Production Planner
4 months ago
At Coherent Scotland we develop laser systems that help people. Our systems are deployed in a wide variety of markets including renewable energy, microelectronics, fundamental research, life sciences and medicine. Our aim is to make a positive impact on everybody’s life by providing customers with lasers with superior reliability and performance.
Coherent Scotland has grown strongly and consistently over the past ten years, even through times of global economic slowdown. We have a healthy product development pipeline which will enable this growth to continue in the future. This will generate a number of exciting opportunities for personal growth within the organization in the years to come.
Coherent Scotland is based at the West of Scotland Science Park in Glasgow and is a subsidiary of Coherent Corp., a global leader in the manufacture of laser products. We are housed in a purpose built facility with research and development, manufacturing and marketing all on one site, which we have recently expanded.
We have a friendly, business orientated work environment and great staff facilities within our modern building, such as an on-site cafeteria. In addition, we offer a competitive remuneration package which includes contributory pension scheme, subsidised private health care and free life assurance. However, if work-life balance is important to you, you’ll also be pleased to know that we operate flexible core hours which provide the opportunity to start your weekend early.
**About the role**
Working closely with the wider Materials team, Production, Product Line Managers, as well as external partners, the Production Planner is responsible for setting and meeting committed sales order request dates to customers from scheduling through to order picking in an environment of changing priorities, continuous product development and new product implementation.
**Duties and Responsibilities**
- Attending morning production meetings to monitor Capacity Plan progress and identify any risks to meeting SO commit dates.
- Creating & maintaining capacity plan in line with forecast based on receipt of S&OP; managing both low and high volumes with a variety of product mix.
- Creating and completing of WIP Jobs, capturing serialised items and building genealogy across multi-level bills of material.
- Maintaining and presenting key KPIs based around delivery to customer promise and request dates.
- Meet with Product Line Managers to identify if any rescheduling is required in line with business priorities.
- Highlighting and actioning any shortages / potential shortages as and when they occur.
- Coordinating receipt of defective lasers & plan rework in production.
Education and Work Experience:
- Degree/HND level or equivalent is desirable.
- Demonstrative track record in MRP planning / forecasting / scheduling.
- Good understanding of production resource and supply chain planning.
- Experience of Lean Manufacturing and 5S methodology.
- Experience of planning though Oracle 11i/12 would be an advantage.
- Intermediate or higher level MS Office (Excel, Outlook & PowerPoint) knowledge.
- Undertaken aviation security training would be an advantage.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to work under pressure in multiple tasks and manage priorities.
- Ability to work as a pivotal member of a team.
- Good analytical and problem solving skills.
This job description is not intended to be all-encompassing. It is recognised that duties and responsibilities may change over time and employees may be required to undertake other duties or responsibilities as required and requested by their line manager.
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