MRP Production Planner II

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Leidos Defense Systems Sector / Manufacturing provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the world’s toughest security challenges for customers with “can’t fail” missions. To explore and learn more, click !

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Leidos Defense Systems Sector provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the world’s toughest security challenges for customers with “can’t fail” missions. To explore and learn more, click !

Are you ready to make an impact? Share your resume with us today!

Primary Responsibilities

• Works closely with Material Project Manager and other functional teammates to include Strategic Sourcing, engineering, quality, and planning & control.
• Ensure purchase orders are confirmed, deliveries are scheduled and maintained to meet production requirements
• Works with Material Project Manager to Identify and mitigate supplier risk
• Maintains reports and monitors material movement throughout manufacturing and inventory sequences.
• Monitor inventory levels, assess shortages for projects and ensure delivered hardware meets quality standards per contract requirements.
• Work with different departments to determine expected delivery dates to inform Project Managers of potential delays.
• Monitor schedules of ongoing projects and have material assigned for forecasted builds to boost productivity and prevent delays that can affect delivery.
• Engages supply chain (vendor to manufacturing) to determine optimal acquisition strategy.
• Ensure interdepartmental communication for improved coordination of productive operations.
• Compile, record and report project performance and progress to management and key stakeholders.

Basic Qualifications

• Candidate must possess a Bachelor's degree with 2-4 years of prior relevant work experience or a Master s with less than 2 years of experience In lieu of degree, High School Diploma/GED with a minimum of 6 years relevant experience will be considered
• Candidates must have at least 3 years of experience in manufacturing or purchasing activities, including experience managing production work orders.
• Position requires candidates to be capable of performing in a collaborative engineering environment working closely with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Candidate must have demonstrated experience effectively communicating within a team environment.
• Candidate must be a resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville - North Alabama, AL area.

Preferred Qualifications

• Electromechanical components or manufacturing
• Deltek Costpoint software
• Windchill configuration management software
• Interpreting and creating Bills of Materials
• Government contractor material purchasing requirements

We’re not looking for perfectly polished resumes or perfect fits. We’re looking for people who break limits, ask hard questions, and don’t wait to be told what’s next. At Leidos, we’re not following the roadmap — we’re redrawing it.

Original Posting:

November 13, 2025

For U.S. Positions: 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:

Pay Range $50,700.00 - $91,650.00

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.