Production Control Analyst

Spirit AeroSystems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers. With headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit operates sites in the U.S., U.K., France and Malaysia. The company's core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components for the world's premier aircraft. Spirit AeroSystems focuses on affordable, innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions to support customers around the globe.

Key Accountabilities:

• Analyzes scheduling, materials availability, production flows, order releases, schedule performance, recovery plans, and shop performance impacts to master schedule.
• Analyzes the impact of process changes to the manufacturing system, production flows, WIP inventory, costs, and related cost center impacts. Provides feedback, recommends improvements, implements approved changes.
• Coordinates, analyzes and presents multiple sources of performance data to manufacturing management daily.
• Interfaces with operations engineering, manufacturing management, scheduling, planning, operations support specialist, program management, supply chain management, tooling, and finance organizations.
• Supports manufacturing process improvements related to production control analyst functions.
• Develops, maintains, and modifies shop schedules, order release and management data, workflow, capacity information, work center plans, machine/tool information.
• Works according to established guidelines, processes, methodologies, and systems in determining technical solutions.

Required Qualifications:

• 1+ years of related experience: scheduling, schedule performance, production flows, order management, recovery plans, and shop performance metrics
• 1+ year of experience in an analyst role
• 2+ years of experience working in Microsoft Excel, utilizing formulas, charts, graphs, data tables, pivot tables, V-look ups, etc.
• Experience organizing, planning, scheduling day-to-day shop build plans
• Ability to present data in a clear and concise manner
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to lead projects, and understand the workflow relationships from shop-to-shop in a complex environment
• Must have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• High School Diploma or GED

Preferred Qualifications:

• Degree or relevant experience in a related field.

• Experience with manufacturing operations, production scheduling, planning, materials control

• Experience using SAP, MRP systems

• Aerospace experience

• Experience creating and maintaining metrics

• Experience using Microsoft programs

Spirit AeroSystems is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.

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