Materials Planning Manager role based in Manchester. Senior Management role working for a growing industrial manufacturing company.
Client Details
Our client is a growing, well established manufacturing company in Manchester
Description
· Responsible for providing leadership to the materials planning and commercial team.
· Leads the Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP) process. Incorporating all supporting functions and presents the executive overview to the senior leadership team.
· Responsible for overseeing the coordination of all manufacturing order creation to the shop through analysis of Sales Order requirements.
· Develop requirements and standards to ensure business goals and performance metrics are attained through a cohesive standard of work.
· Work closely with Operations, Production, MRO and Engineering to establish true capacity plans based on demands vs resource availability.
· Monitors throughput and adherence to plan. Reports on recovery and constraints.
· Strives to enable the team to fully utilise the ERP system to full functionality. Developing reporting mechanisms and standardising across the team/group where possible.
· Develops a best practice sharing mentality between the team. Reaching out to sister sites and adopting a continuous improvement attitude.
· Analyse inventory levels for purchased and manufactured goods. Monitors and manages material inventories, tracks progress of production, and reviews factors which affect schedules.
· Escalation point for materials both internally and externally by communicating with supply chain and functional business contacts.
· Responsible for operational performance reporting to Customer. Leads operational reviews and escalates any arrears and recovery plans.
· Sales Forecasting based on customer orderbook, capacity and arrears recovery where applicable.
· Improves and develops standard times for manufacturing processes.
· Minimise inventory input while maintaining on-time customer delivery.
· Oversees the revision to schedules when required due to production constraints, customer demand changes or delays in the supply chain.
· Creates and maintains tracking systems for new and past due programs/projects, communicates plans/needs to team members and assists in execution where needed.
· Interacts with Quality, Materials, Manufacturing, MRO, Shipping, and Assembly to ensure deliveries are met.
· Ensures coordination with Operations Managers to make any adjustments to production schedules daily/weekly as needed to meet business and customer needs. Communicates demand information across the facility so that everyone is aware of volume and metrics.
· Reviews orderbook changes and challenges any changes in the demand profile with the relevant customers.
· Complies with all company policies and procedures, including safety requirements.
· Fosters positive relationship with internal and external customers.
Profile
· Strong management skills are required to lead, coach, mentor, and develop the team, ensuring efficiency and collaboration - or the clear ability to step up and do this.
· Degree in Operations, Business, Supply Chain or related field preferred or equivalent experience.
· Proven experience working within a planning and/or customer facing role
· A track record of planning & materials management experience in a similar role within manufacturing
· Strong leadership skills to overcome challenges and achieve results.
· This position requires mathematical ability and excellent verbal and written communication skills.
· Strong MS office and ERP / MRP system understanding.
Job Offer
£60,000 to £70,000 plus benefits