About the role
Description Material Planner:
Key Job Elements
- Provide a build schedule based on the London Master Schedule and to the associate plants, customers and vendors
- Work with Scheduling, Department Supervisors and PLP to prioritize internal departmental workload and requirements
- Prioritize as necessary for divisional plant location urgent requirements
- Analyze and coordinate offload/onload/parallel sourced material review with SCM and Production to ensure requirements are met
- Material plan internal Production dept or Process defined by business need(s)
- Coordinate premium transportation if necessary
- Coordinate Outbound transportation to Customer sites
- Assist with inventory mgmt. and movements to and from divisional support facilities
- Provide upfront status of critical shortages to internal customers, assisting in the resolution and creating workaround plans
- Report out on all material shortages and status’ daily
- Ensure customer has updated information in order to make informed decisions
- Work as a team player within PMC as part of cross-functional teams maintaining multiple customer requirements
- Maintain communication with buy & make planners, Production, CSS, SCM and PMC
- Incorporate new techniques/tools into daily process
- Create and maintain desk top procedures
- Coordinate shipping material and the preparing of associated shipping documentation as required
- Proficient in Excel and Data analyzing ( Vlookup, Pivot Table)
- Work with cross functional team (SCM, CSS, Production, QA) in the processing of discrepant material
Required Qualifications
- University degree or College diploma, preferably in Materials Operations Mgmt. or Business
- Minimum 1-2 yrs previous make planning experience
- MRP experience
- Must be able to meet Anthropometrical size restrictions for confined space
- Advanced skill level with Microsoft Office, Excel, Word
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, multi-task and take initiative as required
Demonstrated high level of communication and team work skills
- Demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous experience with Oracle
- APICS certification or working towards it
- Familiar with transportation and shipping practices
About General Dynamics Land Systems–Canada
General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada is a global leader in providing land and amphibious combat vehicle solutions. Based in London, Ontario, our employees are driven by the need to develop new technologies used to provide our customers with innovative cutting-edge platform solutions. Our specialists are among Canada’s finest in the defence industry, exceling in the areas of machining, materials, electronics, software development, prototyping, logistic support, and systems integration.
About the role
Description Material Planner:
Key Job Elements
- Provide a build schedule based on the London Master Schedule and to the associate plants, customers and vendors
- Work with Scheduling, Department Supervisors and PLP to prioritize internal departmental workload and requirements
- Prioritize as necessary for divisional plant location urgent requirements
- Analyze and coordinate offload/onload/parallel sourced material review with SCM and Production to ensure requirements are met
- Material plan internal Production dept or Process defined by business need(s)
- Coordinate premium transportation if necessary
- Coordinate Outbound transportation to Customer sites
- Assist with inventory mgmt. and movements to and from divisional support facilities
- Provide upfront status of critical shortages to internal customers, assisting in the resolution and creating workaround plans
- Report out on all material shortages and status’ daily
- Ensure customer has updated information in order to make informed decisions
- Work as a team player within PMC as part of cross-functional teams maintaining multiple customer requirements
- Maintain communication with buy & make planners, Production, CSS, SCM and PMC
- Incorporate new techniques/tools into daily process
- Create and maintain desk top procedures
- Coordinate shipping material and the preparing of associated shipping documentation as required
- Proficient in Excel and Data analyzing ( Vlookup, Pivot Table)
- Work with cross functional team (SCM, CSS, Production, QA) in the processing of discrepant material
Required Qualifications
- University degree or College diploma, preferably in Materials Operations Mgmt. or Business
- Minimum 1-2 yrs previous make planning experience
- MRP experience
- Must be able to meet Anthropometrical size restrictions for confined space
- Advanced skill level with Microsoft Office, Excel, Word
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, multi-task and take initiative as required
Demonstrated high level of communication and team work skills
- Demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous experience with Oracle
- APICS certification or working towards it
- Familiar with transportation and shipping practices
About General Dynamics Land Systems–Canada
General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada is a global leader in providing land and amphibious combat vehicle solutions. Based in London, Ontario, our employees are driven by the need to develop new technologies used to provide our customers with innovative cutting-edge platform solutions. Our specialists are among Canada’s finest in the defence industry, exceling in the areas of machining, materials, electronics, software development, prototyping, logistic support, and systems integration.