Material Planner & Inventory Manager

Description

Signia Aerospace is a global, integrated provider of high-performance systems and specialized components for the aerospace industry. Signia designs, manufactures, and services a wide range of products, that include mission equipment, thermal management systems, engine technology, and propellers. The Signia brands are leaders in their respective markets and provide a compelling value proposition to both aerospace and defense OEMs and end-users.

Onboard Systems International is the leading global provider of external cargo handling equipment for civil and military helicopters. Founded nearly 50 years ago, the facility in Vancouver, WA has a growing product portfolio including mechanical cargo hooks and suspension systems, proprietary weighing systems and a Human External Cargo (HEC) line of equipment. In addition to serving every major OEM, the company heavily targets helicopter owners like municipals, fire, search and rescue operators and utility companies.

In total, we serve over 1,000 customers around the world.

Position Overview

Location: Vancouver, WA (Onsite)

Schedule: Monday - Friday

Pay: $100,000 - $130,000 per year

The Material Planning & Inventory Manager leads the processes and personnel necessary to ensure the right materials are available at the right time to support customer demand while optimizing inventory levels and manufacturing performance. This role works closely with Production, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, Customer Service, and other functions to balance customer requirements, manufacturing capacity, material availability, and inventory objectives.

What You’ll Do

Production Planning & Scheduling

• Lead production planning and scheduling to align customer demand, backlog, manufacturing capacity, material availability, and operational priorities.
• Develop and maintain accurate, achievable production schedules and planning disciplines that support customer delivery requirements while maintaining appropriate schedule stability.
• Monitor schedule attainment, capacity, and production constraints; proactively adjust priorities and coordinate corrective actions to protect customer commitments.

Material Planning & Coordination

• Own material planning processes and translate demand and production schedules into accurate material requirements using ERP/MRP tools.
• Proactively identify material shortages and other threats to production or customer delivery dates and coordinate recovery plans with Supply Chain, Production, Engineering, and other functions.
• Establish and maintain effective planning parameters, including lead times, order quantities, safety stocks, reorder points, and other ERP/MRP settings.
• Balance material availability, production continuity, customer requirements, and inventory investment, including requirements for new product introductions and engineering changes.

Inventory Management & Control

• Lead inventory management and control activities with accountability for inventory accuracy, availability, and optimization.
• Establish inventory targets and strategies that balance customer service, manufacturing continuity, supply risk, lead times, and working capital objectives.
• Drive reduction of excess, obsolete, slow-moving, and unnecessary inventory without compromising material availability or customer delivery performance.
• Lead cycle counting, inventory reconciliation, and root-cause corrective actions, and maintain effective controls over material transactions, movement, storage, issuance, and consumption.
• Partner with Finance and Operations to ensure inventory records and reporting accurately reflect physical inventory.

ERP/MRP Systems & Data Integrity

• Serve as the functional leader for production planning, scheduling, material planning, and inventory processes within the ERP/MRP system.
• Ensure planning data, inventory data, BOM-related inputs, lead times, order policies, and other critical planning parameters are accurate and maintained.
• Use ERP/MRP data to proactively identify capacity constraints, material shortages, delivery-date risks, excess inventory, and other potential disruptions to production and customer commitments.
• Identify system, data, or process issues that affect planning effectiveness and lead corrective actions; develop reporting and analytical tools that improve operational visibility

Operational Performance & Continuous Improvement

• Use data, reporting, and trend analysis to identify root causes, establish priorities, and drive sustainable corrective and preventive actions.
• Lead…