Production Planner

For over 110 years Aston Martin has made the most exquisitely addictive performance sports cars.

But no one builds an Aston Martin on their own. Behind these legends and landmarks are hundreds of dreamers, darers and doers who make extraordinary happen, every single day. That’s why the name of everyone who has ever worn our famous wings is inscribed on the wall of our factory.

As we embark on an exciting new era for the business, we need the very best people to write their own chapter on our journey to become the world’s most desirable ultra-luxury British performance brand.

Join us.

Job Purpose:

Master Production Scheduler is responsible for creating and maintaining the master production schedule, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and implementing best practices to ensure on-time delivery of vehicles.

Please note this is a 12 months fixed term contract.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Liaise with Sales & other related Depts to ensure production plan/PTS reflects customer requirements
• Collaborate with the manufacturing, engineering, and Supplier capacity planners to ensure the availability of materials and resources necessary to meet production plan
• Monitor production performance and make adjustments to the production schedule as necessary to ensure on-time delivery of vehicles
• Allocate customer orders into vehicle ‘slots’ in the production schedule – ensure delivery dates are met, supply lead times respected, production constraints are not broken and level demand where possible. Analyse demand patterns and production constraints
• Track aged WIP in the factory process against required PTS dates and communicate with production and factory planner where required
• Planning of factory areas such as Tubs, Trim and Paint
• Ensure the correct cars are PTS to support Sales targets and car shipping.
• Develop and maintain production planning tools, including capacity planning models, production schedules.
• Manage all related production control data to maintain smooth flow & promote continuous improvement
• Ensure planning systems are accurately maintained.
• Liaise with Launch Team for the scheduling of Product Development cars within Production schedule.
• Ensure Working Capital / work in progress is optimised across all manufacturing facilities.
• Support in the creation and manage key metric dashboards for use by the business to manage throughput targets and constraints tracking.
• Lead improvement activities and drive to improve KPI’s.
• Reflect learnings to New Model scheduling to improve Launch activity.
• Support / lead any other related tasks to maintain or improve production scheduling & execution.

Qualification & Experience:

• Experience in vehicle or production planning, ideally in the automotive industry (production).
• Ability to communicate with tact and diplomacy, together with the ability to work accurately and efficiently, taking resourceful action during periods of considerable pressure.
• Understanding of S/OP process
• The ability to create & use business intelligence tools such as Power BI / SSRS / Domo / Birst including writing SQL queries would be preferable.
• Degree or Higher diploma qualified or equivalent preferable.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate across all levels of the business
• Experience using an ERP system in a Planning role
• Proficiency in data analysis tools such as Excel or Tableau
• Bachelor’s degree in Business or STEM subject

Behaviours:

• Stakeholder management, leadership,
• Strong communication skills
• Analytical
• Commercial awareness
• High stress tolerance, ability to work to deadlines
• Demonstrated ability to communicate across all levels of the business

Belong at Aston Martin

We understand that the incredible beauty, craft and art that defines an Aston Martin comes from the inclusion of our amazing people.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs. We celebrate diversity and are seeking applicants who can bring something different. Please speak to us if there is anything you need to support making an application with us.

The post holder will be required to comply with all policies and procedures issued by and on behalf of Aston Martin Lagonda ltd