Overview
The Flexibles EMEA division sits within the Flexibles Division of Berry Global Inc. a US listed company with an annual turnover of around $13bn and over 40,000 employees.
The Flexibles EMEA division has manufacturing sites across the UK, Germany, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Poland and Romania.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Planning Manager to join our Ardeer site. The Planning Manager is responsible for producing an achievable production plan taking people, machine and material resource availability into consideration and for liaising with Supply Chain, Commercial, Production, Maintenance, Quality & Technical to ensure alignment with the plan. The person must be driven to develop and improve the planning function.
Qualifications
1. Previous experience of production planning in a 24/7 manufacturing environment
2. Understanding of manufacturing processes
3. Experience working in a fast paced environment
4. Proven experience of delivering process improvement initiatives
5. Experience coaching and developing a team
6. Experience working cohesively as part of a wider team
7. Proactive and solution focused
8. Ability to prioritise duties whilst maintaining flexibility
9. You should possess good numerical, analytical, literacy, communication skills and a high attention to detail
10. Competent in using all Microsoft office packages
Responsibilities
11. Coach and develop the planning team
12. Monitor the creation of production schedules based on demand projections in order to meet customer demands
13. Distribute production schedules to production and other stakeholders
14. Monitor production load, capacities and inventory levels to ensure to ensure seamless production planning
15. Report any capability or capacity constraints to allow for priority production decisions to be made
16. Complete month end analysis of planning performance and issue reports and KPIs as required
17. Work closely with the operations team to determine adherence to plan, support any changes and resolve any issues
18. Ensure proactive communication and coordination with internal sales, production, quality, materials and technical to evaluate and process requests in a timely manner
19. Support activities to improve customer services, quality or any other site wide initiatives
20. Work with the wider teams to develop and implement more sustainable solutions
21. Oversee & develop the FCS planning system
22. Drive improvements and efficiencies within the planning function
23. Work closely with Maintenance and Production to support planned preventative maintenance on machinery whilst minimising impact to customer service level and production efficiency
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