Operational Planner

parental leave, paid time off, profit sharing

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Airbus Helicopters is looking for an Operational Planner to join our Planning and Production Team in Columbus, MS.

The main mission of this role is to identify, analyze & solve recurrent technical issues not directly manageable by the operators & FLM (First Line Manager). Provide an E2E view at shop floor level within the production team. Accompany to production team. Achieve optimum of effort and work results through planning, production control and management of products and the design of processes.

Achieve the expected Industrial Excellence targets within his area by ensuring adherence and continuous improvement of operational process.

On the eastern border of Mississippi you'll find Columbus, home to our Helicopter manufacturing and assembly lines and Center of Excellence for the entire North America region. It's here that we produce the UH-72A Lakota Helicopters for the U.S. Army in addition to the H-125 aircraft for civil and commercial customers.

• Financial Rewards:
  Competitive base salary and incentive compensation may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan ("ESOP")
• Work/Life Balance:
  Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.
• Health & Welfare:
  Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan ("EAP") and other supplemental benefit coverages.
• Individual Development:
  Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path as well as the opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes and both national and international mobility.

Computer Related: 50%

• Release and control of production orders to the production floor by schedule via SAP.
• Issuing parts, tracking and reporting all shortages.
• Setting up and imputing data on Excel spreadsheets for reporting shortages and KPI’s.
• Monitoring and processing Quality Note tasks and completing them in a timely manner.
• Researching and troubleshooting production order and parts issues.

Organizing and Reporting: 25%

• Coordination between all supporting departments to meet schedule.
• Attend all assigned meetings for production status.

Configuration and Control: 25%

• Control of work orders and material removal from aircraft for configuration changes (CRF).
• Control of consumption of the network in SAP.

• Additional Responsibilities:
  Other duties as assigned.

Required:

• Must be currently local to Columbus, MS area.
• High School Diploma or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of two (2) years’ experience.
• Experience operating within an integrated manufacturing system is desirable, such as SAP.
• MS Office skills especially MS Excel.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Related college level studies may be substituted for experience.
• Must be a US Person under ITAR definition (U.S. Citizen, green card holder or person covered under our existing ITAR license).
• Effective and professional verbal and written communication.
• Knowledge with material requirement planning systems.
• Knowledge with SAP systems.
• Ability to communicate effectively in verbal and written form in English.
• Ability to use mainframe and PC computers, and associated hardware and software (MS Office especially Excel and Word), SAP MRP system (Module MM, PP, Outlook).
• A strong knowledge of technical terms.
• Knowledge of aircraft parts and documentation.

Preferred:

• Prior experience with Airbus Helicopters highly preferred.
• Associate’s degree.
• Knowledge of aircraft parts and documentation.

• Onsite or remote:…