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Production Planning Coordinator
Salary: £40k-£50k
Location: Andover
Hours: Monday–Friday, Full-Time
Start Date: ASAP
Type: Permanent
Our market leading client is seeking a proactive Production Planning Coordinator to work at their state of the art facilities in Andover. You will oversee the planning team, support
departmental leadership, and collaborate with team members to ensure efficient operations.
Production Planning Coordinator Benefits:
Competitive salary
22 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
Pension scheme
Free on-site parking
Training and development opportunities
Other fantastic benefits
Production Planning Coordinator Responsibilities:
Management of the planning team
Provide the operations team with a clear plan ensuring smooth running of production processes.
Daily – Start & end day status review with Production Manager & Production Supervisor’s
Assist the Production Supervisor with scheduling and organizing manufacturing team in assigned area
Highlight any relevant external training required to the Production Manager and HR training team.
Organize equipment servicing schedules to avoid costly downtime
Analyse production data for any bottlenecks and areas of improvement.
Provide key performance metrics with the production team and report results through Daily production meetings and monthly review.
Monitor yields and first time reject rates with Quality team and lead action to reduce defects.
Optimise equipment utilisation & work patterns to increase productivity.
Identify & propose projects to improve quality & efficiency and reduce waste, cost and cycle times.
Drive continuous improvement projects alongside the Production Manager, providing clear data and rationale for making the change, and to show the improvement.
Collaborating with stakeholders: Engaging with various departments to facilitate effective change management
Remains a positive, credible and professional role model, reviews and evaluates own goals.
Provides a high quality, efficient and reliable customer service.
Demonstrates ability to learn from mistakes and prevents the same thing happening again.
Accepts change and is positive in adopting improved working methods.
Maintains clear professional boundaries
Desirable Experience
Ideally 2 years+ working in a relevant manufacturing environment, in a similar production planning or scheduling role
Excellent planning and organisational skills
Good working knowledge of operations, stores and purchasing systems and processes
Excellent communication and collaboration, and the ability to lead a team when required
Good analytical skills and working knowledge or MRP or ERP systems
An assertive, diplomatic and supportive person
A relevant leadership, production planning or management qualification is desirableTo apply, simply click the apply button.
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