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Manages Shop Floor Scheduling activities in the Production Area. It includes the management of visual systems to communicate / monitor the sequence of production orders, ensuring the availability of resources (tooling, raw materialetc.), Create and maintain the optimal production sequence
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:Sequence work orders in line with latest demand requirements and aligned to MPS for specified products and production lines understanding all the physical and manning constraints of these lines.
Monitor manufacturing output/performance daily against the schedule, challenging and understanding whenever performance differs from standard.
Monitor Stock cover daily in order to avoid Stock outs as well as overstocks by adjusting the execution sequence if possible or raising the issue with the Master Scheduler.
Maximize shared manufacturing resource output/utilization while ensuring full coherence with MPS product mix, volumes and required availability dates,
Ensure that sequenced plan:
Is feasible and balanced,
Includes all scheduled downtime (Holiday, routine maintenance, Line closures, etc.),
Is supportable with available packaging, tooling, fixtures, manning.
Monitor availability of raw material / components and escalate as required to Procurement / Master Scheduler.
Proactively communicate/escalate to the Master Scheduler / Area management potential production execution issues/constraints to trigger preventive actions against potential supply failure.
Weekly track, challenge and report Schedule Adherence with reasons for deviation to Production Area Management and Master Scheduler.
Support Gemba meetings/Tier meetings as required.
PERSON SPECIFICATION:
Essential:
Secondary Education
Expert level for: Daily Scheduling & Execution
Intermediate level excel
Data/Demand interrogation/ERP interrogation
Desirable:
Practitioner level for Forecasting & Demand Planning, SIOP / MPS / MRP, Master Data Management, Inventory Management, Internal Flow & Warehousing
Value stream knowledge of product
Value stream knowledge of process
If you meet the above criteria for this Shop Floor / Production Planner role please apply today and we will be in touch to discuss your background and the role in more detail.
