Manufacturing Planning Manager - Level 5

Position: Manufacturing Planning Manager  - Level 5
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* Description:

** Protecting what matters most is the mission that matters most

Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity  While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more- we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future

At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve  We're creating future ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision  We're erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world  We're advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation  And we're reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity  Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you

Lockheed Martin Space in Cape Canaveral, FL seeks a Manufacturing Planning Manager to join our mission and lead a diverse team of shop floor controllers, material requirements planners, and consumable leads supporting the Orion/Artemis programs  Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor building the Orion Multi Purpose Crew Vehicle , NASA's first spacecraft designed for long duration, human rated deep space exploration  Orion will transport humans to interplanetary destinations beyond low Earth orbit, such as asteroids, the moon and eventually Mars, and return them safely back to Earth

The Assembly, Test, and Launch Operations  ATLO  organization is responsible for the final build up, test, and launch operations support of our spacecraft  Collaborating with your leadership counterparts in program, planning, quality, engineering, prod ops, test, and ATLO, you will ensure teams are set up to meet production schedule commitments to the customer  As the manager, you will be responsible for directing your team through day to day activities

** In this role, you will...*
* - Lead and develop a team of up to 20 material requirements planners  MRP s, shop floor controllers, and consumables leads

- Provide management responsibilities including performance management and training

- Oversee all work performed by your team to meet operational commitments

- Team with program customers early in the lifecycle to drive efficiency and standardization for production planning processes

- Ensure demand is loaded and maintained accurately and utilize KPI metrics to ensure team is working in alignment to production planning processes and requirements

- Engage with ATLO, Program, and Production Planning leadership to ensure strategic goals and initiatives are progressing to plan

- Communicate material status, issues, potential scheduling impacts, and path forward plans to multiple levels of the organization as well as to ATLO and program stakeholders

- Perform look ahead analysis to proactively manage potential upcoming conflicts and obstacles in order to minimize any impact on hardware delivery

- Drive solutions and improvements for planning obstacles and help standardize these improvements across the planning team

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* Basic Qualifications:

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* - 8 10 years of prior experience in one of the following areas:
Production Planning & Control, Inventory Management, Manufacturing/Production Operations

- Extensive experience working with an Enterprise Resource Planning  ERP  system such as SAP and/or experience working with scheduling software  ex  Microsoft Project

- Prior leadership experience  either formal or informal leadership

- Strong Microsoft Office skills  Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook

- Due to work location requirements, U S  citizenship is required

** Desired

Skills:

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* - Bachelor's degree

- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of Material Requirements Planning  MRP  and demand management theory and practices

- Professional experience with production planning and scheduling in a manufacturing environment

- Experience using SAP as a production ERP system

- Ability to work in a fast paced dynamic environment

- Proven ability to proactively identify and drive change

- Demonstrated experience communicating/briefing executives, leaders, and customers

- Experience supporting AS9100 and other audit requirements

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- To promote the sharing of ideas, Lockheed Martin fosters a work environment that encourages big picture thinking  Our employees play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually

** Benefits you can enjoy include:*
* - Medical  many choices of plans; some LM locations have on site medical

- Dental

- 401k  with generous matching

- Generous Paid time off

- Work/life balance, family friendly environment

- Career development , career growth, and lots of learning opportunities for aspiring minds

- Fun, talented, and witty teammates

- Knowledgeable, supportive, and engaged leadership

- Community minded organization

- Mentorship…