Manufacturing Planner III (A-shift)

About the role

This role is part of Blue Origin Operations, which is comprised of Integrated Supply Chain, Test Operations, Safety, Quality, and Mission Assurance. This includes Manufacturing and Supply Chain support across all Blue Origin facilities.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate manufacturing schedule and coordinate the availability and controlled flow of materials and services to meet customer requirements
• Perform shop order release/closure in MRP System and reconcile parts
• Provide detailed status of work in progress, material availability, and communicate constraints to schedule
• Prepare work orders to produce parts based on MRP, master production schedule, shop load and inventory requirements
• Cook up and expedite the movement of parts by means of move orders, stock transfers and requests for shipping orders
• Schedule and expedite any material shortages with procurement, receiving, quality, and other production areas
• Implement material stocking strategy on production lines, monitor, control and maintain proper floor stock
• Control the proper access and consumption of material in manufacturing
• Monitor the flow/velocity of jobs through the production line and partner with Manufacturing/Operations to ensure work completes on time to schedule
• Monitor the velocity of the disposition of Nonconformances, Material Review Board decisions for material/parts/assemblies
• Enter material transactions in Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
• Prepare reports and note shortages/damage
• Process Scrap and obsolete inventory from Work In Process (WIP) locations as required
• Prepare for, conduct and assist in reconciliation of cycle counts
• Work with Engineering and Warehousing teams to resolve part discrepancies
• May be required to interface with departments throughout the company

Qualifications

• 7+ years supply chain, logistics, scheduling, demand planning, or planning experience
• Experience with activities related to planning and/or scheduling
• Experience with Materials Requirement Planning (MRP)
• Excellent computer skills with MS Office, MES experience with MRP execution desired
• Excellent written /verbal communications skills
• Demonstrates understanding and can apply continuous improvement terminology/tools: LEAN, Six Sigma principles/DFSS/Lean design principles, Value Stream, and Kaizen is highly desirable
• Highly detail-oriented communications and record-keeping skills
• Desired Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Business Administration, or similar
• Familiar with Coupa/Costpoint provisioning systems
• Flexible to work varied shifts, overtime, weekends and travel on occasion