Production Planner

2 days ago


Newport, United Kingdom Kingscroft Professional Resources Full time

Job DescriptionAre you a Production Planner looking for a new role Are you skilled in producing accurate Production Plans to meet customer orders in a fast paced manufacturing environment Are you looking to work as a Production Planner in a well-established and ambitious manufacturing businessKingscroft has been asked to recruit for a Production Planner by a specialist manufacturing organisation. As the ideal candidate you will have experience of Production Planning in a multi process business using MRP software. You will be confident of Planning Customer orders , monitoring stock and working closely with Production , Purchasing and Customer Service teams to schedule Production to meet targets and order requirements.Key Duties and Responsibilities:Create and maintain production schedules within capacity and resource targets and co-ordinate the schedules with production to ensure inventory targets and customer demand is met.Evaluate Raw Material and Consumable demand to ensure everything is in place for production.Manage volume fluctuations considering sales vs forecast and anticipate production changes.Manage life cycles of SKU's to ensure stock availability to meet business Customer OTIF.Assist with Investigation of stock discrepancies and stock shortages to determine root cause.Communicate with Customer Service on lead times and availability of products.Problem solve issues that may arise with production scheduling and deadlines.Ensure planning schedules support optimisation of production efficiency, plant utilisation, labour availability, material usage, changeovers and customer service.Execute high standards of capacity planning across production for high OTIF.Manage daily scheduling activities and take the lead in decision making for optimising plans and effect high standards of communication across the business.Continuously evaluate planning, stock control systems and KPIs for improvements.Ensure KPI targets for production planning, stock availability, lead times, delivery performance and customer service levels are consistently achieved.Promote new ideas, continuous improvement and learning.Ensure full compliance with ISO9001 and ISO14001 standards.This is a fantastic opportunity to play an integral part in delivering customer success through an accurate Production schedule. The business is well invested , succesful and has solid growth plans in place.Please apply today for a confidential discussion on the role , company and opportunity.By applying to this role, you will register as a candidate with Kingscroft Professional Resources. Our Privacy Policy explains how we will use your information.JBRP1_UKTJ



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