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Material Planner - Millennium Space Systems

Los Angeles, California; El Segundo, California Job ID JR2025489786 Category Supply Chain Management Role Type Onsite Post Date Dec. 29, 2025
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Job Description
Millennium Space Systems (MSS), a part of Boeing Defense, Space and Security (BDS) is seeking a Material Planner will take the lead in assessing, reviewing, and supporting the requirements on assigned assemblies for on time delivery per released and pre-released engineering as captured and displayed by an ERP/MRP system. This is an onsite role at our El Segundo, California.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Engage in effective communication with engineering, management, program control, IMS schedulers, quality and all relevant parties that contribute to the successful completion of assigned assemblies.
  • Read/interpret/analyze blueprints as well as understand the rudimentary process of how drawings get released and migrate into an ERP/MRP system for the systematic communication of hard requirements
  • Perform systematic assessment and understand MRP, how and why it functions, understanding the interdependencies of the data that contributes to the successful and effective running of the MRP process
  • Have intimate knowledge regarding material requirements, consumables, spares, attrition, yield, lead times, quality flags and all data sets that are relevant to the successful execution of buy and make action messages within a production platform
  • Analytical in nature with an ability to ask questions that aren’t readily obvious, ability to acknowledge and ask for reports that currently don’t exist and communicate the inherent value in asking for the needed data
  • Manage and dictate the flow of work for assigned assemblies through a systematic ERP/MRP system platform
  • Manage Costpoint MO’s and Jira work orders per signals generated via an MRP rich process
  • Partner with the Program Scheduler, Manufacturing Engineers and Manufacturing Teams to attain and maintain ECD’s
  • Release action messages in Costpoint for the buying team to turn into PO’s
  • Contribute to organic organizational growth by cultivating and developing material management best practices
  • Validate engineering bills of material and assist in the conversion of eBOM’s into mBOM’s for proper systematic forecasting of needed quantities for duration of product life cycle
  • Communicate status of materials, work orders, and purchase orders to stakeholders
  • Resolve supply issues to meet demand by working with cross functional teams

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

  • Bachelor’s degree or 5+ years of experience working in a supply chain, production, or engineering function
  • 4+ experience in material planning, including inventory management, supply chain coordination, and production scheduling to ensure efficient and timely operations.
  • ERP and MRP experience.

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

  • Experience working with PCBAs, Avionics Assemblies and/or Electrical Harnessing
  • Proven success working on cross-functional new product introduction projects, completing tasks on time, and negotiating creative work around for last minute roadblocks
  • Great intimacy with ERP systems and purchasing/planning functions
  • Technical knowledge in a commodity (e.g. machining, sheet metal fabrication, tube bending and assembly, weldment assembly, soft goods etc.)
  • APICS certification
  • Exceptional written, verbal and presentation communication skills
  • Ability to conduct all activities with the highest of integrity, respect and professionalism
  • Knowledge of demand driven process in a engineer-to-order environment
  • Ability to strive and excel in a startup environment that lends itself to creative imagination with very few boundaries

Conflict of Interest:

Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company’s Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process

Drug Free Workplace:

Millennium Space Systems, A Boeing Company is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

Pay & Benefits:
Millennium Space Systems, A Boeing Company offers a very competitive benefits package to include medical, dental, vision, and 401k plan.

  • Level 3: $81,600 - $120,000

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Millennium Space Systems, A Boeing Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.


Applications for this position will be accepted until Feb. 06, 2026


Export Control Requirements:

This is not an Export Control position.

Relocation

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.

Visa Sponsorship

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Shift

This position is for 1st shift


Equal Opportunity Employer:

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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