Production Planner

Position:
Production Planner

Location:
Deeside, Flintshire

Job Type: Permanent / Onsite

My client, a leader in the aerospace and aviation manufacturing sector is on the hunt for a Production Planner to join the team!

The Production Planner demonstrates leadership in communicating business goals/programmes/processes for specified areas or business segments.

• Demonstrate accountability for short & long-term planning of production requirements
• Support the procurement function and contribute to material procurement scheduling
• Coordinate the master production schedule for a manufacturing site and ensure a consistent handover of planning information to the production work cells
• Load information to material and resource planning management system
• Interact with Operations and Manufacturing functions to track production progress
• Gather production metrics and periodically report these metrics to the Operations Manager and/or relevant managers
• Ensure that the master schedule and production schedules are synchronized
• Coordinate manufacturing prioritisation of activities to achieve delivery of operational targets
• Report and monitor plant production load and capacity
• Make use of business forecast with easy-to-access and transparent data
• Capacity planning and Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP) management activities
• Generating and issuing of all job cards required for manufacturing in line production plan

• Prior scheduling experience preferred
• In depth knowledge and experience of ERP / MRP systems
• Experienced user of MS Excel e.g. pivot tables, data management, graphics, macros
• Strong problem‑solving and analytical skills
• Knowledge of production and inventory management
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Able to develop and execute objectives for self and others

For further details, please contact Nick Sollis - or email your cv