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Jr Planner/Expediter

Agency ### Eaton's Fuel & Motion Control sector of our Aerospace Group is currently seeking a Jr Planner/Expediter to join our team. This position is based at our Los Angeles, California facility (near Glendale metro). Position Overview: The Jr. Planner/Expediter performs diversified duties related to MRP planning, scheduling, and expediting components in order to support strategic inventory goals and to ensure on-time delivery of customer orders while maintaining assigned inventory levels. Plans and coordinates future requirements through analysis and interpretation of current production status. Manages and directs priorities for the shop floor for a given product group while supporting the team and plant goals. The LA facility has approximately 250 employees and is a leader in the design, development, manufacture and delivery of Aerospace hydraulic components, systems and services to the global aftermarket and OEM markets. In this function you will:

• Initiates required documentation and / or system transactions to allocate, purchase, internally manufacture or reschedule material as required.
• Plan and release work orders as required to meet customer orders while maintaining optimum lead time and inventory level.
• Track critical items through MFG Process to ensure revenue plan is met.
• Proactively identifies and reports potential problems which will result in not meeting deadlines, or which may result in potential quality problems.
• Performs clerical duties necessary to maintain work order WIP accuracy.
• Coordinate the return and replacement of defective materials to the supplier, and expediting the material back into the manufacturing process.
• Provides daily written reports on the status of parts.
• Drives shortage meetings with a cross functional team and expedites material where required to meet shortfall between current plan and customer order requirements.
• Balances current and future demand requirements with manufacturing and supplier capabilities / capacities to ensure on-time completion of customer requirements.
• Analyzes and manages inventory levels in relation to customer requirements to meet profit and inventory targets and goals.

Qualifications - Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED from accredited institution
• Minimum three (3) years experience with a MRP system in manufacturing, operations or logistics environment
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.
• This position requires use of information or access to hardware which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR.
• No relocation benefit is offered for this position. Only candidates residing within the immediate geographical area (50 miles of 90039) will be considered for this position.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong PC skills, especially in MS Excel
• Program Management experience is a plus.
• Great written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to multi-task
• Understanding of machining processes and machining experience highly desired

Position Criteria:

• Strong ethics and values and the ability to influence others' decision making
• Ability to manage multiple projects/activities; results driven
• Process oriented and ability to contribute to continuous improvement
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to lead change in a team environment
• Ability to build effective teams; creative thinker
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and make effective decisions
• Ability to think strategically and influence others' decision making
• Knowledge of or ability to quickly learn hydraulics products and processes
• Ability to quickly analyze, identify and implement opportunities and corporate initiatives for improvement that have measurable dollar impact each year
• Customer oriented
• Detail oriented
• Collaborative style and ability to work cross functionally