Position: Production Planner

Location: Deeside, Flintshire

Job Type: Permanent / Onsite

My client, a leader in the aerospace and aviation manufacturing sector are on the hunt for a Production Planner to join the team!

The Production Planner demonstrates leadership in communicating business goals/ programmes/ processes for specified areas or business segments.  

Responsibilities:

-    Demonstrate accountability for short & long-term planning of production requirements

-    Support the procurement function and contribute to material procurement scheduling

-    Coordinate the master production schedule for a manufacturing site and ensure a consistent handover of planning information to the production work cells

-    Load information to material and resource planning management system

-    Interact with Operations and Manufacturing functions to track production progress

-    Gather production metrics and periodically report these metrics to the Operations Manager and/ or relevant managers

-    Ensure that the master schedule and production schedules are synchronized

-    Coordinate manufacturing prioritisation of activities to achieve delivery of operational targets 

-    Report and monitor plant production load and capacity

-    Make use of business forecast with easy to access and transparent data

-    Capacity planning and Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP) management activities

-    Generating and issuing of all job cards required for manufacturing in line production plan

 

Requirements:

-    Prior scheduling experience preferred

-    In depth knowledge and experience of ERP / MRP systems

-    Experienced user of MS Excel e.g. pivot tables, data management, graphics, macros.

-    Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

-    Knowledge of production and inventory management

-    Strong oral and written communication skills

-    Strong interpersonal and leadership skills

-    Able to develop and execute objectives for self and others

 

 For further details, please contact Nick Sollis - 01453 829767 or email your cv [email protected]

Omega Resource Group are an employment agency specialising in opportunities at all levels within the Engineering, Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics, Defence, Scientific, Oil & Gas, Construction and Manufacturing sectors.

We are always seeking Engineering Staff, Senior Managers, Skilled and Semi-Skilled Machinists, Mechanical Fitters, Electrical Fitters, Quality Engineers, Materials Science Engineers, Maintenance Engineers, Electronics Engineers, Test Technicians, Technical Authors and Laboratory Technicians to name but a few.

Omega is an employment agency specialising in opportunities at all levels within the Engineering, Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics, Defence, Scientific, Energy & Renewables and Tech sectors.