Buyer Planner I (Supply Chain)

Location: Los Angeles, California, United States; onsite

Salary: $60,000–$70,000 per year

Company

Crane Aerospace & Electronics develops and manufactures aerospace products and systems.

What you will do

• Develop, maintain, distribute, and revise daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules based on customer orders, forecasts, capacity models, and cell requirements.
• Coordinate raw materials, labor, work orders, equipment, procurement, production, and front-end operations to meet customer priorities and avoid delays.
• Monitor production progress, provide recovery dates, manage rescheduling and pull-in opportunities, and communicate order status and timeline changes to suppliers, managers, customer service, and other stakeholders.
• Maintain inventory, item master data, lead times, work centers, routings, production records, KPIs/TTIs, and QAD or Customer Care updates.
• Lead production and capacity meetings, assess material availability, minimize changeovers through PQPR grouping, and incorporate ETDR processes with backflushing.
• Collaborate with quality control and manufacturing engineering to manage quality holds, customer samples, routing coordination, and product standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, or a technical field.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in production planning or a related role.
• Strong knowledge of ERP/MRP systems; QAD is preferred.
• Experience with capacity planning, production scheduling, KPI tracking, inventory control, and supplier performance management.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and fact-based planning abilities.
• Proficiency in ERP systems and Microsoft Office software, including Word, Excel, Access, and MS Project.
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing methodologies, including Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen Leadership, and 5S, with practical process-improvement experience.
• Knowledge of Kanban and pull-system strategies, supplier scorecards, metrics, corrective action plans, global sourcing, and supplier collaboration with low-cost regions such as Asia and Eastern Europe.
• Ability to coordinate cross-functionally across planning, procurement, operations, quality, manufacturing engineering, suppliers, and customer-facing teams.

Nice to have

• CPIM, CSCP, or Six Sigma Green Belt certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time onsite employment in Los Angeles, California.
• Work involves cross-functional collaboration across planning, procurement, operations, quality, manufacturing engineering, suppliers, managers, and customer service.
• Equal opportunity employment is provided without discrimination based on protected characteristics.