Supply Chain and Production Planner

7 months ago

Gwynedd, United Kingdom International Safety Components Ltd Full time

**Our Company**

International Safety Components (I|S|C, Ltd) is a leading global provider of height safety equipment. We design and manufacture equipment for a variety of industries including Arborist, Rope Access, Rope Rescue, and Adventure Parks.

As an industry pioneer with origins dating back to 1966, ISC has a reputation for developing innovative safety solutions for workers at height. At our company headquarters in North Wales, our highly-skilled design and manufacturing team takes our innovative product ideas and transforms them from raw materials to finished products. We maintain rigorous product testing and quality assurance programs, and employ state of the art machinery operated by experienced technicians and operators to ensure our products are of the highest quality.
- important qualities when your safety depends on it. Unique design features and close attention to detail makes our products a top choice among industry experts. Our goal is to have every end-user finish their day safe and sound.

Key elements to our success are our company values and culture. As a family-oriented, independent company, we care about people - from our employees, to our partners, to our customers. We treat working at height as a community
- we don’t just want to supply products, we want to engage with our end-users and meet thier needs.

**Join the Team at I|S|C, Ltd**

Develop and grow your career at I|S|C, Ltd. I|S|C, Ltd is growing around the globe and offers strong career development opportunities for individuals who are driven to learn and press for excellence. Our team operating environment and key values emphasize - Safety and Quality - Integrity and Trust - Customer Focus - Product Innovation - Speed and Passion to Win - Teamwork and Accountability. Individuals that are motivated by these values will succeed in achieving their growth goals surrounded by great teammates.

**Brief Description / Purpose of the function**:
You will be responsible for planning, scheduling, and coordinating factory manufacturing activity across multiple departments (processes ranging from forging, stamping, rumbling, CNC machining, sewing, final assembling, and despatch). You will also be responsible to make purchases to support manufacturing, New Product Development (NPD), and to manage inventory to strategic targets. The person in this role will have financial knowledge and manufacturing process acumen that will enable manufacturing efficiencies, effective negotiations and vendor management, and the ability to engage and resolve internal/external quality issues.

**Main areas of responsibility are as follows, but are not limited to**:
Factory Planning & Coordination
- Schedule manufacturing orders and ensure internal schedules, planned strategic inventories, and customer requirements are met
- Set factory team work direction and prioritize activities to achieve product flow and meet customer needs
- Monitor factory schedule performance and support key metric collection leading productivity and improvement initiatives
- Plan purchased and manufactured parts utilizing the best ordering approach (EOQ, min/max, Kanban, MRP, etc.)
- Ensure accurate planning parameters are set in planning systems (Epicor ERP) following strategic planning designs based on Lean Manufacturing concepts
- Communicate regularly with customer service to align shop priorities to meet customer requirements
- Keep the team informed of and coordinate solutions to manufacturing challenges and issues (staffing & flexing, capacity, machine downtime, etc.)
- Maintain qualified sub-contract supplier relationships to support capacity management and NPD requirements
- Maintain strong coordination with New Product Development Team and be responsible for planning and procurement for assigned product families

Purchasing
- Plan and execute the flow of procured material from the supplier into the factory ensuring inventory performance to targets
- Negotiate purchase order supplier quotes to achieve purchasing productivity and supplier cost management
- Work with the Finance Manager on any supplier price changes and keep the standard cost system up to date
- Establish efficient purchasing guidelines supporting inventory metrics and process efficiencies with supplier partners
- Follow up with suppliers as necessary, to resolve delivery problems, cost changes, or quality issues

Inventory
- Manage inventory (WIP & Purchased) to ensure strategic inventory design targets are on plan
- Manage surplus and obsolete inventory and actively disposition inventory if required
- Manage assigned product to meet customer service and inventory plans

Reporting
- Report on key deliverables and key process indicators such as inventory DOS and customer service levels
- Perform other duties as assigned

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Holidays
- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

- Production Scheduling: 5

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