Scheduler Coordinator

AL-KO Vehicle Technology Group are a global technology group and a business unit of DexKo Global.

The values we embody are: Quality, innovation in product and process as well as reliability and sustainability in our internal and external customer relations.

Since 2016 we have made our contribution to the DexKo Group, the world's leading manufacturers of axles and chassis components in the lightweight segment.

Our passion for continuous improvement and drive for excellence in everything we do applies to our products, services and people. We offer ongoing opportunities for development and career growth and recognise and reward exceptional performance. We know the success of our business depends on everyone on the team. It all starts with our people.

Our extremely dedicated and talented teams around the world are the reason why we excel at what we do.

We are proud to continue in successfully shaping our brand promise of quality, safety and comfort for our products and services to the world.

If you’re ready to be a part of a dynamic global organisation and to work with people, products and results, that you can be proud, we’d like to meet you. _**Together, we can achieve great things.**_

The **Schedule Coordinator** is a critical role in our business, working as part of the Planning team, you will be the key connection between our customers and our business.

As the Schedule Coordinator you will primarily be responsible for updating customers sales orders/forecasts and building weekly production schedules to ensure our customer demands and production deadlines are met by aligning capacity and inventory levels with demand forecasts.

**Main Roles & Responsibilities**
- Collaborate with our customers to understand their schedules and forecasts
- Proactively identify, communicate and follow up on significant trends and demand changes, to provide long and short-term capacity plans
- Receive, input and maintain customer orders in SAP system
- Work closely with the commercial, production and purchasing teams to ensure all orders are met
- Cooperate with the Technical team to prioritise new designs and design changes to ensure production deadlines are met
- Build capacity plans based on resource availability
- Analyse production demands and create production schedules based on customer requirements
- Liaise with Production Coordinators regarding the production schedule sign off and communicate schedules and priorities clearly and effectively to the production team
- Create, schedule and if required re-schedule production orders to ensure OTIF delivery to customers
- Identify and address production disruptions and bottlenecks. work with Production Coordinators on providing viable solutions to maintain OTIF delivery of production schedules
- Timely release of production orders ensuring plans can be achieved and delivered in line with customer expectations
- Monitor inventory levels to minimise excess stock and reduce stock levels
- Support logistics operators to ensure OTIF delivery of finished goods to customers

**Who are we looking for**
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience of full production planning responsibilities within a fast moving manufacturing environment
- Proven experience of building, developing relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- High levels of commercial acumen
- Financial acumen
- Excellent interpersonal skills, verbal and written communication skills
- A high functioning team player, who has sound judgment and analytical abilities
- Strong attention to detail with proven capabilities in handling multiple priorities
- Competent user of Microsoft Office including Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- Highly driven and self-motivated individual

**What are we offering...**
- Highly competitive salary
- Working Hours: 36 hours per week: 8.30am - 5pm Monday to Thursday’s, 8.30am - 12.30pm on Fridays
- 25 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays
- Company pension scheme
- Death in Service Benefit
- Access to a health cash plan for your everyday health expenses after a qualifying period
- Training & development opportunities

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

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Education**:

- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Production planning: 3 years (required)
- MRP: 3 years (required)

Work Location: In person