, encourages others to exchange or support their ideas. Meets all team deadlines and responsibilities.
• Understands multi-level BOMs and effects of changes.
• Creates complex reports in support of programs and present to leadership team as required.
• Understands the impacts of applicable regulations on supported program(s), including RoHs, Reach, FAA, FDA, FAR/DFAR, and ITAR.
• Participates in MRB meetings. Works with team and supplier to identify root cause and develop corrective actions.
• Other related duties as assigned by supervisor.

Business Relationships: 

• Interacts with internal customers
• Participates in meetings as required
• Operations 
• Program 
• Finance 
• Suppliers

Qualifications

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

Must possess a strong understanding of Master Production Scheduling.  Must be able to generate advanced spreadsheets including all formulas and formatting, and ideally capable of running a pivot table.  Requires intermediate/advanced skill level in Word and PowerPoint.  Occasional travel, both domestic and international.  May be required to obtain a Department of Defense Security Clearance. 

Education Requires Bachelor's or higher with 3 years’ experience in Material Requirements Planning (MRP), Purchasing, Production Control, Inventory Control, Just In Time Production, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.  

Preferred: ISM or APICS Certification

Experience Required: 

• Functional (Using Skill Set): 3 years’ experience 
• Management: None
• Industry: 3 years’ experience

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities Required (Unique and Measurable): 

• Understands how to interpret MRP signals and plan requirements accordingly.
• Able to review data and understand how the information affects program success. 
• Can manipulate and analyze data using Excel and present findings and recommendations to management. 
• Understands how to develop recovery plans.
• Can evaluate capacity and capability of production cells
• Can be flexible in an ever-changing environment. 
• Able to provide information both written and verbal that can be used for project status as required or requested. 
• Collaborates with internal customers. 
• Prefer an understanding of: 
• Military specifications 
• FAR/DFAR requirement familiarity. 
• Level of lean understanding equivalent to a green belt.
• Experience in Aerospace, Military or similar industry.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.