Cordia Resources by Cherry Bekaert is partnered with a premier solutions company who is seeking Material Planner to join their team on a contract basis with the potential for contract to hire. Details below!

Title: Material Planner
Location: On-Site - Chantilly, VA
Hourly Rate: $35.00 - $43.00/hour
Job Type: Contract / Contract to Hire
 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• 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, i.e.
• Evaluate, asses 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.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 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)
• 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) 
• Degree in Manufacturing Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain, Production Planning or a related business or technical field or equivalent
• Aerospace industry and electronic design/manufacturing experience
• Experience with TipQA, Navision 2017, is a plus.

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