Assistant Operations Planning Manager

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• 5 years experience in a manufacturing environment
• 5 years Warehouse Analyst and operations experience
• 5 years Shipping and/or Receiving experience
• 5 years actively working in a manufacturing operations environment
• 5 years interaction with material planning and working knowledge of planning concepts
• 5 years working with complex scheduling and competing priority deadlines
• Advanced Excel skills
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Complete understanding of Epicor ERP system
• BA or BS required

Preferred Skills/Experience

• 7 years experience in above
• Material expediting
• Understanding of Purchasing concepts
• Masters Degree preferred

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The grade-based pay range for this job is listed below. Individual salaries within that range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, and skills.

Competitive salary based on experience and education

Salary Range: $85,000-$95,000

Kratos is valued for our ability to design and deliver leading edge, resilient solutions for aerospace communication, control, awareness and mission success across a continuum of offerings-from commercial to tailored custom solutions and integrated programs. Customers trust us to stay relevant and know we are in it for the long-haul. We bring both the capability and confidence that our customers value and depend on. And we always deliver.

This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

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• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance Coverage
• Life/ADD & Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Paid Time-Off (PTO)
• Holidays
• Education Reimbursement

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Readiness Delivered. At Kratos, we encourage an entrepreneurial spirit balanced with discipline. We work hard, and take care of our customers, employees, and families. Recognized as thought leaders in our industry, we are motivated by creating and delivering innovative solutions to our nation and global customers. This management-level role oversees critical warehouse functions, including Shipping, Receiving, Inventory Control, and Operations Planning. The ideal candidate will bring extensive manufacturing operations experience and a strong command of planning and scheduling concepts to ensure accurate, timely material flow across projects and departments. Acting as a key liaison between Operations Planning and AIT, this position drives efficiency, accuracy, and strategic inventory management while supervising warehouse personnel and supporting cross-functional coordination. This is an internal-only opportunity for a skilled operations professional ready to lead, optimize processes, and support the continued success of our production environment.

• Supervise all Shipping/Receiving/Inventory Control operations & learn/coordinate with Operations Planning with a view to taking this on in time.
• Oversee execution of warehouse operations and reports.
• Supervise shipping and receiving and warehouse personnel.
• Ensure a matched set of parts by the date expected for jobs and projects. Adjust when necessary and coordinate changes with affected personnel/stakeholders.
• Attend meetings as needed and requested by senior management.
• Track jobs and incoming material for projects and reports.
• Pursue problematic parts on BOMs with buyers.
• Follow up on late parts with buyers or parts not on order after a week.
• Provide updates to projects on a periodic basis and as needed. Attend project material meetings as required.
• Coordinate, schedule, and execute inventory pulls with AIT team and warehouse personnel and planning to ensure they get the job material when scheduled/expected.
• Act as liaison between Operations Planning and Assembly, Integration, and Test (AIT). E.g. attend AIT scheduling meetings. Ensure all AIT concerns are addressed and elevated as needed.
• Analyze inventory balance and suggest MOHs/MOQs or other stock buffer strategies.
• Seek opportunities to reduce excess inventory.
• Support AIT material/transaction requests (part requests and/or serial number movement requests).
• Provide weekly job kit plans.
• Seek opportunities to improve data collection methods pertaining to inventory/WIP (individual part yields, cycle times, etc…) and act on data findings as necessary (i.e. set MOHs for lower yielding parts).

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