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We work with pioneers and visionaries who share our ambition to win. The output is high-performance design of products and processes across the Automotive, Motorsport, Transportation and Internet of Things industries.
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What you'll be doing
Reporting to the Supply Chain Delivery Lead, the Production Planner will be responsible for developing a production plan which delivers a high level of customer satisfaction and optimises cost. You will ensure the production plan satisfies customer demands and provide operations with a production plan consistent with capacity and the sales demand. You will also be responsible for determining the desired inventory levels for in-house product and maintain a strong collaboration with Supply Chain, Operations, Sales and Customer Service.
A typical work week would include:
* Developing a firm production schedule and communicate to stakeholders
* Converting the sales demand into a daily production plan based on available capacity which provides delivery commitments.
* Converting the master production schedule into a daily production sub-assembly plan based on available capacity.
* Overseeing the customer work order execution process and the monitoring of the customer sales order book.
* Acting as support in the demand, supply, and capacity planning cycle
* Deputising for the Senior Demand planner
* Participating in production planning meetings
* Maintaining the material master data quality and integrity within the production planning tools.
* Updating the ERP system to reflect changes to the production schedule.
* Involved in process and system development plus involvement in continuous improvement tasks.
* Highlighting potential or actual material shortages to Purchasing to track and improve shortage dates.
* Promptly addressing and resolving issues to minimise delays in production
* Ensuring timely and full and accurate communication with all relevant departments on any factors which impact on delivery dates and commitments to customers.
* Liaising with Stores to prioritise production kitting and shipping.
* Maintaining close relationships with production to continuously improve the efficiency of the whole operation.
* Attending the production operations stand-up meeting to report on planning activities.
* Timely reporting of key performance metrics
We'd love to hear from you if you have experience in some of the following:
* First class degree or upper 2nd Engineering degree or other highly quantitative field. Operational experience in supply chain management is essential.
* Good understanding of working in similar high technology environment.
* Excellent verbal, written and presentation communication skills.
* Good understanding or previous experience of ERP or similar.
* IT skills, advanced excel capability and reporting skills are an advantage.
* Have a high level of initiative and ability to work independently.
* Excellent organisational skills.
* Excellent attention to detail.
* Ability to work well under pressure.
* Demonstrate a high level of commitment to achieving objectives.
* Multitasking.
* Good interpersonal skills.
* Thrives in a fast-paced challenging environment.
* Ability to fully contribute to the process of continuous improvements.
* Ability to entrench a collaborative approach to problem solving.
* Developed proficiency in a range of processes or procedures through job-related training and considerable on-the-job expertise.
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