Material Planner - Leidos

Description

We are excited to announce our opening for a Material Planner on our Materials Management team in our Chantilly, VA location! This person will be responsible for supporting the material acquisition plans within the Leidos National Security Sector. Must have the ability to work with Program in generating material requirements and providing the necessary support of acquisition plans from start to finish. Individual will be interfacing with Program POCs, Suppliers, Logistics, Receiving, Materials Management, and Strategic Sourcing to ensure program milestones are met.

Primary Responsibilities:

- Works with Program team to ensure a streamlined procurement process of materials against program requirements.

- Candidate must have the ability to work with program in generating material requirements and providing the necessary support of acquisition plans from start to finish.

- Maintains reports and monitor material movement throughout manufacturing and inventory sequences.

- Coordinates forecasts, workload, expediting, and acquisition priority with commodity/category team leadership.

- Provides advice to program as to proper routes to take throughout the materials management and sourcing process that will be to the greatest benefit of the program.

- Places orders through purchasing cards within a specific spend threshold/limit.

- Analyzes material requirements for leveraging opportunities, supplier recommendations, acquisition planning

- Engages supply chain (supplier to manufacturing) to determine optimal acquisition strategy.

- Manages production and delivery schedules.

- Communicates with internal and client project team members. Works to influence team members regarding solution design, process and/or approaches.

Basic Qualifications:

- Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph

- Requires a BA degree or equivalent experience and 2+ years prior relevant experience.

- Strong Microsoft Office knowledge and skills

- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks

- Great organization and communication skills

- Attention to detail

- Intermediate Excel experience (Pivot Tables, Charts, v-Lookups, Bar Charts)

Preferred Qualifications:

- Buying experience

- Supply Chain Management experience

- Strong knowledge and experience in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) requirements for price and source justification requirements at appropriate levels for purchasing card orders

- Experience with PowerBI, CostPoint or similar system

Original Posting Date:

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.