Master Production Scheduler

**Main role**

100% Ownership of Master Production Schedule, providing services to key Stakeholders ensuring efficient and effective planning operation of the manufacturing facilities, mitigating risks in the supply chain and delivering opportunities for continuous improvement.

**Key tasks**
- Creating, maintaining, and updating the Master Production Schedule for the assigned facilities; serving as a primary point of contact for and liaison with Fabrications, Production, Engineering, Finance, Central Services, and Sales departments.
- Prepare and communicate weekly work schedule to production management, sub-contract partners & Senior Management Team.
- Hold daily morning production meetings.
- Ensure the Master Production Schedule fulfils the customer order book and is aligned to inventory and On-Time-Delivery-In-Full targets; revise as needed and alert appropriate staff of schedule changes or delays.
- Provide labour resource requirement plans to the production management team and align on load levelling targets.
- Produce metrics for schedules and change activities across the lifecycle of a contract and provide analysis and insights for project management data driven decision making.
- Coordinate and facilitate Sales & Operations Planning Process.
- Develop capacity ‘What If’ simulations models for the end to end manufacturing process, identifying variances, and supporting action plans (Aligned Leadership Priorities & Predictive scheduling).
- Facilitate weekly review with cross-functional stakeholders to check performance to plan and agree reschedule requirements and guidance on priorities to Production Coordinator.
- Support the CSD Purchasing function and other relevant departments and communicate any supply risks and problems.
- Recommend feasible solutions to recover backlog or late supply chain enablement.
- Maintain agreed Advance Planning & Scheduling KPIs, carry out root cause analysis, and drive completion of corrective actions across the organisation.
- Lead and encourage process and systems improvement through Continuous Improvement methodologies.

**Skills/ Experience Required**:

- Previous experience of working within a Supply Chain role as a Master Production Scheduler.
- Proven record of success in planning with strong understanding and exposure to Operations, Engineering, Logistics and Sales.
- Expertise with Advance Planning & Scheduling systems, such as _**Opcenter (Preactor), Seiki planner or PlanetTogether**_.
- Relevant SCM or OM professional qualifications - IoSCM and/or MRP2 principles.
- Strong engineering/manufacturing business background - experience of working within a material control/production planning role within a CNC machining & electrical assembly environment (advantageous).
- Effective communication both verbally and in written form.
- Analytical and numerically astute with strong problem-solving skills.
- Able to manage time effectively, prioritise tasks and achieve goals.
- Self-driven, focused, results and quality oriented.
- Team player, innovative with sound judgement and solutions driven.
- Able to approach work with positive energy and integrity.

Computer literate. Must be a proficient user of Microsoft suite of packages including Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, PowerBI where needed.

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

**Salary**: £40,000.00-£50,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Flexitime
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Sutton In Ashfield: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Supply chain: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: One location

Reference ID: MAST PROD