Planner III

Mercury Systems•Phoenix, AZ

About The Position

Provide proper flow of schedule/plan and finished goods stock, shipment to achieve customer satisfaction, production, inventory. Must meet metrics such as Quality, OTD goals. Seeking expertise in all aspects of materials, planning including build plans, and various MRP/ERP systems. Uses communication, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills to ensure on time order delivery - serves a variety of customers

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of relevant hands-on experience required
Typically requires a minimum of 3 years of experience in material planning, production planning, or related supply chain functions
Experience in ERP/MRP systems
Experience maintaining MRP data integrity, including planning parameters, lead times, and inventory controls
Team Player: Collaborates with key stakeholders, gains commitment to meet timelines and influences others without direct authority.
Driver and Goal Oriented: With limited guidance, identifies tasks needed to support desired outcomes, and challenges potential delays to drive necessary actions for results.
Organized: Demonstrated ability to stay organized with multiple responsibilities and deadlines. Good decision making and problem-solving skills. Detail-oriented. Time management and workload prioritization capabilities are key.
Flexible: Comfortable working in ambiguous situations with limited guidance from Manager. Possesses a positive questioning attitude, able and willing to dive into the why.

Nice To Haves

Oracle experience preferred
Experience in advance planning tools. Power BI experience a plus
ASCM (APICS) certification preferred
Experience in working Lean six sigma
Experience in working Defense industry preferred
Experience in advanced Excel functions
Experience in production and capacity planning

Responsibilities

Ensure plan and schedule alignment with MPS
Manage production plan, work order priorities, short- and long-term capacity plans, and reporting
Coordinates production plans to ensure materials are provided to maintain production. Proactively mitigates issues with production constraints. Create and release production orders as per plan.
Collaborates with Purchasing, Production, Logistics, Quality, Program Management and Engineering to review execution of production schedules, build plans, backorder status, and other potential schedule interruptions or rescheduling
Report production status for program specific milestones
Ensure MRP integrity is maintained
Ensure quarterly revenue plan is achieved and managed
Implement planning strategies to mitigate plan and schedule challenges
Recommend and execute cost savings and efficiency improvements by identifying opportunities in material usage variance and yield
Develop, manage, and maintain tools to manage key metrics, review variances, and understand drivers and impact of changes. Utilize tools to assess risk
Lead project teams on continuous improvement projects. Monitor progress and collaborate with other departments.
Process engineering change orders and provide impact to schedule to MPS
Other duties as assigned