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Manufacturing Planner

Manufacturing Planner

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION - Littleton, CO 80125

The coolest jobs on this planet… or any other… are with Lockheed Martin Space.At the dawn of a new space age, Lockheed Martin is a pioneer, partner, innovator and builder. Our amazing men and women are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every day we use our unique skills and experiences to create, design and build solutions to some of the worlds’ hardest engineering problems. Our culture encourages employees to dream big, perform with excellence and create incredible products. We provide the resources, inspiration and focus and if you have the passion and courage to dream big, we want to build a better tomorrow with you.

Lockheed Martin is looking for a Priority Coordinator/Buy Part Planner. This is a central buy planner position supporting multiple programs, production, and final assembly/test areas.

Summary of Key Duties for this position:

Primary focus on Material Resource Planning (MRP) of buy part materials.

Daily management of all assigned materials from purchase requisition creation through receiving, inspection, labs, transportation, and stockrooms.

SAP maintenance of Demand and Supply orders of assigned buy parts in support of manufacturing and integration and test.

Support and execute material requests, analyze, status and report on material availability.

Identify and resolve material availability and supply chain issues.

Maintain Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system integrity to drive material and production schedules.

Execute processes per MRP Command Media.

Interface with manufacturing, engineering, quality, procurement, inventory and integration and test management to provide timely status of work products and/or problem identification and resolution.

Determine appropriate time phased plan for procured parts and execute processes to ensure deliverables meet production schedule requirements.

Maintains MRP parameters including lead times and lot sizes.

Manage planned order status, associated execution to scheduled release, including transfers.

Ability to represent Production Planning & Control (PP&C) activities.

Additional Skill identifiers that correspond to this role:

Ability to organize.

Strong interpersonal skills; good oral and written communication skills.

Excellent customer service skills.

General office computer proficiency; and excellent problem-solving skills.

Benefits of Employment:
To promote the sharing of ideas, Lockheed Martin fosters an inclusive work environment that encourages differences and big-picture thinking.

Our employees play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually. Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy:

Medical

Dental

401k

Paid time off

Work/life balance

Career development

Mentorship opportunities

Rewards & recognition

Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s competitive and comprehensive benefits package.

https://www.lockheedmartinjobs.com/working-here#benefits

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelors degree with 3 years of professional experience, or in lieu of a degree 10-11 years of job related experience, with 1-2 years of direct supply chain or procurement experience.

Must be experienced with MS Excel.

Desired Skills:

Lean training and/or certification, APICS Certification.

Working knowledge of SAP as the tool for planning and execution in the supply chain.

Past history of driving positive action as a result of performance related issues identified by performance health metrics is a positive attribute.

Customer service-oriented and able to provide innovative solutions to complex problems.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelors degree with 3 years of professional experience, or in lieu of a degree 10-11 years of job related experience, with 1-2 years of direct supply chain or procurement experience.

Must be experienced with MS Excel.

Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers’ toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.

Join us at Lockheed Martin, where we’re engineering a better tomorrow.