On behalf of our client, an established Aerospace Tier 1 Manufacturer, we’re seeking a meticulous Production Planner to join their growing team in Farnborough. Reporting directly to the Systems & Planning Manager, this role will be responsible for the daily & weekly planning within the Farnborough facility.
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintaining and level load a rolling 6-week Production Plan.
- Job profiling - Accurate management of Manufacturing orders through all levels of the Bill of Material (BOM).
- Close liaison with the Demand team to ensure Sales Order ‘ship by dates’ are updated & in line with the jobs.
- Monitor launch & completion adherence.
- Working with the Operations team, to maximise Schedule Adherence against available hours.
- Following the SIOP planning cycle.
- Managing MRP generated exception messages in Epicor.
- Working with the Supply Chain team to ensure material shortages are clearly identified & worked together to resolve to prevent delays to customer.
- Working with the Material Control in the event of a critical supply shortage / build stop risk.
- Ensuring that no demand is executed outside of the Production Plan.
- Escalation of perceived risk and actual non-conformities in real time.
Qualifications:
- Demonstrated working skill, knowledge and experience of planning management and quality control principles.
- Strong IT System use including excel and word skills.
- Excellent working knowledge of the Epicor system.
- Experience of managing internal communications working cross functionally to deliver results. Strong interpersonal skills are also essential to effectively interact with all teams, areas and levels within the business.
- Good communicator both written and verbal.
- Have the ability to continuously improve and remain calm under pressure.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary.
- Life assurance cover.
- Access to Employee Assistance Programme.
- Pension contribution.
- 25 days holiday plus BH.
- On-site parking.
Shift:
- Days: Monday to Thursday 7:30 to 16:30, Friday 7:30 to 12:30.