EFI is looking for a Production Planner to join our Ink Plant Business Unit in our Bradford, UK office.
Job Description :
1. Planning and booking in of work orders, needed from start to finish of production.
2. Plan sequence of fabrication and manufacturing operations for guidance of production workers.
3. Process consumption of work order parts and other parts removed from inventory for other purposes..
4. Prepare lists of required materials to meet the production schedule, and define priorities with the procurement team
5. Use SAP to view material movements, quantities on order, and the current balance on hand to ensure materials needed by the manufacturing plants are available.
6. Follow up master schedule to establish sequence, and lead time of each operation to meet shipping dates according to sales forecasts or customer orders
7. Confers with department supervisors to determine status of works orders
8. The Manufacturing Production Planners use SAP to create daily stock transport orders to ship materials between manufacturing plants and warehouses
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
9. At least 2 years experience in manufacturing, production management, production planning
10. At least 1 year experience in SAP PP module ( forecasting, planning, production scheduling)
11. Computer skills using Microsoft Office (Advanced Excel, Power Point)
12. Knowledge of inventory management, forecasting and production scheduling principles
13. Knowledge of the master data that drives the forecasting, planning, production scheduling, and shipping functionality in SAP
14. The ability to deal with changing priorities on a moment’s notice
15. The ability to handle multiple tasks accurately
16. The ability to interface with co-workers of all levels
17. Good level of education required