Production Planner

**Production Planner** - 40 hrs per week, Monday to Friday - Salary DOE

An exciting opportunity has now become available in our planning department for a Production Planner

AFL Hyperscale - Connect the Unconnected.

AFL Hyperscale is the first cabling and connectivity solution provider focused on the ever-evolving needs of data centres.

We work collaboratively with our customers to create connectivity solutions tailored to their current needs and to the requirements of future networks.

This approach has transformed how many data centres grow worldwide and is built on 70 years’ combined experience in the design and manufacture of high-performance optical fibre networks

At AFL Hyperscale we believe that we are at our best when you are at yours.

Our people are essential to the success of AFL Hyperscale. We empower our people to reach higher, push further, and achieve more.

We are committed to upholding an industrious, inventive environment, built upon our shared values to generate exceptional results.

**Duties will include but not limited to**

Work collaboratively with all departments in Haverhill and our Milton Keynes office to effectively plan production based on manufacturing orders, capacity and customer expectations.
- Update and maintain the capacity planner including all wallboards providing visibility to the Manufacturing and Sales teams
- Ensure all orders are scheduled for manufacturing on the day of receipt in line with our KPIs and business strategy
- Ensure issues associated with the manufacturability of the orders are escalated for resolution in a timely manner
- Ensure drawing issues are escalated to HH Engineering team for verification as required
- Make on the spot decisions while dealing with MOs related issues (while also recognizing when to escalate to the organization)
- Operate autonomously on a day-to-day basis in line with business needs and demand management (while also recognizing when to escalate to the organization)
- Attend daily morning production meetings and make necessary scheduling adjustment as required
- Maintain all MO related data including accurate ship dates, statuses and picklists
- Communicate effectively with the MK based Purchasing team to ensure adequate materials are kept on site in HH
- Focus on delivering the best possible lead time to Customers and continuously review past lead times to drive improvements
- Respond proactively and willingly to and embrace change, along with daily interruptions to planned workload, including reprioritisation of customer specific orders as required

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

Additional pay:

- Bonus scheme

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Wellness programmes

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)