L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.
L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 50,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.
L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.
About L3Harris Technologies:
L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 47,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.
Job Description:
The L3Harris MPES Philadelphia Production Planning Manager will oversee a team of 8 planning professionals with responsibility for the accurate and timely production planning and support of assembly execution of annual deliverable products valued at $75-$100M. Using the Manufacturing Requirements Planning (MRP) system, Program Master Schedule, Engineering Bill of Material (BOM), the Manager and team will execute production work order release in support of contracted delivery dates, material allocations, BOM management, lead time management, capacity and load planning, and project and Work Center schedule execution. Products manufactured are in support of Department of Defense, and subject to Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Material Management and Accounting System (MMAS) requirements. Products manufactured include electronic and power cabinets/subassemblies in support of United States Navy sea-based programs. Supervision of daily activities of salaried and hourly production planners.Essential Functions include, but not limited to, the following.
1. Reviews the MRP (Material Requirements Planning) reports daily, validates the output for accuracy and initiates corrective action for discrepant issues.
2. Interface with Purchasing to resolve due date and shortage issues prior to work order release.
3. Reviews MRP and Reports Net reports daily for actions. Reports to include the MRP exception message report, Allocation of Excess Inventory report, Open Work Order report, Work Center labor and dispatch report, and Project Shortage report.
4. Manages the work order process to include revision control, material availability, work order release, start and completion date maintenance, material allocation changes, Work Center labor requirements, material and labor variance analysis, and released BOM’s and routers.
5. Assist Work Centers in dispatch report management and execution, work order prioritization and schedule management.
6. Assist in generating production schedules and Work Center capacity load schedules.
7. Notify leadership when available resources do not support the production plan (MPS) or meeting the contract date is at risk.
8. Manage and execute project production schedules to meet the Master Schedule and contract delivery dates
9. Leads, directs and reviews the work of production planners to maintain workflow and productivity and ensure company’s objectives are achieved
10. Acts as System’s leader and champions moderate improvements to processes, systems and solutions 11. Maintain and report Key Performance Indicators
12. Maintain master data accuracy (planning related) 13. Review and maintain customer backorder and lead time
13. Responsible for direct support of the shop floor in achieving committed on-time delivery to customer contract dates.
14. Evaluate team member skill and ability against standard and advanced tactical responsibilities; establish training and mentoring plans to grow personnel to highest level of production planning execution and capacity.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree with a minimum six years prior relevant experience or graduate degree with four years prior relevant experience.
- Comprehensive understanding of ERP Manufacturing Planning Systems primarily MRP (Material Requirements Planning) and MRP-II (Manufacturing Resource Planning). Experience and understanding of requirements in the requisitioning, purchasing, stocking, control and issuance of inventory.
- Demonstrated experience and achievement in meeting contract delivery dates
- Requires practical knowledge in leading and managing the execution of processes, projects, tactics, and employees within a team
- Experience with DoD products and delivery commitments.
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Organize team work to ensure weekly achievement of delivery commitments are achieved
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
- Capable of generating moderately complex spreadsheets and reports utilizing: Tableau (or similar), Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Word.
- Serve as team mentor and trainor, ensuring the team is operating at the highest level of planning skill and ability; recognizing areas of growth to acheive
L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.
