Manager, Scheduling; Onsite

Date Posted

United States of America

US-TX-RICHARDSON-461 ~ 3200 E Renner Rd ~ RENNER BLDG 461

Onsite

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

DoD Clearance:
Secret

Active and existing security clearance required after day 1

Collins Aerospace is looking for Manager Scheduling for our Collins Aerospace Richardson team within Mission Systems. In this role you have the very unique opportunity to help shape the business, as your work will directly impact sales, cash flow, and cost. You will get to work with all facets of the Enterprise; manufacturing, quality, sales, value stream leaders, material & supply.

This is a great opportunity to not only sharpen your skill sets around product knowledge & planning, but also to build strong networks across the Enterprise. Our ideal candidate will be a motivated leader who loves a challenge. You should be adaptable to an ever-changing working environment & business market and continually identify and implement strategies to improve how we do our work.

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

• Management of end item master production schedules to include planning, coordinating and monitoring top level products through the complete production cycle
• Coordinate and lead the new products transition process and top-level material planning. Ensure that all material and planning parameters accurately reflect Manufacturing capability to meet demand
• Collaborate with Order Administration and Contracts Management to resolve customer sales order exceptions
• Generate short lead-time requests from a variety of customers
• Analyze business processes and generate improvement ideas with implementation plans
• Lead projects and lean events to improve internal business processes
• Own impact on manufacturing performance to MPS, and on-time delivery to the customer
• Responsible for maintaining ongoing relationships with key customers
• Work with urgency to support customers on drop-in requirements more common to the ‘optional’ business model, while protecting the business from failures caused by over-commitments
• Remain engaged and involved through the entire Sales and Operations planning process. Collaborate with Manufacturing, Contracts, Procurement, and VSL through the Sales Forecast process and facilitation of the Supply, Planning and Execution process
• Owns responsibilities with Minimal day-to-day direction
• Effectively communicate with and influence management and personnel from across the enterprise
• Serve as an "expert on call" and prime contact to management on matters relating to the scheduling discipline
• Conduct training sessions with ERP users geared at expanding material requirements planning (MRP) knowledge across Operations
• Recognizes business process issues and implements solutions. Supports new process and tools implementation or changes, as master scheduling expert
• Comprehension of warehouse management and inventory allocation by monitoring inventory levels
• Examine production data metrics to pinpoint bottlenecks and opportunities for enhancement

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience
• Advanced MS Excel skills including index match, x-look ups, pivot tables, sum if & count if, and concatenate functions
• 5+ years of experience as a production planner in a manufacturing environment
• Experience using Material Requirements Planning (MRP) processes and/or software

• Aerospace or avionics manufacturing experience
• SAP experience
• Data analytics experience
  
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