Senior Production Scheduler

**ABOUT THE ROLE**

Reporting into the Supply Planning Manager the Senior Production Scheduler will be responsible for line managing a team of schedulers across different sites to ensure standardisation and best practice in scheduling across the Eakin Healthcare business. Armed with a problem-solving mindset and nimble with technology, will practice a solve it once and for all approach to enable time to be spent on value adding activities.

You will also be accountable for generating production schedules across all production lines, including final packing and sampling, to satisfy customer demand and maximise production efficiency. you will be planning the production across your designated value stream.

You will work as part of the supply and execution team but have close partnerships with our manufacturing production management teams, supervisors and line leads within the facility.

**KEY ACTIVITIES**
- Line management of a small team of schedulers across multiple sites.
- Standardising scheduling processes across multiple sites and business units
- Supporting Supply Planning and wider business continuous improvement projects and objectives.
- Responsible for ensuring recording and reporting of key Supply Planning metrics to wider business.
- Supporting achievement of Supply Planning and wider Operations metrics and identifying / implementing corrective actions.
- Working with Product Management to provide data and support with range reviews
- Monitor slow moving, short expiry, and obsolete FG stock at site, and liaise with Demand Management and wider operations team to minimise.
- Planning of production lines as designated.
- Liaison with Supply Planning stakeholder to provide 1st class scheduling service and communication.
- Work with Business Information Services to produce key reports and metrics data
- Ensuring works Instructions and SOPs are developed to support scheduling processes across multiple sites
- Create and maintain production schedules to ensure all company goals are achieved and deadlines are met
- Idea generation geared toward moving to automated system driven solutions. Design, develop and document the detailed scheduling processes.
- Assess work orders, evaluate, address and flag variances, updating MRP master data where necessary.
- Feed in to the strategic and tactical supply plans as needed to support the Eakin Business Planning process.
- Liaise with Procurement team to alleviate any material constraints and provide visibility of future material requirements.
- Supporting monthly S&OP process.
- Supporting the review and maintenance of key planning parameters for FG and sub assembly SKUs.
- Supporting R&D process with scheduling of new product introductions and trials**.**

**Other**
- To adhere to the company’s Equal Opportunities policy and Dignity at work policy in all activities and to actively promote equality of opportunity wherever possible
- To be responsible for your own health and safety and that of your colleagues, in accordance with the company’s’ Health and Safety policy
- To adhere to the company’s Quality policy and Environmental policy
- To undertake other duties as may be reasonably required

**KEY SKILLS**

**Essential**
- A logical thinker with strong numerical, analytical and evaluation skills.
- Demonstratable experience of continuous improvement
- A desire to work toward best in class.
- Ability to handle and prioritize multiple tasks.
- Ability to create and understand reports to make production decisions.
- A desire to promote the success of the organisation.
- Demonstrable high standard of IT Skills.
- GSCE’s (or equivalent) in Maths and English.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to block out noise and focus on the right priorities.
- Ability to solve problems proactively and an effective decision maker.
- Flexible, adaptable, and eager to learn.

**Desirable**
- Previous experience with Sage X3.
- Formal Supply Chain credential (APICS)
- Able to lead meetings and presentations to all levels of organisation
- Experience of line management of a small team
- An understanding of fundamental lean Six Sigma concepts and tools
- 5S methodologies

**KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS**

**Internal**
- Interact cross-functionally and cross-site within the manufacturing teams, Warehousing, Procurement, Commercial team and wider Supply Planning Team
- Collaborate within scheduling and wider supply planning to ensure the immediate and short-term planning and execution plans are well understood and communicated.

**ADDITIONAL INFORMATION**
- Occasional Travel Requirements to other Eakin Healthcare sites

**COMPETENCIES**

**Problem solving **- Generates and promotes solutions. Sees clearly which is the best way forward. Able to make decisions and commitments within appropriate time frame.

**Strategic Awareness** - Maintains a strong awareness of long-term goals and plans, keeping the future eventualities and possibilities in mind. Thinks in a global