What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Planner position at Leonardo DRS?
Job ID: 115841
The Leonardo DRS Naval Power Systems business is a trusted provider of innovative naval gas and hybrid power systems, control technology and support solutions for the U.S. Navy and navies around the world.
Job Summary
The Senior Planner develops and maintains the Master Production Schedule (MPS) and Internal Operating Plan (IOP), aligning production capacity, material availability, and contractual requirements through close coordination with Production, Materials, Contracts, and the Program Office. This role monitors schedule changes and shipment performance, coordinates replanning to meet delivery commitments, and improves planning processes to support consistent execution.
Job Responsibilities
Taking care of our people is a top priority at Leonardo DRS. We are proud to offer competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, a company contribution to a health savings account, telemedicine, life and disability insurance, legal insurance, and a 401(k) savings plan. We champion wellness programs that focus on physical, emotional, and financial well-being. We develop our talent by offering programs and activities to support career-growth, professional development, and skill enhancement. And we understand there is more to life than work, and the importance of offering flexible work schedules with our 9/80 program, competitive vacation, health/emergency leave, paid parental leave, and community service hours.
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The Leonardo DRS Naval Power Systems business is a trusted provider of innovative naval gas and hybrid power systems, control technology and support solutions for the U.S. Navy and navies around the world.
Job Summary
The Senior Planner develops and maintains the Master Production Schedule (MPS) and Internal Operating Plan (IOP), aligning production capacity, material availability, and contractual requirements through close coordination with Production, Materials, Contracts, and the Program Office. This role monitors schedule changes and shipment performance, coordinates replanning to meet delivery commitments, and improves planning processes to support consistent execution.
Job Responsibilities
- Create the Master Production Schedule (MPS) based on production capacity, materials availability and contractual requirements
- Obtain agreement from production, materials and program office before execution of the MPS
- Maintain the MPS files
- Ensure closeout of old programs/jobs to include the disposition of all requisition, purchase orders and residual inventory
- Monitor shipping performance to MPS and contract and create tracking reports
- Track and report the number of changes to each MPS
- Interfacing with contracts, planning, master scheduling and production to create and maintain the Internal Operating Plan (IOP)
- Ensure product is moving from production to packaging to shipping
- Create reports that show actual shipments against projections
- Work closely with manufacturing to establish and evolve a stable manufacturing schedule
- Improve current system, functions, and daily operations to more effectively meet goals
- Responsible for rescheduling daily delivery requirements if problems require a re-plan to meet internal needs and contractual obligations
- Consolidate demand for purchase requisitions
- Support, communicate and defend the mission, values and culture of the company
- Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 5 years demonstrated experience
- Solid understanding of business processes and functional inter-relationships
- Strong background in project material management
- Extensive experience in production planning
- Skilled in the use of Excel, Excel Pivot Tables, Power Point, Word, as well as Sharepoint
- Excellent understanding of MRP systems
Taking care of our people is a top priority at Leonardo DRS. We are proud to offer competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, a company contribution to a health savings account, telemedicine, life and disability insurance, legal insurance, and a 401(k) savings plan. We champion wellness programs that focus on physical, emotional, and financial well-being. We develop our talent by offering programs and activities to support career-growth, professional development, and skill enhancement. And we understand there is more to life than work, and the importance of offering flexible work schedules with our 9/80 program, competitive vacation, health/emergency leave, paid parental leave, and community service hours.
- Some employees are eligible for limited benefits only
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