Position Title: Production Planner II
Department: Supply Chain
Reports to: Production Planning Supervisor
About IDD Aerospace: IDD Aerospace is a subsidiary of the Safran Group, an international company with presence in the Puget Sound area and around the United States. IDD Aerospace designs and manufactures light plates, integrated switch panels, and control panel assemblies used on the flight decks of commercial and military aircraft. We are an organization that has a reputation for outstanding leadership, innovation, and expertise. Our employees use their creativity and talent to invent new solutions, meet new demands, and offer the most effective services and products in the industry.IDD Aerospace is a diverse workplace that values active involvement and creativity. We sincerely hope you will take pride in being an important part of IDD Aerospace 's success.
What You Will Do:
We are looking to employ a detail-oriented and experienced Production Planner II team member to create, modify, and manage work order releases. You will collaborate with Manufacturing, Customer Service, Master Scheduling, Purchasing, Engineering, and Quality Assurance team members to status and maintain build schedules for your assigned product line. You will ensure that critical materials are being completed in sufficient time to meet delivery schedules while interfacing with Manufacturing Leads and Supervisors to status and expedite materials and assemblies as needed. Your responsibilities include monitoring inventory levels, regularly providing production status updates to management, and facilitating the timely delivery of products to customers. You will need to closely monitor the production process and escalate when work orders are being delayed. You will need to demonstrate excellent time management, organizational, and problem-solving skills to ensure that production operations run smoothly. Finally, you will be a role model for the Production Planner I team members. This position works under moderate supervision and requires you to be on site Monday through Friday.
Job Description:
- Responsible for releasing work orders in timely fashion to support customer on-time delivery targets
- Responsible for satisfying the needs of internal and external customers by responding to requests, understanding requirements, and building productive internal customer relationships
- Interfaces with Production Leads, Supervisors and Managers to support continuous workflow and WIP schedules
- Identify optimal lead-times for materials and production scheduling to meet inventory needs
- Proactively identifies potential material shortages/capacity issues, collaborates with internal team members, and takes appropriate actions
- Immediately addresses and resolves issues to minimize delays in production
- Analyze stocking levels for MAKE subassemblies and propose updating, adding or updating safety stock levels
- Offer solutions at Core team stand-up meetings to resolve issues
- Promptly informs the relevant departments of changes to current production schedules
- Continuously seeks ways to improve processes and participates in quality improvement teams when appropriate
- Participate in customer calls, as needed, to provide estimated shipping dates and, also highlight issues (e.g., resource constraints, quality issues, etc.)
- Perform other related duties as assigned
Job Requirements:
- Minimum of AA degree required. BA or BS degree preferred.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in production scheduling, supply planning, or demand planning role
- APICS CPIM certification preferred
- Strong interpersonal skills – ability to collaborate with individuals across a broad range of functions and varying seniority
- High motivation to learn, develop and perform in a fast-paced environment
- Attention to detail, with a proven ability to manage multiple conflicting priorities simultaneously
- Experience with metric creations and data presentations
- Processes inventory transactions as work orders are started and issues material to general floor stock in support of product picklists.
- Follows all company safety policies and procedures
- Reacts to change productively and handles other duties as required
- Experience with capacity requirements planning
- Ability to establish and communicate work order priorities with Manufacturing team
- Skills, Abilities & Technical Requirements:
- Experience extracting and reviewing drawings from PLM tool. Agile experience a plus.
- Able to build and analyze data within Excel (e.g., Pivot tables, V-lookup)
- Experience working in ERP system (e.g., QAD, SAP). Experience in QAD a plus.
- Good overall knowledge of manufacturing processes, including a detailed understanding material planning, lead-times, capacity planning, BOM, and customer requirements.
- Adept at being able to respond to changing priorities.
- Creative at finding solutions
- Shows initiative by assisting team members when needed
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to resolve issues before escalating to management
Accountability
This position is under ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) and must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by Title 22 of Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) §120.15 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.
EEO Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.
Pay: $80,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- Pursuant to the EAR and the ITAR, a U.S. Person includes: any individual who is granted U.S. citizenship; or. any individual who is granted U.S. permanent residence ("Green Card" holder); or. any individual who is granted status as a "protected person" under 8 U.S.C.
Are you a US Person? (US Citizen or permanent resident)
- This role is 100% in person, does this work for you?
Ability to Commute:
- Redmond, WA 98052 (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
