Senior Production Planner

An exciting opportunity to join a unique business in the heart of beautiful countryside.

Benefits include:-

• Overtime - time and a half Mon-Sat and double time Sunday after 37 hours worked;
• 37 hours per week - 8.30am to 4.30pm Mon-Thurs and 8.30am to 4pm Friday with a 30 minute unpaid lunch break - flexi time is available
• 25 days holidays and 8 bank holidays
• 5% pension
• Private healthcare
• 2 x base salary life insurance

Duties for the Senior Production Planner include:

• Day-to-day responsibility for the Planning team and their development
• Work with management team to support strategic and operations planning
• Creates and maintains a clear lines of communication with Team Leaders, Production Managers, Project Manager, Sales and Buying teams daily
• Direct ALL Master Scheduling activity, incorporating Forecasts into Master Production Schedules
• Generate and update daily, weekly and monthly production status reports
• Performs any necessary support functions as required by procurement process
• Manage all related MRP maintenance, including resolving problems with Engineering and Receiving and Inspection as necessary
• Proper and timely implementation of change orders
• Maintain optimal inventory levels through the active use of MRP and the maintenance of all required parameters including assembly lead times, days’ supply, EOQ, for all assemblies
• Active support of R&D and new product activities
• Analyse data to update staff schedules (Capacity) to reach the agreed quota in the manufacturing process
• Monitor inventory levels and actively trial kit, whilst reviewing Minimum stock order levels and order increments
• Regularly provide production status updates to senior team whilst implementing and maintaining planning visual management tools
• Facilitate the timely delivery of products to customers, maintain OTIF expectation
• Closely monitor the production process to ensure that production orders are completed on time and within budget.
• MRP maintenance of timings and routings

To be successful as a Senior Production Planner you will:-

• Production processes within an engineering business preferred
• MRP / ERP systems (Microsoft Dynamics Navision most advantageous)
• Prior manufacturing experience
• 5 years of experience of manufacturing resource planning / materials requirements planning
• 5 years of Leadership experience is essential
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and technical communications

COG LTD are acting as an Employment Agency.