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based in Columbus, MS.

This person controls the release of production orders and parts going between the warehouse and the production floor/Staging using the SAP system. This person reports shortages and communicates with all other department concerning parts and production order issues.

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, incentive compensation which 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.

• 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 in timely manner.
• Researching and troubleshooting production order and parts issues.

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

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

• Other duties as assigned

• High School Diploma or equivalent experience
• Minimum of two (2) years’ experience
• 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)
• Knowledge with material requirement planning systems
• Knowledge with SAP systems
• A strong knowledge of technical terms.
• Knowledge of aircraft parts and documentation
• Ability to communicate effectively in verbal and written form in English
• Effective and professional verbal and written communication
• 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).

• Associate’s degree
• Knowledge of aircraft parts and documentation

• Onsite or remote: 100% Onsite
• Vision: able to see and read computer screens and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings. Daily
• Hearing: able to participate in conversations in person and via teleconference or phone and to hear sounds on the production floor including safety warnings or alarms. Daily
• Speaking: able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate in communications. Daily
• Equipment…