Master Planner

Master Planner

Thales is looking for a Master Planner, who will play a critical role in aligning production, supply chain, and materials management functions to ensure efficient manufacturing operations and timely fulfillment of customer demand. This role is responsible for leading the Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP) process, developing material forecasting strategies, and creating a comprehensive Master Production Schedule (MPS) to drive production and installation activities in alignment with business objectives. In this position, you will oversee a small team of buyers to ensure supply chain requirements are effectively managed to support the production schedule, lead monthly cross-functional planning meetings to establish and optimize targets over a rolling 24-month horizon, and manage the day-to-day execution of the MPS to drive collaboration, operational efficiency, and achievement of customer and organizational goals.

Key Areas of Responsibility :

• Ensure accurate setup, testing, and maintenance of ERP data to support production, including Material Master, Vendor Data, BOMs, and Routings.
• Develop and maintain a rough-cut capacity plan using the Master Production Schedule (MPS); identify capacity gaps or excesses and adjust procurement and production plans accordingly.
• Manage MPS and MRP runs, analyze results, resolve planning exceptions, and prioritize actions to support demand.
• Monitor and report on at-risk inventory, escalate potential impacts to leadership, drive continuous improvement initiatives, and track KPIs including projected and supplier on-time delivery, inventory accuracy and projections, operating cost performance, plan adherence, plan stability, and effectiveness of the S&OP process.
• Prepare and facilitate supply planning sessions and reviews, ensuring effective input and output management, lead S&OP and Demand Management processes.
• Collaborate on engineering change decisions to assess and mitigate production impacts, oversee procurement and production activities, and manage the lifecycle of internal orders from validation through final delivery to ensure a seamless and compliant process.

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If you're excited about working with Thales, but not meeting the requirements for this position, we encourage you to join our Talent Community!

This position will require successfully completing a post-offer background check. Qualified candidates with [a] criminal history will be considered and are not automatically disqualified, consistent with federal law, state law, and local ordinances.

We are an equal opportunity employer, including disability and veteran status. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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