Sr. Planner

Summary : The Planner is responsible for overseeing all planning activities to ensure successful delivery of the product. This position will be responsible for performing tasks and duties associated with product manufacture planning, including producing schedules, material lists, and production plans that include fabrication and assembly.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following : others may be assigned :

• Evaluates shortages and manages prompt solutions keeping appropriate stakeholders informed of any potential problem as required.
• Analyzes demand and plans supply in accordance, ensures efficient and quality execution of requirements and purchasing action messages, manages supplier delivery, quality, and cost performance and improvement.
• Ensuring material flow and production activity are aligned.
• Reads and reviews engineering drawings and documentation and coordinate any changes
• Maintains inventory levels to meet company goals
• Supports testing and certification requirements for new programs
• Preserves engineering revision control
• Key User for ERP system; Confirm accuracy of pertinent data in the company ERP system
• Collaborates with stakeholders on lead times, planning items and any related elements
• Performs root cause analysis activities related to planning
• Provide leadership, coaching and / or mentoring to less experienced staff.
• Performs work under minimal supervision
• Handles complex issues and problems, and escalates only the most complex issues to higher level staff.

Qualifications : To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requirements :

Key Competencies :

Education and / or Experience :

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience. 5+ years of production planning and / or material planning experience.

Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :

Reading : The ability to read, and interpret English documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals and reports, drawings and schematics

Writing : The ability to write and / or type all types of correspondence or reports.

Mathematics : Basic knowledge of accounting principles with the ability to analyze figures and basic mathematical skills

Customer Service : Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer service. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Reading Comprehension : Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

Judgment and Decision Making : Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Social Perceptiveness : Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Critical Thinking : Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems

Complex Problem Solving : Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions

Oral Expression : The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand

Oral Comprehension : The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken work and sentences

Deductive Reasoning : The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense

Inductive Reasoning : The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (including finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events)

Problem Sensitivity : The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.

Information Ordering : The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., pattern of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

Attention to Detail : The ability to be precise and thorough in completing work tasks

Physical Demands :

Stand or Sit : Must be able to remain in a stationary position (sitting) 50 percent or more of the time.

Walk : The person in this position needs to regularly move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.

Use hands / fingers to handle or feel : Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery (i.e., a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer) Repetitive movement is also required.

Climb (stairs / ladders) or balance : Occasionally ascends / descends stairs to assist other departments.

Stoop, Kneel, Crouch, or Crawl : The person in this position needs to use these positions to access file cabinets, drawers or other office.

Talk / Hear : The person in this position regularly communicates with other employees and customers via phone or in person.

See : Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and ability to adjust and focus.

Carry Weight, Lift, Push or Pull : Frequently move boxes of files and other boxes containing paper or misc. items. The employee must occasionally lift, move, push, and / or carry up to 25lbs, and rarely lift, move, push, and / or carry up to 50lbs.

Employees may be subject to random drug and alcohol testing under FAA regulations.

Work Environment : The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Exposed to a combination of normal climate-controlled office type environments and shop environments. Job tasks are performed in close physical proximity to other people. Exposed to any number of elements, but none present to the extent of being disagreeable

"This job description should not be interpreted as all inclusive. It is intended to identify the essential functions and requirements of this job. Incumbents may be requested to perform job-related responsibilities and tasks other than those stated in this specification. Any essential function or requirement of this class will be evaluated as necessary should an incumbent / applicant be unable to perform the function or requirement due to a disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Reasonable accommodation for the specific disability will be made for the incumbent / applicant unless it presents an undue hardship for the employer.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veteran / Disability

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