Production Planner / Sheduler

VACANCY - Production Planner/Scheduler
LOCATION - STOCKPORT site near Manchester
SALARY - £33000 - 38000
HOURS 37 hours per week spread over 4.5 days (early lunchtime finish each Friday)
25 days hols plus 8 stats
Annual salary review
Well above average company pension
Free access to courses and further qualifications through the organisations advanced online education platform
Genuine career progression potential
FREE onsite parking
OVERVIEW
This HUGELY successful and very well established international engineering manufacturer are undergoing exciting expansion plans and are now seeking an additional Production Planner/Scheduler.
THE ROLE
Reporting to Planning Manager, the planner/scheduler will oversee and plan
production schedules, working closely with sourcing/purchasing to ensure that
material availability aligns with manufacturing.
The planner/scheduler also compile and distributes reports to ensure that customers and internal teams (manufacturing,shipping, customer service, projects and finance) are serviced with product and order availability information
The planner/scheduler will actively achieve KPI's which will maximise company turnover, profit, customer satisfaction and on-time delivery,through well constructed plans and management of resources.
DUTIES
* Create production schedules from MRP output that balance customer needs, material availability and capacity constraints.
* Develop useful working relationships with Production Supervisors, Buyers and
others to ensure that schedules are understood and achieved.
* Collect data on reasons why a schedule is missed and collate into useful
information for management review and action.
* Create reports and other tools as needed to support the planning process.
* Provide information and support as requested to other departments.
* To identify and instigate process / product improvements.
* To train and mentor other staff as required
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS REQUIRED
* Excellent level of numeracy and literacy
* Able to work under pressure and responds quickly to changes
* Proactive, motivated, well organised and able to work well with others.
* 5 years + experience in similar manufacturing/planning role
* Excellent understanding of ERP system (SAP or similar)
* Excellent MS Excel skills
* Excellent Product/ Production method knowledge and understanding
Please apply now as these roles will progress to interview quickly!