Job: Technical Buyer/Production Planner

Jobing Description

Job Description :

Position Summary

Performs a wide variety of complex, analytical and administrative duties, which includes drawing review, planning, estimating, preparing quotations, issuing and controlling production schedules and material requirements to ensure a controlled flow of approved materials timed to meet production requirements

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

- Reviews drawings to determine work scope, material and processes needed

- Reviews, as needed, parts and material planning activities, ensuring accuracy of the plan

- Prepares, reviews and generates job orders and/or purchase order requests, with supporting technical documentation, for the production or procurement of components or parts based on the master production schedule, shop load, and inventory requirements

- Coordinates complex technical information, as needed, with Quality, Operations, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Engineering and Program Manager

- Assists with analyzing, monitoring, and controlling delivery projections versus requirements, identifying actual or potential material shortages

- Informs Program Manager of any engineer changes or potential production problems that impact the status of work in progress

- Provides, as needed, detailed technical recommendations for, or otherwise initiates recovery plans to eliminate or preclude shortages, including resolving unique inventory problems or critical delinquencies attributable to suppliers

- Identifies raw material and component requirements for production from engineering and production specifications and schedules

- Assists Program Manager and Marketing in creating customer orders in the system, when required

- Analyzes supplier s technical capability

- Creates complex new Bill of Materials in Syteline system, as needed

- Provides technical advice on any KC-10, KC-X parts support, KC-135 and Padway

- Provide technical information needed to send to vendors for customer requires for manufactured parts

- Performs other duties as assigned

Job Requirements :

Qualifications

- High School Diploma or GED and five years experience working as a machinist, estimator, planner or inventory control analyst

- Ability to interpret blue prints, drawings, specifications, operations sheets and material requirements

- Proficient in use of Syteline ERP system

- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office and ability to learn other industry-related software

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