Production Planner

Location: Gloucestershire

ADEY, the market leader in the provision of residential water treatment products for closed loop heating and cooling systems in the UK, is looking for a Production Planner to join the team.

Part of the Genuit Groups’ Climate Management Solutions (CMS) business unit, ADEY has ambitious growth plans to continue protecting the world's heating and cooling systems, to have a positive impact on the environment and people's lives.

The Role

To support the development and delivery of a world class Supply Chain and Planning function.

Reporting directly to the Supply Chain and Planning Manager, this role focuses on supporting the company’s Supply Chain Strategy and Planning function.

Key Responsibilities

* Create a Production Plan to achieve the groups’ business objectives with respect to resources and capacity requirements

* Monitor stock levels and availability, analysing forecast accuracy to provide recommendations that ensure optimal stock holding

* Work with Production Manager to monitor standard run times and look for CI opportunities

* Communication with internal Stakeholders to ensure stock is expedited in a timely fashion

* Work with the Production Manager to calculate production capacity vs forecast using production lead times, shift pattern and head count

* Work with NPI to arrange master samples and initial production runs

* Play a leading role with the Sales, and Operations Planning process – S&OP

* Assist with improvements for all supply chain activities and processes

* Be involved in the risk management and mitigation requirements process for the Supply Chain function

* Support the manufacturing planning and control system (MPC) to ensure customer priority and service levels are balanced with available capacity

* Follow, promote, and enforce supply chain SOP’s and Company policies and procedures

* Provide customer OTIF reports and analysis

The Person

* Ability to prioritise and manage complex multiple tasks in a calm manner

* Supply Chain Planning experience in HVAC industry or similar

* Understanding of integrated business concepts and systems

* Experience of MRP/MRP II/ERP systems

* Experience of Kanban

* Proficient with Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Power Query Word, PowerPoint SharePoint etc.)

* Comfortable analysing, preparing and presenting data

* Excellent with data collection, monitoring and analysis

* Competent in problem solving, team building, planning and decision making

* Excellent communication skills

* Able to work both autonomously with minimal supervision and as part of a team

* Proactive and confident mindset with a hands on approach

* Structured and analytical with strong attention to detail

The Benefits

* 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays

* Pension contribution matched up to 8%

* Life Assurance 3x base salary

* Private health scheme

* Genuit sharesave scheme