Assistant Operations Planning Manager

• Supervise all Shipping/Receiving/Inventory Control operations & learn/coordinate with Operations Planning with a view to taking this on in time.
• Oversee execution of warehouse operations and reports.
• Supervise shipping and receiving and warehouse personnel.
• Ensure a matched set of parts by the date expected for jobs and projects. Adjust when necessary and coordinate changes with affected personnel/stakeholders.
• Attend meetings as needed and requested by senior management.
• Track jobs and incoming material for projects and reports.
• Pursue problematic parts on BOMs with buyers.
• Follow up on late parts with buyers or parts not on order after a week.
• Provide updates to projects on a periodic basis and as needed. Attend project material meetings as required.
• Coordinate, schedule, and execute inventory pulls with AIT team and warehouse personnel and planning to ensure they get the job material when scheduled/expected.
• Act as liaison between Operations Planning and Assembly, Integration, and Test (AIT). E.g. attend AIT scheduling meetings. Ensure all AIT concerns are addressed and elevated as needed.
• Analyze inventory balance and suggest MOHs/MOQs or other stock buffer strategies.
• Seek opportunities to reduce excess inventory.
• Support AIT material/transaction requests (part requests and/or serial number movement requests).
• Provide weekly job kit plans.
• Seek opportunities to improve data collection methods pertaining to inventory/WIP (individual part yields, cycle times, etci) and act on data findings as necessary (i.e. set MOHs for lower yielding parts).

• 5 years experience in a manufacturing environment
• 5 years Warehouse Analyst and operations experience
• 5 years Shipping and/or Receiving experience
• 5 years actively working in a manufacturing operations environment
• 5 years interaction with material planning and working knowledge of planning concepts
• 5 years working with complex scheduling and competing priority deadlines
• Advanced Excel skills
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Complete understanding of Epicor ERP system
• BA or BS required

Preferred Skills/Experience

• 7 years experience in above
• Material expediting
• Understanding of Purchasing concepts
• Masters Degree preferred

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The grade-based pay range for this job is listed below. Individual salaries within that range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, and skills.

Competitive salary based on experience and education
Salary Range: $85,000-$95,000

Kratos is valued for our ability to design and deliver leading edge, resilient solutions for aerospace communication, control, awareness and mission success across a continuum of offeringsifrom commercial to tailored custom solutions and integrated programs. Customers trust us to stay relevant and know we are in it for the long-haul. We bring both the capability and confidence that our customers value and depend on. And we always deliver.

This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.