Senior Planner

General Summary:

Howmet Fastening Systems (HFS) is seeking a Senior Production Planner in our City of Industry, CA location. HFS is a business unit of Howmet Aerospace, headquartered in Torrance, California. We hold the number one global position in aerospace fastening systems, and we're the North American leader in commercial transportation fasteners. Our high-tech, multi-material fastening systems are found nose to tail on aircraft and aerospace engines. Our products are also critical components of industrial gas turbines, automobiles, commercial transportation vehicles, and construction and industrial equipment.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Coordinate all raw material replenishments, monitor and manage capacity requirements and work closely with sales and marketing to develop a plan that best services our customers. Direct planners in the scheduling/planning of production to meet customer quality and on-time delivery needs.
• Interface with other departments (Shipping, Processing, Engineering, Quality) to resolve problems with timely delivery or disposition of rejection notices.
• Develops, communicates and monitors performance to the unit production goals to provide the basis for key operational decisions. Monitors stocking performance of inventory items to ensure optimum service levels for both.
• Provides customer service with accurate estimations of booked capacity to allow accurate quoting of customer lead-times
• Responsible for maintaining planning parameters of material.
• Reconciles confliction objectives in the Master Planner Systems in order to ensure customer service, acceptable inventory levels, and maximizes production efficiency.
• Assist Sales Department in developing Customer Order Promising to support achievement of sales objectives.
• Provide input to management, Production and Engineering to reschedule in case of design changes, labor and material shortages, backlogs and other potential schedule interruptions

Experience and Background:

• Facilitate continual improvement. Take initiative to resolve planning issues without supervision's direction. Willingly participate with production teams to resolve production and planning issues.
• Perform other tasks as needed in support of manufacturing operations, customers and suppliers.
• Knowledge of production planning, inventory management, JIT concepts and MRP also required
• Expert in Excel
• Must be capable of running Master level plans from QAD
• Well developed communication skills are utilized to interact with all levels inside and outside the facility.

Benefits/Salary:

The position includes competitive wages and a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance (medical, dental, vision), excellent 401k matching program, paid holidays and vacation. The salary range for this position is $70K to $101K.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree from an accredited institution in business or engineering
• 3-5 years of planning experience
• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
• This position is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) which requires U.S person status. ITAR defines U.S. person as an U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee, or Refugee.