Planning Analyst, Capacity

About Us:

As a global manufacturer of complex aircraft engine components, Pursuit Aerospace is founded on a commitment to relentless, continuous, operational improvement and extraordinary customer service. We pride ourselves on competitive cost structure, exceptional on-time delivery, and industry-leading quality.

The Pursuit family of companies has cultivated long-term relationships with our customers around the world through respect, teamwork, technology, and trust. We are driven to develop industry leading process innovations and manufacturing techniques on behalf of our customers. Our exceptional quality is driven by a deep investment in and the daily practice of continually improving our people, processes, and products.

About the Opportunity:

The Capacity Planning Analyst provides enterprise-wide visibility into capacity feasibility across both internal manufacturing resources and external supplier networks. This role ensures that all capacity constraints, limitations, and risks are accurately assessed, validated, and reflected in the company's SIOP and Integrated Supply Review. As part of a SIOP launch from the ground up, this role establishes standardized methods to evaluate capacity realism, validate commitments, and translate constraints into decision-ready insights for leadership-addressing issues such as late purchase orders and mismatched commitments-so centralized supply planning is based on realistic internal and supplier performance, risks, and constraints.

Location : This position can be hybrid with the office based in Manchester, CT or South Windsor, CT. Travel 25-40% for the first 18 months.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain forward-looking capacity views across critical internal manufacturing resources and priority external supplier bases (e.g., bottleneck work centers, labor skills, equipment, small parts, raw materials, OSV).
• Translate demand signals into capacity load using routings, standard hours, family-level averages, or supplier-provided limits as appropriate for SIOP horizons
• Highlight capacity-driven risks to the centralized supply plan and support escalation by providing clear evidence of constraint drivers and potential mitigation paths (e.g., alternate sourcing, re-timing, allocation trade-offs)
• Partner with the Director of Supply Planning, Supply Planning Analysts, and MPS teams to ensure alignment and data integrity across planning outputs
• Help establish standard methods, assumptions, and templates for enterprise capacity planning
• Contribute to capacity governance aligned to SIOP cadence and decision rights
• Identify data, system, and process gaps limiting capacity visibility and planning accuracy

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, Business, or related
• At least 3 years of experience in capacity planning, supply planning, supplier management, or production planning within a manufacturing environment with direct experience performing internal capacity analysis (e.g., labor, equipment, bottlenecks, work centers) and analyzing external supplier capacity, constraints, and commitments
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time bases without sponsorship now or in the future. The Company cannot offer employment to visa holders who require employer sponsorship in the future or cannot work now on a full-time basis.
• Must be able to perform work subject to ITAR/EAR regulations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficiency with ERP systems (e.g., Epicor, Syteline, Visual, etc.) and advanced Excel / data analysis tools
• Experience supporting or participating in SIOP / S&OP / IBP processes
• Aerospace, defense, or highly regulated manufacturing experience
• Demonstrated ability to:
  • Validate capacity assumptions and supplier commits
  • Identify systemic vs localized capacity constraints
  • Translate capacity risks into executive-level decision inputs
• Experience working across procurement, supply planning, and operations teams
• Familiarity with:
  • Rough-cut capacity planning
  • Constraint-based planning
  • Scenario modeling for supply risk
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present capacity risks and opinions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to validate supplier commits, interpret supplier performance signals, and translate capacity limitations into actionable planning inputs
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate supplier data into actionable planning insights
• Strong communication skills with experience presenting capacity risks and options to senior stakeholders
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, evolving environments and help define processes where none exist
• Proficient with using BI reporting tools and assisting with report framework design

Working Conditions

• Must be able to have prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to frequently sit, stand and walk.
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 15 pounds.
• Personal protective equipment (e.g., safety glasses and safety shoes) is required on the shop floor
• Occasional weekend and evening work may be required to accommodate priorities, deadlines, and schedules.

Acknowledgements:

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.

Benefits:

Pursuit Aerospace also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements, among other things.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Pursuit Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.