# Material Planner

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Springfield, VA
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $45,500.00 - $82,250.00
**Category**: Logistics & Supply Chain
**Industry**: Other

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## Description

We are seeking a Material Planner to support material acquisition plans and work with program stakeholders to generate material requirements. The successful candidate will collaborate with internal teams, including production, logistics, procurement, and finance, to align procurement planning activities with business needs.

**Primary Responsibilities:**

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to forecast needs and adjust procurement strategies

- Coordinate forecasts, workload, expediting, and acquisition priority with the broader supply chain organisation

- Manage inventory levels to meet production and operational demands

- Initiate procurement requirements and track delivery status

- Collaborate with procurement to research, evaluate, and select suppliers

- Interact with vendors to achieve favourable procurement outcomes

- Maintain accurate procurement records

- Resolve supplier issues related to delivery delays, quality discrepancies, or invoice payments

- Ensure compliance with company policies, industry regulations, and contractual obligations

- Coordinate warranty issues and communicate with manufacturers

- Monitor market trends, supplier innovations, and cost drivers to identify opportunities for process or cost improvement

**Basic Qualifications:**

- Active TS/SCI with Poly clearance

- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field

- 0-2 years of experience in supplier contract management, procurement, or supply chain operations

- Strong understanding of procurement processes, supplier development, and risk mitigation strategies

- Experience in supplier relationship management, supply-base diversity, and cost optimisation

- Strong communication and analytical skills

- Ability to prioritise multiple tasks and work across multiple systems simultaneously

- Attention to detail

- Proficiency in procurement software or enterprise systems

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Experience with DFARS, FAR, and Government contract regulatory compliance

- Professional certifications such as CPSM, CSCP, or NCMA CPCM/CFCM

- Buying or subcontracting experience

- Expertise in project management methodologies and tools

- Advanced data analysis capabilities

- Robust change management skills and experience driving process improvements

The salary range for this position is $45,500.00 - $82,250.00.

## Skills

### Required
- procurement
- supply chain management
- supplier relationship management
- cost optimisation
- communication
- analytical skills
- SAP
- Oracle
- Coupa
- CostPoint

### Nice to have
- DFARS
- FAR
- Government contract regulatory compliance
- CPSM
- CSCP
- NCMA CPCM/CFCM
- project management
- data analysis
- change management

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