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Job Role: Production Planner Location: Leicestershire
Shift: Monday - FridaySalary: up to £38k (doe)
The Company:
A role has become available for a Production Planner at a well-established design business based in Loughborough (Leicestershire).
Reporting to the Operations Manager you will be responsible for the creation and execution of the Production Plan to fulfil customer demand (on-time and in-full).
Job Role Responsibilities:
- Check and run capacity plan.
- Plan and schedule all manufacturing orders on daily basis to meet on time customer delivery promised date.
- Develops manufacturing work orders in accordance with Material Requirement Planning (MRP) planned order requirements.
- Calculate and provide accurate lead time expectations and delivery estimates to sales.
- Confirm to sales via updating ERP system with confirmed duel date after planning and reviewing capacity and resources.
- Liaise and check on shop floor with production to ensure plan is running to schedule.
- Run daily backlog report and action recovery plan.
- Analyse sales and shipment data daily and ensure order remain on time within 95% OTD target.
- Resolve any exceptions (over or under capacity) by changing available labour or equipment
The Candidate:
- Understanding of the principles of production planning and supplier management.
- MRP knowledge/experience is essential. Ideally experience with Access Supply Chain
- Excellent verbal & written communication skills with the ability to communicate with stakeholders, both internally and externally, ensuring the requirements of the department and wider business are met.
- Proven ability of working to tight deadlines, managing workload, and prioritizing tasks.
- A team player with good communication skills and the ability to multi-task and operate effectively in a fast paced, ever-changing environment.
- An individual who is resilient, energetic, and enthusiastic who responds constructively to new ideas and input in a changing business environment.
- Strong communicator with the capability to challenge, engage and influence all stakeholders within a dynamic and cross functional environment.
- Proactive and tenacious nature, taking initiative and using failure as an opportunity to learn.
- Driven by accuracy with meticulous attention to detail.
Apply:
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