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Senior Production Planner
Job Posted: 3 days ago
Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Thirsk, North Yorkshire
Expire in: 25 days
Job Description
A great opportunity has arisen for a Production Planner to join a leading manufacturer who supply solutions to the oil & gas and offshore industry.
Job Description:
Day-to-day responsibility for the Planning team and their development
Work with management team to support strategic and operations planning
Creates and maintains a clear lines of communication with Team Leaders, Production Managers, Project Manager, Sales and Buying teams daily
Direct ALL Master Scheduling activity, incorporating Forecasts into Master Production Schedules
Generate and update daily, weekly and monthly production status reports
Performs any necessary support functions as required by procurement process
Manage all related MRP maintenance, including resolving problems with Engineering and Receiving and Inspection as necessary
Proper and timely implementation of change orders
Maintain optimal inventory levels through the active use of MRP and the maintenance of all required parameters including assembly lead times, days' supply, EOQ, for all assemblies
Active support of R&D and new product activities
Analyse data to update staff schedules (Capacity) to reach the agreed quota in the manufacturing process
Monitor inventory levels and actively trial kit, whilst reviewing Minimum stock order levels and order increments
Regularly provide production status updates to senior team whilst implementing and maintaining planning visual management tools
Facilitate the timely delivery of products to customers, maintain OTIF expectation
Closely monitor the production process to ensure that production orders are completed on time and within budget.
MRP maintenance of timings and routings
Support the continuous improvement drive throughout the business
The creation and maintenance of KPI's
Other duties as assigned.Beneficial Skills / Qualifications:
Educated in a technical or business management field
Technical training in project management advantageous
Proven competency in manufacturing resource planning / materials requirements planning
Prior manufacturing experience
Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings
MRP system functionality
Microsoft Excel to advanced standard ideally: (pivot tables, vlookups advantageous)
Production planning processes
Outstanding communication skills
Exceptional organisational and motivational skills
Ability to work within a team
Must be computer literate
Production processes within an engineering business preferred
MRP / ERP systems (Microsoft Dynamics Navision most advantageous)
Prior manufacturing experience
5 years of experience of manufacturing resource planning / materials requirements planning
5 years of Leadership experience
Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and technical communications
Maintain behaviour in compliance with HSE requirements.
Maintain responsibility and accountability through personal commitment and behaviour.
Report any unsafe or environmentally unsound acts and conditions to their immediate Supervisor such that remedial action can be taken to manage the riskBefore You Apply
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