Production Planner

Inventory, stores and logistics

• Own goods in. Receipt, scan, hand to inspection and book to stock on the day it lands.
• Own stores and kitting. Right material, right quantity, right job, issued at the right operation.
• Run location, warehouse and freezer discipline, including shelf life and out life control on refrigerated material.
• Hold inventory at the level that keeps the line running without tying up cash or creating waste. Recommend and maintain min, mid and max levels on purchased components.
• Own and optimise the vendor managed inventory process with the Buyer.
• Plan, execute and reconcile stock cycle counts at both sites, and keep work in progress booked accurately so stock records mean something.
• Schedule call offs and inbound deliveries against the agreements the Buyer has put in place, so material lands when the build needs it, not months early or a week late.
• Own the movement of parts through subcontract processes. Book the slot, get the parts out, track what is sitting at the subcontractor, and get them back on the date.
• Own dispatch and outbound logistics: packing, carriers, freight, delivery notes and export documentation, right first time.
• Move material between Gloucester and Swindon on a plan, not on a phone call.

• Report weekly on schedule adherence, on time in full delivery, capacity load, labour utilisation, stock accuracy and shortages.
• Give early warning when a job is going to slip, with the reason and the recovery plan. A surprise at month end is a planning failure.
• Run a short weekly production review across both sites: what we committed, where we are, what is at risk, what we are doing about it.
• Work across Production, Engineering, Quality, Stores, Finance and Business Development so plans are aligned before they are committed, not after.
• Use our existing supply chain and operational processes, stay current on all activity, and keep the improvements coming.
• Other duties as the business demands. We are scaling, and this job will grow with us. Accountable to produce the MPS (master production schedule) driving cross functional accountability against commitments and linked in to the overall IBP (Integrated Business Plan)

• Proven production planning or scheduling experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong working knowledge of ERP / MRP planning and scheduling. Hands on, not theoretical. You can build a routing, set up a work centre and run MRP yourself.
• Solid understanding of manufacturing processes and how they translate into times, routings and capacity.
• Practical stores, stock control and inventory accuracy experience.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, and real comfort with data. You will build your own numbers and defend them.
• Accuracy under pressure. A wrong figure in MRP becomes a late part, and a late part becomes a customer call.
• The nerve to hold a plan against pressure from every direction, and to change it only for a reason.
• Clear, direct communication with Production, Engineering, Stores, Quality, Finance and customers.
• The ability to hold multiple priorities across two sites without losing the thread.
• Willingness to travel regularly between Gloucester and Swindon, and a full UK driving licence.
• A continuous improvement mindset and the appetite to build a broad knowledge of how we manufacture.

• Experience with SYSPRO is a big advantage.
• Aerospace, automotive or defence manufacturing background.
• Experience cleaning up MRP data, routings, bills of material and work centres in a business where the system was not being used properly.
• Exposure to AS9100 or IATF 16949 quality management systems.
• Experience with shelf life and out life controlled material, including freezer stock.
• Dispatch and export…