Make Planner, Specialist

Description

At General Dynamics Land Systems we put our Customers at the center of everything we do. Our commitment to protect and enable the people who serve drives us to develop products and systems that give them a clear advantage for mission success. We are looking for passionate individuals to help us deliver innovative, unique solutions to our Customers.

Key Job Elements

• Provide critical analysis required to manage competing priorities in consumer and producer departments
• Develop strategies to ensure work center and resource optimization required to meet schedule
• Coordination with external vendors to meet Production requirements through the processing of outside OSPs
• Coordination of parallel builds with other General Dynamics Production facilities
• Understanding of tools and resources available to facilitate the resolution of constraints
• Develop and integrate new tools and processes to improve efficiency to support Production
• Strong understanding of planning and forecasting required to validate and effectively communicate demand requirements
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet diverse customer requirements
• Generate daily/weekly/monthly reports as required
• Proactively communicate critical shortages to internal stakeholders and collaborate on solutions and contingency plans
• Empower customers with timely, accurate information to support informed decision-making
• Mitigate and provide direction to unionized workforce regarding demand and material discrepancies
• Support inventory management across both in-house and third-party logistics partners
• Maintain seamless communication with PMC, Production and SCM Teams
• Develop and maintain desktop procedures

Required Qualifications

• University degree or college diploma, preferably in Materials & Operations Management or Business
• 3 to 5 years previous planning experience
• MRP experience
• Advanced skill level with Microsoft Office, Excel, Word
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, to multi-task, and take initiative, when required
• Demonstrated high level of communication and teamwork skills
• Demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Previous experience with Oracle
• APICS certification or working towards it

The Make Planner, Specialist opening is a vacant position at General Dynamics Land Systems – Canada. The base salary hiring range for this position is $67,200 to $84,000 per year. Once in the role, successful candidates will have the opportunity to progress through the full salary range based on performance. This range reflects the base salary only and does not include additional components of our total compensation package, such as our incentive award program and other rewards like health benefits, employee profit-sharing, retirement savings, and more. If you are selected to move forward in our recruitment process, your recruiter will be able to discuss all details of our total rewards offering with you.

General Dynamics Land Systems–Canada is committed to providing all persons with equal opportunity and access to all aspects of the employment process. We welcome and encourage applications from women, members of racialized groups/visible minorities, Indigenous Persons, persons with disabilities, persons of any sexual orientation, and persons of any gender identity or expression.

If you require an accommodation to assist you with any aspect of the hiring process, we will work with you to meet your needs. Contact [email protected] if you need accommodation.

It is a requirement that General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada be registered with the Canadian Controlled Goods Program and that all of its workforce be security assessed. As such, successful applicants must meet all applicable security requirements, including, but not limited to, the ability to obtain and maintain a Canadian government security clearance to secret level.