Here at Contract Personnel, we are recruiting an experienced Planning Manager to join a very client who has built a major portfolio of clients over the last few decades. My client is heavily involved in the marine industry with a major focus on manufacturing parts for boats, yachts and ships.
Overview
The purpose of the role is to manage the entire planning process, co-ordinating change improvements, streamlining production output and ensuring the customer's needs are constantly being met and exceeded.
The Role
Contract: Full time, permanent
Hours: Standard business hours
Salary: £45,000 to £55,000 (experience dependant)
Location: NR29
Main Responsibilities
- Review previous processes and improve flow efficiencies, whilst maintaining a minimum 95% OTIF rating
- Work alongside Purchasing and Production managers to ensure a smooth and efficient output
- Work with planning team to focus on daily, weekly and monthly requirements
- Take full leadership and control of the planning team
- Reviewing planned orders, shortage reports and liaising with both the purchasing and production departments
- Review the customer brochure and each item's impact on operational requirements
- Recording capacity data to ensure the correct number of staff are working
- Review current planning processes to ensure on time, in full deliveries
- Operational awareness to highlight constraints on the current customer brochure
- Manage the NPI process to ensure planning is maintained
- Managing WIP variance and reporting to manage costs
- Complete annual stocktakes
- Maintaining integrity of system data
- Continuing supply through material requirement reviews to meet or exceed company requirements
- Planning effectively to ensure savings on costs
- Inventory management
- Maintain and strengthen relationships between departments
- Preparing reports to agreed timelines
- Ensuring effective introduction of new products
- Safeguarding company cost structure
Essentials
- Proactive and productive approach to tasks
- Team focused with a desire to improve
- Working to deadlines
- Interpret and understand engineering drawings
- Technical manufacturing background
- Detailed knowledge of production planning, schedules, stocktakes, material requirements
- MRP systems knowledge is essential
- Knowledge of D365 is desirable
- Problem solver
- Strong communication with the ability to present data
- Strong IT skills