Do you have previous progress planning/progress chasing experience within production, procurement or supply chain?
I am recruiting for a Production Progress Chaser for a repeat client in the Feltham area. My client is a worldwide leader in the manufacturing industry, specialising in filtration and separation equipment, and have previously won the 'Company of the Year' award for two consecutive years in a row! The Production Progress Chaser will be responsible for ensuring a smooth production process - working efficiently through supply and demand related queries, actioning and managing work orders, swiftly dealing with any shortages and potential associated risks/escalations. This is a permanent, office-based position working from Monday - Friday, 40 hours per week with a 1-hour lunch break.
Main duties:
- Pro-actively planning and scheduling work.
- Planning routes, bills of materials and issuing work orders.
- Ensuring that parts are supplied to the correct team leaders.
- Scheduling works with a key focus on prioritisation, cost and availability of labour. Setting and agreeing delivery dates, working with sub-contractors to ensure that jobs are sent and received on time.
- Keeping appropriate parties informed of any progress and production-related issues by attending planning meetings and following up.
- Working closely with various departments including Procurement, Stock Control, Production Control, Costing, Production Engineering, Quality, Development, Manufacturing and Sales.
- Reviewing systems, procedures, and operations to maintain continuous improvements in production efficiency.
Key requirements:
- Previous experience in supply chain planning or procurement.
- Experience planning/scheduling work, production planning, progress chasing or route planning.
- Computer literate with experience using Outlook and Excel.
- Ability to interpret CAD/technical drawings would be ideal.
Benefits & package:
- Base salary of £25,000.
- Excellent bonus package, inclusive of cost-of-living allowance AND annual bonus scheme.
- Flexi working hours (core hours 10am-4pm).
- 22 days holiday plus all bank holidays – increases to 25 days with service.
- Company provided additional three days holiday between Christmas and New Year.
- Fantastic company pension scheme.
- Life Assurance Scheme.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- On-going sponsored/paid-for training.
- On-site parking.
- Subsidised canteen.