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Amazing opportunities.\nGKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 32 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.6bn in 2025. There are no limits to where you can take your career.\nJob Summary\nResponsible for the management of the weekly MPS in order to balance demand and supply within available capacity and set Inventory targets. Orchestrate the cross-functional MPS activities following the GKN Aerospace standard. Depending on the size of the site, own or support the monthly Operations Supply Planning (IBP) activities. Additionally, this role supports inventory control activities, expedites purchase orders as needed to ensure material availability, and contributes to the oversight and optimization of the site’s industrial vending programs.\nJob Responsibilities\nOrchestrate Scheduling (MPS) activities beyond the current week time horizon and for the whole MPS horizon.\nCreate and maintain schedules to deliver in line with Program’s requirements while maintaining Inventory targets and optimizing site capacity.\nSchedule production for specified products and production lines understanding all the physical and manning constraints.\nEnsure that MPS: Is feasible and balanced against resource / demonstrated capacity; includes all phase-in/out, localization and transfer plans as well as new programs development/prototyping; is based on agreed working calendar and includes all planned downtime (Holiday, routine maintenance, Line closures, etc.); is in line with Supplier/Subcontractor available capacity; production Past Dues are re-scheduled weekly.\nProvide input for Material Requirement Planning / Vendor Scheduling process.\nProactively communicate/escalate to the management team potential MPS issues/constraints to trigger preventive actions in order to mitigate supply failure risk.\nSupport operations in monitoring manufacturing output/performance against the schedule/plan, challenging and understanding whenever performance differs from standard.\nSupport Program Management in analyzing Inventory levels in order to optimize/challenge current status and search for improvement opportunities.\nProvide communication/feedback to Programs in case of any potential supply issues and also in order to improve Forecast accuracy.\nLiaise with Programs to support and coordinate all production schedules related new program launch/prototyping activities.\nEnsure relevant KPI’s are monitored and PDCA approach applied with A3 in case of deviation to ensure targets are delivered in a sustainable way (e.g.: Master Schedule Adherence, Customer Past Dues, Days Inventory Outstanding).\nDepending on the size of the site, all of the above activities are also performed at Operations Supply Planning level and covering the 36 months horizon.\nSupport continuous improvement projects/activities.\nSupport Operations in the analysis of Master Schedule Adherence.\nEnsure system Master Data is up to date for all planning and scheduling purposes.\nInventory Control:\nMonitor and reconcile inventory levels to ensure material accuracy.\nSupport cycle counting and root-cause analysis of variances.\nPurchase Order Expediting:\nExpedite purchase orders to prevent material shortages.\nCoordinate with suppliers to ensure on-time delivery.\nVending Program:\nSupport industrial vending system oversight and optimization.\nAnalyze usage trends and stocking levels.\nJob Qualifications\nRequired Qualifications:\nBachelor of Science in Supply Chain or 3+ years equivalent experience.\nMust meet ITAR/EAR requirements.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nGKN Experience\nAdvanced MS Excel\nAPICS CPIM Part 1\nExpert level for Manufacturing Supply Planning/MPS/MR\nExperience in inventory control, PO expediting, and vending systems.\nWe’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?\nA Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working\nEveryone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.\nWe’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.\nWe are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5432,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Aerospace Manufacturing","Aircraft Manufacturing"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-12T09:24:10Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":39,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.708,"p_room":0.55,"age_days":28,"expected_fill_days":19,"reasons":["conf:30","velocity","win:tail","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-25T05:49:26Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/gkn-aerospace-master-scheduler","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/gkn-aerospace-master-scheduler.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-26T02:36:10Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3339,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-27T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1833182},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1833182"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fgkn-aerospace-master-scheduler"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fgkn-aerospace-master-scheduler"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fgkn-aerospace-master-scheduler"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/gkn-aerospace-master-scheduler\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fgkn-aerospace-master-scheduler"}]}