Material Planner II

Location: Fairfax, VA, US

Job Type: Full-Time (Contract) 

The Material Planner II will be responsible for developing and maintaining material requirements planning methods to ensure all program requirements are satisfied. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience in logistics, material planning, production planning, or procurement, and a Bachelor's degree in Operation Mgt., Logistics, Planning, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain material requirements planning methods to ensure all program requirements are satisfied.
• Coordinate with other material planners' team to ensure master schedule tasks are updated and completed.
• Provide guidance to program teams to achieve aggressive timelines regarding various challenges.
• Forecast material needs across business unit and collaborate with internal and external parties to resolve various conflicts between cost, schedule, and quality.
• Ensure resource requirements are identified and maintained to support program needs.
• Evaluate, assess, and present decisions to mitigate supply chain risks impacting program cost, schedule, and/or quality or product to stakeholders.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to align pull in/push outs with master schedules.
• Work with complex data and models to derive priority requirements and solve potential conflicts with minimal assistance.
• Consistently populate accurate and vetted data to various tracking worksheets and software (i.e., ERP, Excel).
• Identify, evaluate, and implement continuous improvement strategies within the material planning team.
• Provide data, as requested, to support contract proposal efforts.
• Leverage working relationships across departments to achieve goals, daily.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Operation Mgt., Logistics, Planning, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years' experience in logistics, material planning, production planning, or procurement (may be in combination with education and professional experience).
• Ability to excel in a team-based environment, in both a supporting and leading capacity.
• Ability to maintain situational awareness among technical experts.
• Ability to apply various processes and policies across multiple use case scenarios.
• Manage multiple tasks and adapt to competing needs; able to determine and apply prioritization effectively.
• Inductive and Deductive Reasoning skills to navigate various supply chain challenges.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to parse extraneous information.
• Experience working with an ERP/MRP system.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (outlook, excel, word).

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