Associate Material Planner

TMC, a LinQuest company, is seeking an Associate Material Planner to join our team at our office in Las Cruces, NM. Ability to obtain a DoD security clearance is required

The Associate Material Planner will assist with monitoring the efficient movement of material from identification of the requirement to delivery to the end user. Associate Material Planners are a liaison between the Program Manager(s), Manufacturing, Engineering, IPT’s and other functional leads, along with the Supply Chain organization, including Procurement, Logistics, and Production Control. Assist with ensuring manufacture of stock products to fulfill customer requirements. Ensures manufacture of custom-engineered products that are designed, developed and manufactured in response to a specific customer request or contract.

Responsibilities: 

• Assist with the identification of raw material and component requirements for production from engineering and production specifications and schedules
• Generate purchase requisitions to support future build needs
• Track material quality and initiate actions to extend or eliminate expiring material
• Assist with material movement between warehouse and production areas
• Assist with purchasing, production, warehouse, and engineering personnel to ensure appropriate quantities of materials are always on hand
• Support and assist with activities within multiple disciplines across the Supply Chain process
• Assist and continuously evaluate supplier performance and escalate to Procurement when issues occur.
• Work with required functional groups to resolve challenging delivery requirements.
• Assist in communication to production planners for solutions when parts cannot be delivered as promised.
• Analyze inventory data to identify trends and drive improvements in order to optimize inventory levels and safety stock.
• Assist in expediting deliveries to meet and exceed scheduled critical requirements.
• Assist in ensuring optimal inventory levels and safety stock are maintained for their parts.
• Assist proactive shortage identification and management.
• Other duties as assigned

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

• 1-3 years of material planning experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of industry related supply base.
• Experience in production and supplier scheduling.
• Knowledgeable of supplier processes and capabilities
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
• Experience with rate based or flow line (non-MRP) and job shop manufacturing environments.
• Experience in operations, inventory management, MRP and lean manufacturing processes.
• Ability to obtain a DoD security clearance is required
• Ability to multi-task in a deadline driven environment and be solutions oriented.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, and Visio is required.
• Experience with Purchasing and Finance Tools including Deltek Costpoint
• Exemplifies our core values.

Preferred:

• Ability to develop a knowledge of Government Contracting and an understanding of FAR/DFAR/DPAS/CPSR Compliance.
• Ability to effectively interact with upper management and within a team environment.
• Knowledge of Supply Chain principles and concepts in defense contracting
• Advanced degree in related field
• Industry Certification -NCMA Certified Contract Management Associate (CCMA) or Certified Purchasing Professional (CPP)

Why LinQuest?

LinQuest Corporation has a stellar 40-year track record of providing end-to-end system-of-systems (SoS) architecture definition, engineering design, integration and test, and operations expertise to enable full lifecycle development and deployment of pre-eminent Space, Air, Land, Sea, Ground, and Cyberspace game-changing capabilities across US DOD and IC Customers’ portfolios.   Unique combination of in-depth domain knowledge, lessons learned-honed best practices, and mission-specific applications of principles, tools, and techniques of Digital Engineering (DE), DE Ecosystem (DEE), and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) set LinQuest apart from the competition to consistently deliver stellar high-value results for our customers.  LinQuest’s corporate vision and values place the employee at the center of utmost customer satisfaction, strategic business growth, and tactical execution excellence.  Our employees’ creative and inspirational drive, sense of fulfillment of personal and professional growth, and tightknit camaraderie within and across lines of business are essential in gaining and maintaining exceptional LinQuest corporate-wide results of new business awards and renewed contracts.

Benefits:

LinQuest offers comprehensive and competitive benefit offerings to our team members to include medical, dental, vision, retirement, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, company paid life insurance, and more!  For additional information please visit: https://www.linquest.com/careers/our-benefits