Herndon, VA - Herndon, VA 20171 US (Primary)

Work with program and project staff to optimize project inventory, minimize costs, and maintain smooth operations within the supply chain ensuring that raw materials and components are available when needed for production or distribution, and manage inventories to ensure that material resources are consistent with build and test schedules. Create and distribute reports to program staff and the purchasing department to communicate issues, deficiencies and potential schedule problems regarding materials and supply chain management.

Material Planner Responsibilities:

• Determine required materials and assist with generating purchase orders utilizing CostPoint.
• Ensure consistent and adequate supply of materials necessary for production and rework.
• Coordinate with other departments regarding production goals, timelines, etc.
• Support kitting operations ensuring build teams have the parts required for builds
• Schedule and oversee the supply and delivery of materials and products
• Liaison with operations, manufacturing, configuration management, and purchasing
• Manage inventory issues, schedule changes, and cancellations
• Assist with expediting vendor parts in coordination with the purchasing department
• Keep project managers informed on the status of subassembly and assembly builds
• Coordinate with program managers and stockroom to track revisions of new and in-shop builds.
• Manage Costpoint Inventory
• Manage Manufacturing Order (MO) process
• Assist and aid in company process / policy improvements and updates
• Assist electronics assembly lab and Electrical Engineering Department in managing the build queue and build processes.

Minimum Qualification Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in business or logistics
• Minimum 3 years relevant experience
• Supply chain and\or vendor management experience
• Strong negotiation and forecasting skills
• Practical experience implementing continuous improvement methodologies
• Experience with resource planning software, specifically Costpoint / Deltek, a plus
• Able to manage and prioritize activities to effectively support multiple projects/tasks
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including work instructions
• Experience with MS Office tools
• U.S. citizenship is required