Senior Operations Planning Analyst

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

📋 Description

• Create, uphold, and implement 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.

• Evaluate schedule performance, loading, throughput, bottlenecks, and resource constraints to pinpoint risks and suggest corrective measures.

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

• Facilitate schedule reviews and planning sessions to convey priorities, risks, constraints, and recovery strategies.

• Oversee schedule compliance, overdue orders, recovery progress, and performance output; escalate issues that may influence delivery or business commitments.

• Conduct scenario analysis to assess scheduling options, trade-offs, and their effects on capacity, fulfillment, and customer delivery.

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

• Develop and maintain planning dashboards, reports, and metrics related to schedule performance, backlog, constraint management, and timely delivery.

• Support operational cadences, including daily management, weekly reviews, and leadership updates, providing clear, data-driven insights.

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

⛳️ Requirements

• Active military personnel in their final 180 days of military service.

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

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

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

• Capability to work across functions and influence stakeholders in a fast-paced setting.

• Preferred experience in aerospace, aviation, or other complex regulated manufacturing environments.

• Excel and data analysis skills preferred.

• Preferred experience in leading planning reviews, schedule recovery initiatives, and tracking cross-functional actions.

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

• Strong sense of ownership, accountability, and follow-through.

• Effective communication skills with the ability to simplify complex scheduling challenges.

• Competence in making recommendations in a dynamic operational environment.

• Strong collaboration and influencing capabilities across multiple functions.

• Detail-oriented with a strong commitment to process discipline.

• Continuous improvement mindset focused on execution and customer outcomes.

• Ability to verify U.S. Person status: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, or individual granted asylee or refugee status.

• Legally authorized to work in the United States.

• Successful completion of a drug screen, if applicable.

• May be subject to random and reasonable-suspicion drug and alcohol testing.

🏝️ Benefits

• Military compensation and benefits continue throughout active-duty service (participants are not compensated by GE Aerospace).

• Opportunities for professional development.

• Engaging and challenging career paths.

• Competitive salary.

• No relocation assistance provided.

• Equal Opportunity Employer.

• Drug screening (if applicable).

• Random and reasonable-suspicion drug and alcohol testing may be enforced.