Job title: Production Planner
Job location: Derby
Salary: 21.13 days / 22.82 mornings / 24.51 afternoons
Shifts: Days
Hours per week: 37 hours
Duration: Contract
Start date: ASAP
Industries considered: Rolling Stock, Aerospace, Aviation, RAF, REME, NAVY, HM Forces, Marine
Client Summary:
Our client is a global leader in the Rolling Stock industry, operating within manufacturing, maintenance, servicing, and overhauls.
Job Description
This role will coordinate and administer all production planning activities required for the start-up, execution, and completion of current and potential contracts, in line with the customer requirements and production needs.
You will prepare regular and exception reports highlighting both real and potential problems. Additionally, you will attend program reviews and other meetings to report on the status of contracts for which you are responsible.
Your responsibilities will include:
1. The creation and improvement of business processes
2. The chasing of production resources, i.e., materials, parts, tooling, etc.
3. Providing solutions to bottleneck production issues
4. Maintenance of the Master Production Schedules and Valid Finite Capacity Plans for current and potential contracts
5. Providing input to daily production meetings
6. Providing information to the operations team on material and capacity availability
7. Providing management information to the management team and a suitable suite of KPIs
Previous experience in this area is required, and your planning and organization skills should be excellent. Familiarity with working in a production environment is essential. Experience of running stage teams would be an advantage.
Candidates must possess excellent IT skills and demonstrate business improvement and development skills. Strong analytical skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities are also required.
You should have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be comfortable working with diverse individuals at all levels. Successful candidates will be self-motivated and adaptable to working both independently and as part of a team.
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