Production Planner

Company Overview

ARA is a leading C5ISR company that designs, manufactures, tests and installs innovative technologies that provide the national security community with unparalleled situational awareness, threat detection, and communications capabilities.

Our disruptive, integrated solutions, assemblies and subsystems rise to the challenging demands of discerning, mission-critical customers.

We leverage our capabilities to meet and exceed the requirements of our customers and empower them to remain ahead of evolving threats and complexities in a dynamic security landscape.

Job Summary

The Production Planner is responsible for planning and managing production schedules to meet customer delivery requirements as well as managing inventory availability.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Plan production tasks and schedules according to customer orders. 
• Work with management in coordinating and planning production activities to improve runtime. 
• Analyze back orders, current orders, and upcoming orders to prioritize, plan and schedule the production operations. 
• Expedites operations that delay schedules and alters schedules to meet unforeseen conditions. 
• Plan inventory management processes to avoid shortages and excesses of materials. 
• Monitors project’s progress to ensure it’s following the schedule. 
• Perform work order release, completion, and closure in SAGE. 
• Generate purchase requisitions for material and/or consumables as needed. 
• Run material shortage reports of variances or discrepancies. 
• Assures BOMs are accurate and producible as well as engineering drawings. 
• Work with and through the Purchasing Department to resolve scheduling constraints and material availability to support current and futures projects. 
• Coordinates with other departments to ensure appropriate routing, scheduling, and availability of raw materials or components. 
• Perform manufacturing analysis, including parts and labor requirements for moderately complex instruments. 

Position Qualifications

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

Competency Statements

• Adaptability - Adapts to change, open to new ideas and responsibilities
• Communication - Ability to communicate thoughts clearly, both oral and written in an honest, open and timely manner
• Job Knowledge - Understands facets of job, aware of duties and responsibilities, keeps job knowledge current
• Technical Skill - Possesses the knowledge and skills needed to perform a job or role effectively
• Dependability - Meets deadlines, works independently or in a team environment, is accountable, maintains focus, good attendance record
• Quality - Strives to eliminate errors, accurate work is a priority, seeks opportunities to improve products
• Ethics - Honest, accountable, maintains confidentiality
• Initiative / Take Ownership - Takes action, seeks new opportunities, strives to see projects to completion, meaning own your job and see it through
• Decision Making – Problem solve and critical thinking skills, be able to reach a decision, takes thoughtful approach when considering options, seeks input from others, makes difficult decisions 
• Customer Focus - Understands and can meet the needs in a customer-centric (Internal and External) environment and build strong relationships. Promotes a positive image of the company and strives to solve issues raised by customers

Experience and Skills

• Minimum 3-5 years of manufacturing experience. 
• Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) is desired but not required. 
• Strong knowledge of logistics processes for planning and production. 
• Experience with Costpoint or ERP systems in a manufacturing environment 
• Proficiency with MS Office products - PowerPoint, Excel, Word 
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize and manage time effectively. 
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings. 
• Ability to interact with all levels professionally and tactfully within the organization. 
• Must have strong analytical skills. 
• Understands inventory control methodology, including inventory, planning, and forecasting processes. 
• A complete understanding of how a Bill of Materials is developed and managed through the product life cycle, including identifying make and buy parts and revision control of parts. 

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field preferred

Antenna Research Associates, Inc. and its subsidiaries encourage diversity in the workplace; we are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Sexual Orientation/Gender/ Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran