RPS are exclusively partnered with a global tier 1 aerospace manufacturer based in Cheshire, who are looking for Shopfloor Schedular following an extended period of high business growth.
ROLE PURPOSE:
Manages Shop Floor Scheduling activities in the Production Area. It includes the management of visual systems to communicate / monitor the sequence of production orders, ensuring the availability of resources (tooling, raw material…etc….), Create and maintain the optimal production sequence
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Sequence work orders in line with latest demand requirements and aligned to MPS for specified products and production lines understanding all the physical and manning constraints of these lines.
2. Monitor manufacturing output/performance daily against the schedule, challenging and understanding whenever performance differs from standard.
3. Monitor Stock cover daily in order to avoid Stock outs as well as overstocks by adjusting the execution sequence if possible or raising the issue with the Master Scheduler.
4. Maximize shared manufacturing resource output/utilization while ensuring full coherence with MPS product mix, volumes and required availability dates,
5. Ensure that sequenced plan: Is feasible and balanced, Includes all scheduled downtime (Holiday, routine maintenance, Line closures, etc.), Is supportable with available packaging, tooling, fixtures, manning….
6. Monitor availability of raw material / components and escalate as required to Procurement / Master Scheduler.
7. Proactively communicate/escalate to the Master Scheduler / Area management potential production execution issues/constraints to trigger preventive actions against potential supply failure.
8. Weekly track, challenge and report Schedule Adherence with reasons for deviation to Production Area Management and Master Scheduler.
9. Support Gemba meetings/Tier meetings as required.
PERSON SPECIFICATION:
Essential:
10. Secondary Education
11. Expert level for: Daily Scheduling & Execution
12. Intermediate level excel
13. Data/Demand interrogation/ERP interrogation
Desirable:
14. Practitioner level for Forecasting & Demand Planning, SIOP / MPS / MRP, Master Data Management, Inventory Management, Internal Flow & Warehousing
15. Value stream knowledge of product
16. Value stream knowledge of process