Remote Production Planner

Production Planner Production Planner We design, manufacture, and market highly engineered products and systems principally for the aerospace and defense markets. A wholly-owned subsidiary of a private equity organization offers world-class control devices and subsystems — such as control grips, throttles, HaWC controllers, and communications interfaces — for today's advanced cockpits, military vehicles, and other specialized applications. Planner / Production Control Coordinator IIIMaterial Controls Operations Manager Office & Clerical The Production Control Coordinator will carry out supervisory responsibilities with management guidance, keeping in mind the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities will include assisting with training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; Plans production work orders based on MRP requirements and customers' specification. Reviews and releases work orders to production. Investigate and resolves issues related to past due shipments/work orders and material shortages. Ensures the integrity of the MRP database and inventory accuracy per the materials weekly task schedule. Initiates and participates in lean initiatives including but not limited to kanban, one-piece flow, and inventory reduction. Participation in disposition of non-conforming parts, taking into consideration cost and delivery impact. Makes and implements recommendations to improve cadence, lower aggregate inventory levels, and/or reduce overall costs. Maintains planning factors for MRP including but not limited to safety stock, lead-time, order multipliers, minimum order quantity. Updates work order bills of operations and bills of materials as well as coordinating changes to master bills of operations and bills of materials with M.Actively participates in Change Control Board and the Engineering Change Request process, having signature authority for material planning. Able to analyze data and help planners make decisions based on the data. When required, works with customer service personnel, sales staff and customers to ensure delivery schedules are met, recovery schedules are developed and monitored, and problems are communicated in a timely fashion Actively participates in the Sales & Operations Planning process. Knowledge of ERP application & systems is required. Coordinates with manufacturing, purchasing, quality, engineering, sales, and other support teams to alleviate constraints to on-time delivery. Assists with training of planners. Understand and live by the company's ethics and business conduct policies. Excels in the practical application of MRP logic, scheduling logic, order policies and modifiers, capacity planning, input/output control, bills of material, bills of operations, and product family manufacturing strategies. High level understanding of configuration management. Proficient in Microsoft Office Understanding of metrics and performance indicators. BA/BS degree in business or technical field preferred Minimum 5-7years Material Control or related experience. Preferably in a manufacturing environment Knowledge and understanding of capacity planning tools and MRP.40.00- $60.00 Per hour