Scope of the position:

The Production Planner will be responsible for the following:

• Planning and scheduling all manufactured parts through SAP, to fulfil machine assembly, aftermarket, spares and subcontract requirements to satisfy the needs of the business
• Provide critical planning and scheduling support to the frontline Production team

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Generating Production plans using SAP/EXCEL on a rolling weekly cycle
• Maximise productive hours through effective planning and daily performance measurements of the Production team
• Finite capacity planning by machine in collaboration with the Machine Shop Manager
• Coordinate multiple actions to Production order variances to maintain cost control
• Provide up to date completion dates to key stakeholders for all orders
• Coordinate overcapacity (bottlenecks) through rephasing requirements in conjunction with all stakeholders
• Organise Production orders and manage the system exception messages to prioritise and monitor orders from creation to completion
• Interpret resource/manning plans to use as an input into the Production schedule
• Collaborate and communicate frequently with key stakeholders and Project Managers
• Interrogating material masters, engineering change process, routing, production planning tools and stores transactions
• Issuing and kitting of Production orders to Manufacturing
• Booking raw materials and assigning to orders
• Working safely and in line with Group Directives and Guidelines, including Environmental, Health & Safety requirements and any legal responsibilities

Key skills requirements:

• Evidence of being a capable problem solver
• Shows accuracy and attention to detail
• Demonstrated SAP experience
• Manufacturing/process manufacturing/engineering knowledge
• Understanding of precision machining is desirable
• High levels of effective collaboration and communication skills with key operational managers, stakeholders and Project Managers
• Sound understanding of Microsoft Office, specifically Excel
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Permission to work in the UK