Production Planning Supervisor

Production Planning Supervisor

£42,000pa + Benefits

39 hours per week

A fantastic Opportunity has arisen for an experienced Production Planning Supervisor to join a growing team within a manufacturing company.

• Be responsible for creating and maintaining the Master Production Schedule in SAP and communicate the requirements via the Production Planning Tracker
• Coordinate and run meetings with all the relevant parties to ensure the Master Production Schedule is up to date
• Ensure that the short-term plan is an accurate reflection of current production status and deadlines
• Ensure that the long-term plan is correctly loaded to ensure the correct provisioning of long lead time components
• Upload Forecast in SAP in line with the S&OP meeting
• Using SAP, ensure that production documentation is loaded to the shop floor in a timely manner
• Support all manufacturing departments with capacity planning data to allow them to effectively manage overtime and subcontract decisions
• Create and maintain production routings and parts allocation
• Manage ECN process update/implementation
• Report to the Supply Chain Manager on the defined KPI's
• Use SAP to book in parts
• Manage the Production Planning team
• Assure the team works according to the existing policies and procedures
• Develop and maintain lean systems and implement practices in line with efficiency objectives
• Coordinate and plan annual inventory count

• A full and varied work experience within a manufacturing environment including proven experience of production scheduling, planning, warehouse management and logistics
• A sound background in using SAP (MM & PP)
• Understanding of KPIs and data analysis tools
• Excellent IT skills including the Microsoft Office
• Proven people management experience
• Able to lead a team positively through change processes and identify any training and development requirements that arise
• Positive and innovative approach with a willingness to engage with staff from all areas of the organisation, utilising strong interpersonal skills

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