Production / Manufacturing Administration Planner

2 months ago


Nether Stowey, Somerset, United Kingdom Acorn by Synergie Full time

25, ,000 per annum plus bonus office based Production Administrator Planner must have previous experience.

Monday to Friday office hours 1pm Friday finish

This role will report to the MPS Planning Team leader. Its primary responsibility is to assist with planning and prioritising operations, ensuring that goods are produced on time for distribution in a profitable manner. The goal is to ensure the smooth and cost-efficient flow of our production operations.

An excellent MPS Planner is well-versed in production procedures and ways to optimise them. They are organised, results-driven, and have excellent problem-solving skills.

You will collaborate with the Senior MPS planner to provide regular updates concerning any foreseen order delays to our external TSS colleagues, assist in assessing capacity constraints posed by incoming demand, aid production in evaluating order patterns and highlighting possible areas of concern, help production in its efforts to remove bottlenecks, arrears and provide manufacturing documentation.

1. Tasks and Responsibilities

Releasing rapid / expedited production orders manually and adjusting volumes outside the automated ERP process.

Monitor production progress, highlighting and addressing delays, then adjusting priorities as needed.

Planning and levelling capacity, prioritising operations for optimal performance.

Working with production to determine manpower, equipment, and raw material needs.

Continuously seek and implement opportunities for process improvements.

Addressing issues promptly to minimise disruptions.

Coordinating production workflows for one or multiple products.

Entering sales orders into the ERP system.

Running the ERP system to generate daily manufacturing orders.

Collating manufacturing orders, including assembling document packs for production cells (e.g., printing drawings, inspection plans, and data sheets).

Handling administrative emails.

Identifying issues in document packs before release.

Sending order chases to advise of delays.

Performing general data entry and administrative tasks.

Collecting output information (e.g., finished product count, defect percentages).

Prepare and submit status and performance reports.

Organising paperwork.

Collaborating with quality control and warehouse staff

2. Education and Experience

Proven experience in planning or scheduling within a manufacturing environment.

Excellent knowledge of production planning

Strong analytical skills with proficiency in data analysis

Working SAP knowledge and being able to interrogate SAP for crucial information and reporting.

Proficient Microsoft Office skills, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Power BI

Ability to understand technical drawings.

3. Competences

Knowledge of SAP

Able to build Material and product knowledge.

Able to operate in an engineering environment.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required to represent the Group appropriately.

Ability to handle complex planning with many constraints and many stakeholders.

Able to operate with a high degree of autonomy and initiative

Exceptional organisational, time-management, communication, and teamwork skills.

Ability to thrive under pressure and adapt to changing priorities.

Highly self-motivated

4. Key Interfaces and Stakeholders

External TSS:

Customer Solution Centres (CSC)

Supply Chain Management (SCM)

Quality

Purchasing

Dispatch

Product Engineering

Finance

SAP consultants

6. Behavioural Characteristics

Flexibility: Adaptability to changing circumstances.

Team Player: Ability to collaborate effectively within a team.

Service-minded: Focused on providing excellent service.

Calm Under Pressure: Maintaining composure in stressful situations.

Self-motivated and Engaged: Demonstrating initiative and enthusiasm.

Organised: Structured and efficient in managing tasks.

Excellent Communication Skills: Effective verbal and written communication.

Diligent: Thorough and attentive to details.

Accurate: Precision in work and data.

Acorn by Synergie acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment.



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