Material Planner II at Softworld Inc

Job Title: Material Planner II

Job Location: Chantilly, VA 20151

Onsite Requirements:

• ERP/MRP Experience
• Material Planning
• Bachelor's degree in Operation Mgt., Logistics, Planning or equivalent experience.

Job Description:

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:

• Education/Certification: Bachelor's degree in Operation Mgt., Logistics, Planning or equivalent experience.
• Years of Experience: 5+ years' experience in logistics, material planning, production planning, or procurement (may be in combination with education and professional experience)

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• 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)

Preferred Skills:

• 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.

**3rd party and subcontract staffing agencies are not eligible for partnership on this position. 3rd party subcontractors need not apply.

This client is a US Federal Government contractor and is legally required to hire US Citizens. US Citizens will only be considered for this role**