Job Role:              Production Planner
Location:             Leicestershire 

Shift:                     Monday – Friday
Salary:                  up to £38k (doe)

The Company:

A role has become available for a Production Planner at a well-established design business based in Loughborough (Leicestershire).

Reporting to the Operations Manager you will be responsible for the creation and execution of the Production Plan to fulfil customer demand (on-time and in-full).

Job Role Responsibilities:

• Check and run capacity plan.
• Plan and schedule all manufacturing orders on daily basis to meet on time customer delivery promised date.
• Develops manufacturing work orders in accordance with Material Requirement Planning (MRP) planned order requirements.
• Calculate and provide accurate lead time expectations and delivery estimates to sales.
• Confirm to sales via updating ERP system with confirmed duel date after planning and reviewing capacity and resources.
• Liaise and check on shop floor with production to ensure plan is running to schedule.
• Run daily backlog report and action recovery plan.
• Analyse sales and shipment data daily and ensure order remain on time within 95% OTD target.
• Resolve any exceptions (over or under capacity) by changing available labour or equipment

The Candidate:

• Understanding of the principles of production planning and supplier management.
• MRP knowledge/experience is essential. Ideally experience with Access Supply Chain
• Excellent verbal & written communication skills with the ability to communicate with stakeholders, both internally and externally, ensuring the requirements of the department and wider business are met.
• Proven ability of working to tight deadlines, managing workload, and prioritizing tasks.
• A team player with good communication skills and the ability to multi-task and operate effectively in a fast paced, ever-changing environment.
• An individual who is resilient, energetic, and enthusiastic who responds constructively to new ideas and input in a changing business environment.
• Strong communicator with the capability to challenge, engage and influence all stakeholders within a dynamic and cross functional environment.
• Proactive and tenacious nature, taking initiative and using failure as an opportunity to learn.
• Driven by accuracy with meticulous attention to detail.

Apply:

To apply for this position, please send your CV to Parisha.patel-kanji@optima-uk.com or call myself on 0116 303 3560