SAP Production Planner - £40,000-£45,000
* 36 Days Holiday
* Flexi-Time
* Flexible
Working Conditions
* Healthcare
* Career Progression in Growing Business!
The Company
We are working with a market leader who is experiencing significant growth. They have some exciting future growth plans and are looking to add a SAP Production Planner to their supply chain team.
You will be joining a team of experienced industry professionals to work within the manufacturing industry. The company can provide a realistic career growth path for the right individual.
The Role
Working within the supply chain function, the SAP Production Planner will take technical responsibility for the SAP system & production planning. The SAP Production Planner will play a pivotal role in enhancing production efficiency, minimizing delays, and ensuring effective collaboration with machine shop planning.
Key Responsibilities
1. Utilise SAP to extract and analyse live data, developing & continually improving the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) reports that drive crucial operational KPIs, ensuring alignment with business objectives to facilitate key stakeholder decision making.
2. Leverage advanced Excel skills to analyse complex datasets and create clear, comprehensive reports and dashboards, ensuring data is presented in an accessible format for stakeholders across the business.
3. Continually monitor SAP (work in progress) transactional data to ensure alignment with company schedule requirements and production commitments.
4. Generate Production plans using SAP/Excel on a rolling weekly cycle.
5. Support day-to-day planning activities of materials, conversion of planned orders, processing resources, kitting to optimise operational efficiencies.
6. Manage, maintain & develop Master Data and the SAP Planning module collaborating with the FLL SAP Analyst to continually drive improvements.
7. Assist in achieving accurate finite capacity planning by machine in collaboration with the Machine Shop.
8. Coordinate multiple actions to Production order variances to maintain cost control.
9. Provide up-to-date completion dates to key stakeholders for all orders.
10. Coordinate overcapacity (bottlenecks) through rephasing requirements in conjunction with all stakeholders.
11. Organise Production orders and manage the system exception messages to prioritise and monitor orders from creation to completion.
12. Support the wider business needs in conjunction with the FLL SAP Analyst as a ‘SAP Super User’ to continue critical development ahead of SAP improvement projects.
What We Are Looking For
The SAP Production Planner will be an ambitious individual with excellent people skills and experience of working with SAP within a planning capacity.
Ideally, you will be/have:
1. ‘Super User’ of SAP ECC 6.0 and/or HANA, specialising in Production Planning (PP), with ideally some experience in Project Systems (PS).
2. Advanced Excel Skills: Expertise in using Excel for data analysis, including proficiency with formulas, pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and data visualization tools such as charts and graphs.
3. Data Analysis: Strong analytical skills to interpret complex data, identify trends, that allow operational stakeholders to make successful data-driven decisions.
4. Attention to Detail: Precision in managing and analysing data to ensure accuracy and reliability of reports.
5. Communication Skills: Ability to clearly and effectively communicate complex data insights and reports to various stakeholders in an understandable format.
6. Problem-Solving Skills: Aptitude for identifying issues and developing effective solutions within the planning and reporting processes.
What is On Offer
The SAP Production Planner will receive a competitive salary of £40,000-£45,000. In addition, you will join a growing business with career opportunities and benefit from:
1. 36 days paid Holiday.
2. Flexi-time scheme to promote work-life balance.
3. Healthshield healthcare and wellbeing.
4. Life Assurance (5 x annual salary).
5. Perkpal Benefits Platform.
6. Pension: Employer matched contributions of 4% or 5% (increasing to 6% or 7.5% after three years).
7. Paid Medical Appointment Time – 8 hours per year.
8. Subsidised on-site Canteen.
9. Free secure, on-site Parking.
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