Production Planner

The Role

This role is responsible for all production planning, purchased part expediting, stock and monitoring and achievement of Key Performance Indicators. Additional training will be provided to undertake parts of the Sales Administration role within the department predominantly to cover peak and holiday periods.

The role will also include various reporting requirements to the Supply Chain Manager or to support the creation of reports by Extracting and manipulating data from SAP to assist in the completion of various weekly / monthly reports – Sales forecast, Supplier MPM, Delivery Performance, etc.

Hours of work: Monday to Thursday 08:00-16:45 and Friday 08:00 – 12:00

Duties:

* Maintain the MPS for all manufactured products in line with customer requirements and available capacity via regular reviews of the MPS and daily management of orders.

* Produce a production plan on a weekly basis for manufacture the following week , ensuring maximum customer satisfaction and best production efficiency.

* Create and issue all production paperwork in line with the production plan.

* Print, check and issue all supplier schedules on a weekly basis.

* Agree any purchase part/material rescheduling requirements with suppliers and confirm delivery dates.

* For purchased parts/materials managed on a “call-off” basis – on a wekely basis issue a daily call-off schedule.

* Monitor supplier performance and discuss with each supplier on a weekly basis.

* Expedite all critical purchase parts with suppliers (availablity, late customer deliveries etc) and maintain promise data.

* Monitor finished goods stock levels and maintain inventory policies in line with the agreed rules / targets in place.

* Monitor A/M availabliity and issue report of shortages, reasons and promised dates for all manufactured finished goods.

* Resolve with Managers any capacity issues.

* Keep sales administrators/Manager informed of any customer delivery issues.

* Investigate and resolve all purchased part/material stock and delivery queries.

* Allocation of transportation

* Creation of deliveries

* Investigating customer complaints

* Monitoring of customer performance

The Person

* Computer literate with good ability in SAP SCM, Microsoft Excel and Word.

* Excellent communication skills at all levels

* Be dedicated and self-directed

* Proven experience in a previous Planning / Procurement role required

* Previous experience in automotive or other high paced industry desired

JK Recruitment

Please be aware that we receive a high volume of interest for each of our roles and we cannot guarantee we will be in touch if you are not shortlisted for the position. At JK Recruitment we aim to provide the best possible opportunity to take your career forward, we will be in touch within the next seven days if your application is successful. Please continue to visit our website to keep up to date with further vacancies.

We regret that this client is not prepared to sponsor work permit or work permit transfer applications. Candidates must be able to prove their eligibility to work in the UK