Production Planner I

Albany Engineered Composites (AEC) is one of the most technically advanced designers and manufacturers of lightweight composite aerospace structures, subassemblies and components. For more than 50 years, AEC has innovated advanced composite solutions for defense and commercial industries in applications from large commercial transports to fighter jets and commercial and military rotorcraft.

Our composite design and fabrication expertise can be found on many commercial platforms such as Boeing's 7-series family, the Airbus A380 aircraft as well as Sikorsky S-76 helicopter. For defense programs, AEC provides a wide range of products including complete structural assemblies, flight critical components, primary and secondary structural elements for platforms such as the F-35 Lightning II, the CH-53K Heavy-lift Helicopter and the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM).

AEC is committed to delivering high-quality, economical composite solutions to our customers. Significant investment in infrastructure and automation ensures AEC is positioned to maximize that value, offering the right processes to meet our customer's needs.

This role is responsible for developing the production plan, using SAP, to satisfy customer demand with an understanding of both internal and external forecasts. The Scheduler must best utilize the plant's productive capacity as well as have a practical understanding of schedule adherence and required inventory levels. This role will work closely with Value stream Manager and operations to ensure a smooth and cost-efficient flow of our production operations.

Primary Responsibilities:

In the performance of their respective tasks and duties all employees are expected to conform to the following values: Safety, Fact Based, Accountable, Respectful, Persistence and Ethical.

• Put Safety first at all times, never compromise on safety for the obtainment of other objectives. Responsible for health and safety of themselves and coworkers.

• Manage all short to long term planning/scheduling activities for their assigned value streams at the site. Balance production and inventory levels with demand to support target consistent with 99% customer service levels, inventory turn goals and capacity utilization/staffing requirements. Develop planning scorecards per value stream to monitor performance and drive improvements.

• Work closely with Program Management and Operations to maintain accurate and consistent SIOP plans using SAP

• Work closely with assigned value stream leader to ensure a common understanding of materials flow and usage within that value stream. This includes all manufacturing related material as well as material supporting development activities. Apply Lean principles and plan to a single piece flow rhythm and kitting ideology where possible.

• Engineering Change Management process involvement. Work closely with engineering, operations, and procurement to properly manage the introduction, scheduling and transition of material and BOM revisions. Solid understanding of SAP production planning and how engineering changes are implemented in the SAP system

• Responsible for intercompany demand and procurement of subassemblies.

• Actively participate on NPI process. Assist with analysis of new product introductions and business opportunities to ensure that the manufacturing supply chain can support all program requirements. Incorporate open-ended development projects into the daily and weekly plant level schedules using SAP,MS project and other tools

• Responsible, at a tactical plant level with input from key departments and using SAP and SIOP process, to determine correct inventory levels and controls to support the operations and manufacturing supply chain. This includes implementation of lean inventory tools such as Kanban, JIT, Min-Max, Consignment, etc. at all levels assemblies and raw materials using and understanding of SAP settings.

• Drive the integration of Lean planning for each Value Stream with SAP. Value Streams may differ with respect to the approach for scheduling. However SAP is to be used for Master Plan and tracking finished goods to shipment. Individual Value Streams will need planning support to know what planning mechanisms/tools to use to ensure the best plan and use for available capacity.

• Participates on SAP design and testing teams for new systems; work toward eliminating the use of off-line spreadsheets and processes for scheduling and planning. Lead efforts to install standard processes for the planning process, creating and implementing and maintaining standard work in accordance with ERP methodology. Work closely with the SAP IT organization to test and provide alternative solutions to any current SAP deficiencies related to planning and material control. Assist in developing standard processes and work instructions for all planning and material control functions.

• Participate in meetings, and keep up to date on issues related to Sales Forecast, Manufacturing, Planning, New Product introductions, Line Fill Rates, Metrics, and other related Supply Chain issues. Present summary of key information, metrics, and analysis to the Plant Leadership Team on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.

• Any other tasks assigned.