Master Planner

Our engineers are the technical visionaries driving our innovative solutions. Renowned globally for designing, integrating, and delivering state-of-the-art simulation and training systems, you’ll tackle complex challenges, collaborate across functions, and lead advancements that shape the future of our industry. Supported by a culture that fosters flexibility, growth, and technological excellence, our engineers are empowered to make a meaningful impact every day. Whether your passion lies in data, mechanical, or aerospace engineering, CAE provides the environment to refine your skills and create a lasting legacy in safety and simulation

You are passionate about your domain? You are looking for a workplace where you can meet challenges, innovate, use leading-edge tools, and collaborate with experts from various sectors? Would you like to join an international company that is a leader in its industry and that you would be proud to contribute to? CAE is the right employer! Join our team and share your passion with us!

At CAE, our teams are committed to being innovative, cutting-edge and in control. It is therefore essential to evolve the processes we have developed and ensure good control. That’s why we need your expertise and passion to complement our team!

Job Description

The Master planner is responsible for developing and implementing strategic master plans to optimize production & engineering schedules, resource allocation, and capacity planning. This role must ensure alignment with business requirements in terms of customer demand and revenue plan. This role involves coordinating cross-functional inputs from sales and BUs, operations, procurement, and engineering to create a feasible and optimized master production schedule based on on key constraints and production parameters. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of supply chain processes, production planning, and Business needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and manage the Master plan based on demand forecasts, constraints, capacity, and material availability.

• Lead & participate in cross-functional meetings to align production, procurement, and engineering timeline to meet business objectives

• Analyze capacity constraints and recommend solutions to optimize throughput.

• Drives critical decisions to align business needs with production capacity, revenue targets, and customer demand.

• Suggests and implements solutions to improve processes

• Develops and maintains key performance indicators to measure performance

• Uses ERP (Oracle) and Power-Bis to generate planning reports and drive data-informed decisions.

• Supports strategic programs upstream to ensure all execution requirements are established and met

• Bridges the required information with bids & cost teams when necessary

• Gets involved in the S&OP process and brings suggestions for opportunities to ensure that the required inventory and supply chain are adequate to support the demand.

Minimal Qualifications:

• A bachelor's degree, preferably in engineering or business

• Thorough knowledge and understanding of Microsoft Office.

• Familiar with an integrated management system, preferably ORACLE

• At least three to five years of relevant experience or training in the field

• Ability to perform well in a fast-paced environment, multitask, and meet deadlines autonomously

• Attention to detail and excellent organizational skills

• Ability to define problems, gather information, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions

• Ability to interpret a variety of technical and non-technical instructions and deal with several concrete and abstract variables at once

• Excellent communication skills

Prefered Qualifications

• Able to perform capacity analysis

• Able to communicate effectively

• Background in planning

• Experience in Sales

• Experience as an analyst

CAE offers you:

• An environment where your initiatives will be recognized and valued.

• The opportunity to work on a variety of projects in a multidisciplinary team.

• Flexible scheduling.

• The possibility of teleworking.

• Attractive social benefits.

Benefits

• Group Insurance

• Telemedecine

• Employee and Family Assistance

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Group RRSP

• CAE pension plan/Defined benefits plan

• Sabbatical Leave

• Flex Time

• Enhanced Parental Leave

So, come share your passion with us!

With more than 13,000 employees across 40 countries, CAE is a global leader in training in the fields of civil aviation, defense and security, and healthcare. To learn more: www.cae.com.

At CAE, our mission is clear: to help make the world a safer place. For nearly 80 years, we’ve driven innovation in simulation, training, and mission readiness to support critical operations worldwide. By leveraging advanced technologies, we empower our customers to operate smarter, faster, and more sustainably. Join a purpose-driven organization where bold ideas are encouraged, collaboration drives progress, and your growth fuels our shared success.

CAE is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants, regardless of race, nationality, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity, veteran status, age, or other characteristics protected by law. We encourage applicants who may not meet every qualification to apply. Reasonable accommodations are available—contact your recruiter or email [email protected] if needed.

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