Demand Planner

**Role Title**:Demand Planner

**Type of Contract**:12 months Fixed Term Contract

**Location**: UK Based - This is primarily a remote position with occasional travel to site.

**Role Purpose**:
A Demand Planner plans and prepares manufacturing production schedules, assesses changes and improves processes as necessary. Tracks status of material availability, and potential production problems to ensure that personnel, equipment, and materials are available as needed. Prepares reports on works in progress. May be responsible for creating commit/build plans, managing metrics, and driving part shortage resolution.

**_ Primary responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:_**
- Preparing work order release plan through Master Schedule creation, shop load and inventory requirements
- Working with program support staff to resolve material shortages and other issues impacting product build
- Evaluating and coordinating program requirements to ensure a controlled flow of materials and services to meet customer requirements
- Providing status of work in progress, material availability, and potential production problems to ensure that personnel, equipment, materials and services are provided as needed,
- Working daily to confirm material supply and demands
- Coordinating cross-functional interdepartmental activity as needed (i.e. with Quality Assurance, Factory Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Program Management, Logistics)
- Taking corrective action on unfavorable trends as necessary

**Requirements**:

- Relevant experience in Operations Production/Inventory Control/Supply Chain/Material management or similar field.
- Experience using Material Requirements Planning (MRP) processes and/or software
- Experienced and effective communicator (presentation skills, written and verbal communication)
- The ability to interface with multiple levels of management in an IPT environment with effective communication skills.
- Motivated and takes on challenges with mínimal direction, with the ability to be proactive and drive action accordingly
- Experience working with Microsoft Office software (Outlook, Excel, Word, Power Point)

**Desired Skills**:

- SAP knowledge and experience
- Ability to set and work towards goals at a “big picture” level, and influence change at a detailed operational level
- Ability to understand complex systems and processes