Master Planner

Master Planner – Thales

Join the Thales team, located in the Greater Kansas Area, as a Master Planner. The role is fully onsite and involves aligning production, supply chain, and materials management to ensure efficient manufacturing operations and timely fulfillment of customer demand.

Kansas, United States of America
Fully onsite in Greater Kansas Area

Thales is looking for a Master Planner who will play a critical role in aligning production, supply chain, and materials management functions to ensure efficient manufacturing operations and timely fulfillment of customer demand. This role is responsible for leading the Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP) process, developing material forecasting strategies, and creating a comprehensive Master Production Schedule (MPS) to drive production and installation activities in alignment with business objectives.

You will oversee a small team of buyers, lead monthly cross‑functional planning meetings, and manage the day‑to‑day execution of the MPS.

• SUI Regulatory Compliance Requirements – Sensitive Unclassified Information.

• Ensure accurate setup, testing, and maintenance of ERP data to support production, including Material Master, Vendor Data, BOMs, and Routings.
• Develop and maintain a rough‑cut capacity plan using the MPS; identify capacity gaps or excesses and adjust procurement and production plans accordingly.
• Manage MPS and MRP runs, analyze results, resolve planning exceptions, and prioritize actions to support demand.
• Monitor and report on at‑risk inventory, elevate potential impacts to leadership, drive continuous improvement initiatives, and track KPIs such as projected and supplier on‑time delivery, inventory accuracy and projections, operating cost performance, plan adherence, plan stability, and effectiveness of the S&OP process.
• Prepare and facilitate supply planning sessions and reviews, ensuring effective input and output management, and lead S&OP and Demand Management processes.
• Collaborate on engineering change decisions to assess and mitigate production impacts, oversee procurement and production activities, and manage the lifecycle of internal orders from validation through final delivery.

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field with 5+ years of relevant experience in Demand, Supply, or Sales & Operations Planning, or a Master’s degree with 4+ years of relevant experience; 2–4 years of people leadership experience.
• Demonstrated ability to coach, develop, and mentor team members; hold colleagues accountable to commitments; and perform under pressure in a dynamic environment with initiative and motivation.
• Proven leadership and experience in leading Supply Chain SAP ECC implementation projects, with proficiency in SAP ECC Enterprise Resource Planning.
• Strong problem‑solving, time‑management, and organizational skills with the ability to effectively prioritize and manage numerous projects, initiatives, and decision‑making activities.
• Understanding of the S&OP process and objectives, with strong experience and knowledge of key business functions such as Supply Chain, Planning, Sales & Marketing/Commercial, Finance, and Production.
• Strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal skills, and ability to influence and engage cross‑functional participants; proficiency in Microsoft Office tools including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project for analysis and reporting.
• Eligible for Public Trust Clearance.

• APICS Certification preferable.
• Six Sigma Black Belt or equivalent Lean problem‑solving skills preferred.
• BI tools capability such as Oracle/SAP BI, Tableau.

• Schedule:
  
  5/40
• Physical Environment:
  Access to Dock, Warehouse, Inventory and Production areas in addition to office environment.

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Base salary ranges from $73,399.50 to $ USD annually. Total Target Compensation (TTC)…