Junior Planner

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**Job Purpose/Summary**:

- The Junior Planner will form part of the operations team and will report to the Supply Chain Manager. Focus will be to assist the Production Planner in producing, maintaining and managing the production schedule in order to deliver our customer and business requirements. To assist the Planner in the day to day smooth functioning of the manufacturing activities.- Full training will be provided and we promote internal development and progression.**Main Responsibilities/Key Tasks**:Maintain the production schedule for designated manufacturing areas and a variety of product lines to deliver our customer and business requirements.
- Maintain and administer work orders within the ERP system to ensure accurate demand generation through the MRP process.
- Collaborate with other departments within Analox to address issues if they arise to reduce the risk of delays to our customer's.
- Work with the Planner and wider operations team to maximise the effectiveness of the ERP system for all production based activities through accurate process and part data control.
- Ensure timely, full and accurate communication is achieved with all relevant department's which impact on delivery dates and order status.
- Customer service - deliver sales acknowledgements to our customers within a target performance
- Produce and Report daily, weekly and monthly KPIs
- General Administrative tasks as the role dictates and as required necessary by other Operations Team members
- Undertake Continuous Improvement initiatives to improve the efficiency of the planning process and the service it provides to the organisation.
- Ensure all Planning related documentation is produced, maintained and delivered to relevant departments in a timely manner and is kept up to date.