Material Planner at Jetaire Flight Systems LLC – Fayetteville, Georgia

Jetaire Group is a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved Design Approval Holder (DAH) with Parts Manufacturing Approval (PMA) providing high-reliability electronic hardware and systems support where critical functions, durability, and peak performance are vital. We provide service to military, commercial, aerospace, and space industries. Our engineering experience, flexible manufacturing, and competitive pricing enable us to meet customer requirements with the highest standards. Our combined world-class materials management and fulfilment services provides customers with a true, vertically integrated vehicle support partner.
Headquartered in Fayetteville, GA with offices in global in reach, our dedicated employees provide over 150 value-added technical and engineering solutions with service to customers in 64+ countries. Jetaire provides complete avionics modification services including engineering, design, manufacturing, integration and certification, supplemental type certificate development, FAA certification assistance, and regulatory consulting services for both in house programs and contract directly to OEMs and aircraft owners and operators.

The Material Planner ensures a timely and efficient supply of materials required for production. Responsibilities include determining material specifications, creating and maintaining inventory schedules, coordinating with internal departments, and managing external customer relations.
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Order all production material.
• Track and communicate all expedites to cross-functional teams until fully
received.
• Analyze all incoming shipments; monitor supplier performance and request
countermeasures for delivery issues.
• Investigate inventory and receipt of discrepancies, track and report all open
invoices.
• Monitor production parts on a continuous basis to prevent the occurrence of a
shortage, and report to management in case of deficiencies.
• Direct and assist suppliers to ensure material is shipped in accordance with the
material released and that correct communication of shipment is attained.
• Ensure proper balance out procedures are followed to minimize obsolescence.
• Resolve inventory discrepancies through problem solving methodologies with
cross-functional teams.
• Monitor and correct all advanced shipping notice transmissions.
• Investigate, track and dispose of obsolete material.

QUALIFICATIONS:
• Bachelor's degree in engineering with 5 or more years of experience in an
engineering, manufacturing or aviation environment. Master’s degree in supply
chain management or MBA preferred
• Prior experience in analyzing and interpreting technical procedures for planning
functions.
• Working knowledge of reading and interpreting technical drawings.
• Solid multi-tasking with the ability to manage multiple assignments concurrently.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft suite of products as well as ERP software.