Production Planning Coordinator

Production Planning Coordinator

Great starting salary, 33 days holiday, paid overtime, yearly profit related bonus, working days only (No shift work), healthcare, pension, early finish on a Friday.

Working for an international business.The Production Planning Coordinator is primarily responsible for ensuring:

• Manufactured goods are produced in a cost effectiveway without impacting the necessary quality specifications
• Goods are distributed in line with customer expectations
• Positive working relationships with Production to maintain the orderly production and distribution of manufactured goods.
• Supports continuous improvements within production and distribution processes.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Create and maintain productions plans based on Sales and Marketing forecasts and inventory levels, that align with customer production schedules
• Raise, schedule and if required re-schedule production orders to effectively support Material Requirements Planning (MRP) requirements
• Timely release of production orders to production ensuring plans can be achieved and delivered in line with customer expectations
• Where required modify production bill of materials (BOM's) to ensure correct material and hours are used up and reported on
• Facilitate effective communication, liaising with Managers/Team Leaders and support areas to achieve company objectives
• Communicate production schedules and priorities clearly and effectively to the production team
• Address and respond quickly with any production disruptions or problems that may delay plan, and liaise with relevant departments, to maintain on-time delivery
• Collaborate with supervisors and operators to resolve production issues
• Monitor inventory levels to minimise excess stock and reduce carrying costs
• Ensure all company policies and procedures all always complied with
• Analyse customer order fluctuation and provide a demand plan for products manufactured
• Long and short-term capacity planning
• Proactively identify, communicate and follow up on significant trends and demand changes to achieve an optimum raw material and finished goods stock holding
• Work closely with the commercial, production and buying teams to ensure that all orders are met
• Identify and resolve day to day issues. Taking each case on its own merit, communicate and escalate effectively to both internal and external parties to ensure satisfactory conclusions
• Managing of sales accounts, entering and maintaining sales orders and utilising and maintaining customer schedules to ensure smooth production and on-time build
• Management of cabs on site, from request to production line
• Provide monthly data for management
• Attend Production planning meetings when required

Additional Duties:

• Holiday cover for other members of the team
• Stocktake

Key Requirements:

• Previous experience in a production planning role
• Ideally SAP knowledge or knowledge of a similar ERP system
• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills
• Excellent organizational, time management & priorisationskills, the ability to judge various stakeholders requirements
• Previous experience liaising with customers
• An assertive, optimistic, resilient individual who thrives on change and under pressure
• Ability to work in a fast pacedenvironment
• Ability to problem solve
• Excellent Microsoft skills (Word, Excel & Outlook)

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