Materials Planner

Job Description

Overview

Rapiscan Systems an OSI Systems Company is seeking a Materials Planner, based out of Billerica, MA

Rapiscan is a leading supplier of end-to-end security inspection solutions, utilizing multiple technologies and advanced threat identification algorithms based on X-ray and high-speed computed tomography imaging, ion mobility spectrometry, radiation detection, and optical inspection technologies. Our broad portfolio of products, services, and solutions helps customers in ports, borders, aviation, military, law enforcement, critical infrastructure, event security markets to solve complex security needs, including combatting terrorism, drug and weapon smuggling, and trade fraud. With our leading detection technology and vast industry knowledge, we meet demanding security requirements while offering customers outstanding value for their security screening and inspection operations. We have highly experienced technical, program management, and service teams to ensure customers receive a best-in-class experience throughout every phase of their project—from planning to deployment to post-installation support.

Responsibilities

• Utilize Microsoft Dynamics (D) to schedule production, maintain all planning parameters, review and manage to resolution all exception messages.
• Communicate potential risks to customer shipment schedule with potential resolution options.
• Identify and resolve conflicts with material availability, capacity availability and order promise data integrity to include excellent follow up and communication skills.
• Create work orders to support Sales Demands.
• Identifies Material Shorts and works with Sourcing on material clean dates to meet customer shipment dates.
• Review ECO’s for correctness, impact to production builds, and communicate with Commodity Managers on material change implications on current and future production.
• Primary contact for the commercial teams, manufacturing and supply chain regarding supply changes, trends, potential changes and upside / downside risks.
• Lead and drive the supply planning and review focusing on operational plan change drivers and financial plan gap-closing opportunities.
• Support business execution of new programs and initiatives that include promotional activities, new product launches, last time buy needs, phase-outs and distribution redesigns.
• Support master data maintenance and planning processes, ensuring integrity of data to optimize supply planning performance.
• Drive improvement in inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product phase-outs to optimize inventory position and minimize E&O inventories; review and maintain planning parameters in accordance.
• Monitor key performance indicators and identify initiatives to improve performance.
• Reconcile annual demand plans with supply plans and communicate any gaps.
• Uphold the Company’s core values of Integrity, Innovation, Accountability, and Teamwork.
• Demonstrate behavior consistent with the Company’s Code of Ethics and Conduct.
• It is the responsibility of every employee to report to their manager or a member of senior management any quality problems or defects in order for corrective action to be implemented and to avoid recurrence of the problem.
• Duties may be modified or assigned at any time to meet the needs of the business.

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