Production Planner

Our client are a well-known, established manufacturing business currently looking to recruit an experienced MRP Production Planner to join their team.

**Overall Purpose**:

- The MRP Production Planner will be responsible for planning and scheduling all customers’ orders within designated time constraints, utilising the factory’s production capabilities in order to achieve specified company targets.
- The MRP Production Planner will make recommendations to improve quality and efficiency of the production planning process, working cross-functionally with the purchasing and production teams.
- Initially the role will focus on existing processes and systems; however, it will require a significant input into the ongoing development of the ERP and production planning systems.
- The role has responsibility for creating and maintaining part data for finished goods, bills of materials, bills of operations, Operation sequence and processes in the manufacture or fabrication of Worktops, components, sub-assemblies and final assemblies.

**Key Duties**:

- Production planning support to manufacturing/operations teams.
- Master Production Schedule management/maintenance.
- Develop production schedules/scheduling systems, working with operations/manufacturing.
- Capacity planning & management to balance work-load to meet customer demands.
- Develop/maintain measures of performance against key performance indicators.
- Champion supply chain improvement activity & promote materials management best practice (focusing on implementing lean manufacturing principles).
- Support new product introduction projects.
- Interrogate and monitor manufacturing status.
- Work with Managers/Supervisors to maintain and report manufacturing performance statistics which should include efficiencies, output and on-time delivery.
- Ensure that all relevant ISO9001 quality procedures are maintained and adhered to.
- To plan all incoming orders, acknowledging production deliveries to Sales/Customer Service and ensuring Customers delivery requirements are achieved.
- To progress any production problems through daily production meeting.
- To check materials availability, liaising with Purchasing to ensure production plans can be achieved.
- To ensure weekly production plans are achievable and issued on time.
- To liaise with Production, prioritising plans as when appropriate to check and maintain physical stocks against computer figures and investigating discrepancies.
- To process and progress schedules as requested by sales/customer service.
- Responsible for creating all new Bills of Materials (BOMs) and Bills of Operations (BOOs) as well as updating and maintaining existing in the company ERP system Epicor.
- Responsible for the accuracy of all BOMs and BOOs.
- Become proficient in using the BOMs and BOOs maintenance screens and reports.
- Coordinate with Sales/Marketing, Purchasing and Planning on new products to ensure that the BOMs and BOOs are defined and entered in a timely manner to ensure a swift and seamless introduction to market.
- Coordinate with Sales/Marketing, Purchasing and Planning to ensure that samples to support new product introduction and new range introduction are defined and support with process to successfully deliver to the customer.
- Work with Production, Purchasing and Planning to ensure that the BOM has the correct structure as well as accurate components and quantities with the appropriate units of measures assigned for precise transaction and stock control.

**Key Skills, Experience & Qualifications Required**:

- Minimum three years of experience in an engineering or manufacturing discipline.
- Experience of working with MRP/ERP systems.
- Demonstrated proficiency with MS Office Suite, specifically Excel. It would be advantageous to be able to create charts, macro’s, pivot tables and formula’s.
- Strong understanding of integrated processes, including but not limited to manufacturing, and supply chain.
- Good track record in production and/or materials planning with understanding of manufacturing planning systems.
- Strong analytical skills, highly data literate.
- Working knowledge of lean manufacturing.
- Strong focus on internal/external customer satisfaction.
- Good influential skills, ability to communicate at all levels & work well under pressure.

**The Package**:

- £35,000 per annum.
- Day shift, mon-fri.
- Pension scheme.
- Additional benefits.