Scheduler / Production Planner (Permanent)

3 months ago

Beer Devon, United Kingdom PECO (Pritchard Patent Product Co Ltd) Full time

Company Description A world-class manufacturer of model railway products, and leading publisher of magazines and books, PECO was established in 1946 and is a forward-looking family company with a long tradition of innovative thinking. Located in the picturesque village of Beer in East Devon, we produce high specification, technically superior model railway track, plastic kits, and accessories for the model railway hobby at our two manufacturing sites at Beer and Buckfastleigh. We also publish the UK’s best-selling model railway magazine, the Railway Modeller. PECO has been proud to develop our manufacturing skills ‘in-house’ and our market-leading products and publications are distributed to businesses and retailers throughout the UK and in more than 30 countries around the world. Alongside the factory and head office in Beer is our tourism site Pecorama. Opened in the summer of 1974, Pecorama is one of Devon’s leading tourist attractions, welcoming over 25,000 visitors a season. Pecorama has award winning gardens, stunning sea views and the Beer Heights Light Railway, one of the country’s finest 7.As a company we have experienced good growth over recent years enabling us to expand production, and we now have a team of 160 people. Our Production Planner will manage the scheduling and timeliness of the production process to ensure the company meets all deadlines. This person will be responsible for planning multiple weekly production schedules, extracting data to analyse, collect, organise and interpret statistical information which help teams make decisions, ensuring our goods are produced on time and on budget. Reporting directly to the Head of Manufacturing, you will be required to drive continuous improvements in production processes using our systems including MRP, ERP and Excel. You will support our core ERP team to create and implement a new ERP system using your own ERP experiences, helping to enhance this challenging implementation phase. Once ERP is up and running at PECO, you will support us to maximise our investment, conducting data analysis to identify trends and anomalies, and monitoring the effectiveness of overall production, as well as proposing and implementing actions to improve performance as appropriate. ERP is a significant shift from the norm for PECO, so you will need to be comfortable with change and be able to support others to change too.

Reviewing all production metrics, while providing insight and analysis on trends to drive 
Provide department leaders with production information and analysis data as requested.
• Work closely with the production teams, reporting with Epicor developers to understand 
Work on project teams and provide data and metrics as necessary for review and evaluation to include ROI analysis.
• Identification and reporting of Key Performance Indicators.
• Plan and prioritise operations to ensure maximum performance and minimum delays.
• Determine manpower, equipment and raw materials needed to cover production 
Proven track record of ERP / MRP technologies and implementation in manufacturing 
Experience in data-driven production planning and scheduling.
• Excellent command of all MS office apps, including Excel.
• Project management skills. 
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to articulate complex data with 
Agile problem solver.
• Knowledge of LEAN manufacturing principles.
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays, increasing with length of service 
• Company pension, increasing to 10.Life assurance at 2 times salary 
• Cycle to Work scheme 
• Subsidised canteen on-site
• Free car parking on-site 
• A staff discount is available within our model and souvenir shop. 

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