Production Control Planner

3 weeks ago


Carlsbad, United States Viasat, Inc. Full time

About us:
One team. Global challenges. Infinite opportunities. At Viasat, we’re on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world. For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the globe communicate. We’re looking for people who think big, act fearlessly, and create an inclusive environment that drives positive impact to join our team.

What you'll do:
The Production Planner reviews established product production schedules for the programs assigned to them. Their major responsibilities are to review MRP outputs, verify materials needed to produce the product to support the Oracle system recommended start dates. Releases Work Orders to the stockroom for kitting, engages with OPMs, PMs, Purchasing, Manufacturing, QA, Design engineering, and any other functions to resolve any issues. Validates all required items are ready to support product builds to make scheduled delivery dates. The Planner is generally responsible for tracking and reporting the status of the product through the manufacturing process and facilitates the final delivery to the customer.

A Production Planner should have a working knowledge of MRP and the planning process. The Planner can perform their duties under the general supervision of the department Supervisor/Manager.

The day-to-day:

- Analyzes MRP output to determine production requirements for supported product lines.
- Validates material availability and validates purchased material delivery dates to support production requirements and reports out to wider production team to coordinate with Supply Chain and Logistics teams.
- Works with the OPM to set factory priorities and communicates with the Production Manager to schedule resources for builds.
- Review new products/parts planning attributes and ensure they are correctly set up.
- Review ECOs and prepare implementation plan.
- Maintains system data integrity and releases work orders based on system requirements.
- Attends program and department meetings and reports the status of products and issues as required. Works with OPMs and PMs to set program priorities and build requirements.
- Runs aged work orders, discrepant material, and inventory in WIP/WIP-BF sub-inventories.
- Verifies all production documents and transactions are completed, and the product is stocked for next-level production or delivery.
- Verifies delivery instructions, processes shipping documents, and notifies shipping department for shipment.
- Provides daily direction to Expeditors for their programs to ensure parts and materials are coordinated through the factory as scheduled.
- Ability to manage and track consignment builds at a contract manufacturer.
- Engage in continuous improvement initiatives to improve costs and efficiencies throughout our manufacturing and planning process.
- May be asked to perform other duties at a lower or higher level of position.

What you'll need:

- Experience leading and mentoring an impactful team
- Understanding of the manufacturing cycle and how the operations function works with regard to Planning and Scheduling.
- 2-4 years of demonstrated ability working in Operations, Supply Chain, or equivalent experience.
- Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Supply Chain Management, or equivalent experience.
- Strong Knowledge, understanding, and practice of MRP principles.
- Experience in ERP systems, Oracle or SAP preferred.
- Knowledge and understanding of requirements planning/inventory management techniques including Just-in-time, MRP, and KANBAN in support of made-to-stock and engineer-to-order manufacturing processes.
- Experience working in a low volume high mix production environment.
- Experience using Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint for management reporting and presentation.
- S. government position. U.S. citizenship is required.

What will help you on the job:

- Experience working with ESD sensitive materials
- APICS, CPSM, or CPIM
- Experience and proficiency utilizing reporting tools such as Tableau, OBIEE, Excel
- Familiarity with JIRA
- Experience with government contracts



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