Production Planner

Required Skills & Experience

5+ years of manufacturing planning, production planning, material planning, or similar experience

Experience working within a manufacturing environment

Experience with an MRP/ERP system and ability to understand system workflow and interpret outputs

Experience generating or managing material and purchasing requirements

Strong Excel experience

Experience with production scheduling and/or capacity planning

Strong communication and coordination skills across manufacturing, engineering, purchasing, and program teams

Experience working with many different parts instead of high production with one part

Job Description

Insight Global is seeking a Manufacturing Planner to support a large aerospace and defense manufacturing customer in Huntsville, AL. This person will act as an extension of the Program Management team within manufacturing and will be responsible for coordinating material requirements and production needs across assigned customer programs.

The Manufacturing Planner will review requirements loaded into the MRP/ERP system by manufacturing engineering, generate purchase requisitions, and communicate material and part needs to the purchasing team. They will coordinate when materials are needed based on production schedules and ensure requirements align with major program milestones.

This person will support multiple products and programs, so strong communication, organization, and capacity planning skills are important. They will work closely with manufacturing engineering, purchasing, program management, and production to ensure parts and materials are available when needed to keep programs on schedule.