Key Duties & Responsibilities:
Liaise with Sales & other related Depts to ensure production plan/PTS reflects customer requirements
Collaborate with the manufacturing, engineering, and Supplier capacity planners to ensure the availability of materials and resources necessary to meet production plan
Monitor production performance and make adjustments to the production schedule as necessary to ensure on-time delivery of vehicles
Allocate customer orders into vehicle 'slots' in the production schedule - ensure delivery dates are met, supply lead times respected, production constraints are not broken and level demand where possible. Analyse demand patterns and production constraints
Track aged WIP in the factory process against required PTS dates and communicate with production and factory planner where required
Planning of factory areas such as Tubs, Trim and Paint
Ensure the correct cars are PTS to support Sales targets and car shipping.
Develop and maintain production planning tools, including capacity planning models, production schedules.
Manage all related production control data to maintain smooth flow & promote continuous improvement
Ensure planning systems are accurately maintained.
Liaise with Launch Team for the scheduling of Product Development cars within Production schedule.
Ensure Working Capital / work in progress is optimised across all manufacturing facilities.
Support in the creation and manage key metric dashboards for use by the busines...