Senior Operations Planning Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Virginia.

📋 Description

• Develop, maintain, and facilitate the execution of production and operations schedules for designated value streams, product lines, programs, or locations.

• Convert demand, backlog, forecasts, and business priorities into actionable schedules that align with capacity, labor, material availability, and operational limitations.

• Assess schedule performance, loading, throughput, bottlenecks, and resource limitations to identify risks and propose corrective measures.

• Collaborate with manufacturing, materials, sourcing, logistics, quality, and program teams to synchronize schedules with operational readiness and customer commitments.

• Conduct schedule reviews and planning meetings to convey priorities, risks, constraints, and recovery strategies.

• Oversee schedule compliance, overdue orders, recovery initiatives, and output performance; escalate issues that may affect delivery or business obligations.

• Execute scenario analyses to assess schedule alternatives, trade-offs, and impacts on capacity, fulfillment, and customer delivery.

• Promote schedule stabilization through enhanced planning logic, operational discipline, and cross-functional action management.

• Create and maintain planning dashboards, reports, and metrics pertaining to schedule performance, backlog, constraint management, and on-time delivery.

• Assist in daily management, weekly reviews, and leadership updates with clear, data-driven insights.

• Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives to enhance schedule accuracy, flow, visibility, and predictability.

⛳️ Requirements

• Active military personnel within their last 180 days of military service.

• Extensive experience in operations planning, production scheduling, supply chain, manufacturing, or related analytical disciplines.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.

• Proficient in using ERP/MRP systems and planning or scheduling tools.

• Capability to work collaboratively across functions and influence stakeholders in a dynamic environment.

• Experience in aerospace, aviation, or other complex regulated manufacturing settings.

• Proficiency in Excel and data analysis.

• Experience leading planning reviews, schedule recovery efforts, and tracking cross-functional actions.

• Familiarity with operational metrics such as plan attainment, schedule adherence, throughput, backlog, and on-time delivery.

• Access to U.S. export-controlled information necessitates proof of U.S. Person status: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. citizen, or granted asylee or refugee status.

• Legally authorized to work in the United States.

• Successful completion of a drug screening, if applicable; employees may also be subject to random and reasonable-suspicion drug and alcohol testing.

🏝️ Benefits

• Service members continue to receive military compensation and benefits as active-duty service members.

• Real-world training and work experience through GE Aerospace's DoD SkillBridge program.

• Professional development opportunities.

• Engaging and challenging career paths.

• Competitive salary and benefits.

• Equal Opportunity Employer.

• No relocation assistance available.