ITT Inc.

Sr. Operations Planner

ID
2026-16606
Job Locations
US-CA-Valencia
Category
Operations
Position Type
Employee
Telecommute
No
Brand
ITT Aerospace Controls LLC

About ITT:

ITT Inc. (NYSE: ITT) is a diversified global leading manufacturer of highly engineered critical components and customized technology solutions serving the flow, aerospace and defense, transportation, industrial, and energy markets. Through operational execution, innovation, and disciplined capital deployment, including strategic acquisitions such as SPX FLOW, ITT partners with its customers to deliver enduring solutions to the key industries that underpin our modern way of life. 


Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, ITT has a market cap of roughly $20 billion and employs more than 15,000 people across 40 countries and serves customers in approximately 125 countries. Following the acquisition of SPX FLOW, the company is expected to generate $5.4 billion in annual revenue.

 

Our businesses are organized in three distinct segments, each based around our core engineering DNA: 

 

Flow Technologies: A global leader in, providing a broad portfolio of pumps, valves, mixing and agitation equipment, heat transfer, homogenizers, separation, water and wastewater treatment, and engineered process solutions.Our leading brands include the iconic Goulds Pumps (with more than 175 years of history), Anhydro, APV, Bornemann, Bran+Luebbe, C’treat, Engineered Valves, Gerstenberg Schröder, Goulds Pumps, Habonim, Johnson Pump, Lightnin, Philadelphia, Plenty, PRO Cast, Rheinhütte, Seital Separation, Stelzer, Svanehøj, Tigerholm, Uutechnic, VIDAR, Waukesha Cherry-Burrell.

 

Motion Technologies: A global leader in brake pads (ICE and electrified brake pads) and shock absorbers (energy absorption solutions) for transportation applications. Our leading brands include Friction Technologies, KONI and Axtone.

 

Connect and Control Technologies: A leader in critical applications for the aerospace, defense and industrial markets, including harsh environment connectors and control components. Our leading brands include ITT Cannon, Enidine, Aerospace Controls and kSARIA. 

Position Summary

The Operations Planner III is responsible for owning and managing MRP planning activities for assigned value streams or product lines to support on-time delivery and stable manufacturing operations. This role ensures planning accuracy, master data integrity, and disciplined execution of MRP signals while translating customer and backlog demand into effective material and production plans. The Planner III works cross-functionally with Customer Service, Master Scheduling, Supply Chain, Production, Engineering, and Quality to ensure demand signals, planning assumptions, lead times, and system data are accurate, current, and aligned across the planning horizon.

Essential Responsibilities

MRP Ownership by Value Stream / Product Line

  • Serve as the primary owner of MRP planning for assigned value streams or product families.
  • Run, analyze, and maintain MRP outputs to ensure planning signals reflect current demand, supply conditions, and planning assumptions.
  • Own MRP exception management including planned order, reschedule, defer, and cancellation messages.
  • Own and document planning assumptions that drive MRP behavior for assigned value streams or product lines.
  • Ensure MRP performance supports schedule stability, predictable material flow, and delivery commitments.

Planning Message & Exception Management

  • Perform daily review and action of MRP planning messages.
  • Validate timing, quantities, and need dates of MRP recommendations.
  • Act as the first line of defense in identifying, filtering, and correcting MRP signal noise before it impacts schedules or execution priorities.

Planned Order Management

  • Firm, adjust, release, or defer planned orders in alignment with production plans and material readiness.
  • Coordinate planned order releases with Master Scheduling and capacity considerations.
  • Prevent unnecessary early releases or duplicate demand signals.

Demand Management & Order Integrity

  • Partner with Customer Service Representatives (CSRs) to maintain accurate and actionable customer demand signals in the ERP system.
  • Support demand clean-up activities including stale orders, misaligned promise dates, duplicate demand, and invalid requirements.

Master Data & System Integrity

  • Maintain and continuously improve planning-related master data including lead times, order policies, planning BOMs, routings, yield, and scrap assumptions.
  • Collaborate with Master Schedulers to establish and periodically review planning and manufacturing lead times.
  • Support audits and data governance initiatives tied to planning accuracy.

Position Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of experience in production planning, material planning, or manufacturing operations.
  • Demonstrated experience owning MRP planning for defined value streams or product lines.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and ERP systems (e.g., APCS/BPCS, Oracle, Epicor, or similar).

Other Requirements:
This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).  All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR.  ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee or Refugee).

Equal Pay Act Statement

We aim to pay our ‘ITT’ers’ fairly and competitively in the locations that they live and work. Pay-for-performance is a principle that we believe in, and employees are rewarded based not only on ‘what’ they accomplish, but also on ‘how’ they reflect ITT’s values. ITT offers a competitive salary and robust total rewards package, such as health insurance, 401(k), short and long-term disability, paid time off, growth and developmental opportunities, and other incentive compensation programs. Specific benefits are dependent upon whether or not the position is part of a collective-bargaining agreement. The salary offered to a candidate is based several factors such as candidate experience and qualifications, location, as well as market and business considerations.

Equal Pay Act Range

Min. $106,300.00 to Max. $158,700.00

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