Material planner / Production control specialist III

4+ years of professional manufacturing experience in production or manufacturing planning and scheduling or operations
4+ years of MS Office
4+ years of practical experience with ERP/MRP systems in production environment
Proficient with Microsoft Excel
Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion

Provide tactical and strategic scheduling expertise to our team
Coordinate and review input from engineering, manufacturing suppliers, Master Scheduling and other support functions
Work across all departments to ensure plans align with product delivery
Ensure tooling, fixturing, programs, people, etc. are properly scheduled to facilitate an efficient production schedule
Drive Entry/Exit rates of assigned hardware across factory to ensure demand is met
Support accuracy of internal logistics movement of critical work
Maintain inventory level to support production
Utilize production, operations planning, and engineering support to eliminate internal and external blockers to deliver product on time
Push/Pull work into the planning to improve lead times, reduce stagnation, and meet schedule needs
Remain abreast and knowledgeable regarding applicable facilities and manpower
Lead efforts to uncover root-cause and develop permanent resolutions on issues found during processing builds as required
Develop and support efforts to streamline assigned products and automate production processes as applicable
Organize and communicate the daily priorities to production leads
Provide daily visibility, weekly status, and monthly reviews on schedule performance