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We are excited to announce our opening for a remote Material Planner on our Materials Management team! This person will be responsible for supporting the material acquisition plans for program(s) within the Leidos Digital Modernization sector. Must have the ability to work with Program in generating material requirements and provide the necessary support of acquisition plans from start to finish. Individual will be interfacing with Suppliers, Logistics, Receiving, Materials Management, and Strategic Sourcing to ensure program milestones are met.
Primary Responsibilities
-Works with Program team to ensure a streamlined procurement process of materials against program requirements.
-Candidate must have the ability to work with program in generating material requirements and providing the necessary support of acquisition plans from start to finish.
-Maintains reports and monitor material movement throughout manufacturing and inventory sequences.
-Coordinates forecasts, workload, expediting, and acquisition priority with commodity/category team leadership.
-Provides advice to programs as to proper routes to take throughout the materials management and sourcing process that will be to the greatest benefit of the program.
-Places orders through purchasing cards within a specific spend threshold/limit.
-Analyzes material requirements for leveraging opportunities, supplier recommendations, acquisition planning
-Engages supply chain (vendor to manufacturing) to determine optimal acquisition strategy.
-Manages production and delivery schedules.
-Communicates with internal and client project team members. Works to influence team members regarding solution design, process and/or approaches.
Basic Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
-Buying experience
-Supply Chain Management experience
-MRP knowledge or experience
-Strong knowledge and experience in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) requirements for price and source justification requirements at appropriate levels for purchasing card orders
- Experience with PowerBI, CostPoint or similar system
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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.
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