Plant Network Master Scheduler

Description

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At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainable. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

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Leidos’ Defense Systems Manufacturing is seeking a Plant Network Master Scheduler to join our team to lead and support the creation and ongoing management of our Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) and Master Production Scheduling (MPS) processes. This is a transformative, highly visible individual contributor role responsible for establishing the frameworks, tools, and governance needed to align demand, supply, and capacity across multiple facilities in the Huntsville, Alabama and Colorado Springs, Colorado area.

Once established, this role will then transition to sustain, manage, and own the Defense Manufacturing Segment level master production schedule within our ERP (Deltek Costpoint), ensuring consistent flowdown to Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and plant-level execution.

This is a highly visible leader-amongst-peers position with functional authority. It is central to building the discipline and cadence that will enable predictable delivery of complex Make-to-Order (MTO) and Engineer-to-Order (ETO) products.

If this sounds like the kind of environment where you can thrive, keep reading!

Leidos Defense Systems Sector / Manufacturing provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the world’s toughest security challenges for customers with “can’t fail” missions.

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Primary Responsibilities
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S&OP Process Development & Leadership

• Lead and support the design, rollout, and continuous improvement of the company’s Defense Manufacturing Segment S&OP process from Operations’ perspective.
• Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Program Management, and Finance to establish system structure, planning inputs, cadence, and decision-making forums.
• Build the structure and governance for aligning enterprise demand forecasts, capacity constraints, and production commitments.

Master Scheduling & Transition to Sustainment

• Develop, own, and maintain the manufacturing segment’s Master Production Schedule (MPS) within Deltek Costpoint aligning manufacturing program demand, plant capacity, and material availability.
• Develop and implement scheduling policies, rules, and data standards to ensure integrity of ERP planning outputs.
• Serve as the central point of contact for schedule scenario planning, risk analysis, and recovery strategies.
• Serve as the single point of coordination between Program Management, Supply Chain, Operations, and Finance to align production commitments.
• Define and maintain planning rules, time fences, and scheduling parameters within Deltek Costpoint.
• Ensure consistent schedule flow-down to site-level MRP and Resource Schedulers.

Plant Network Demand Alignment and Governance

• Integrate and rationalize demand signals from multiple programs and contracts into a unified build plan, supporting make-buy decisions.
• Identify and resolve mid-to-long-term planning horizon demand conflicts between plants, programs, and critical shared resources.
• Establish standard processes, KPIs, and escalation paths for local schedulers to ensure consistent execution.
• Partner with site schedulers to translate the enterprise MPS into executable site-level plans.
• Build a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement across the…