Production Planner - Pencoed, United Kingdom - Ortho Clinical Diagnostics

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics

Verified Company

Pencoed, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The Opportunity:

QuidelOrtho unites the strengths of Quidel Corporation and Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, creating a world-leading in vitro diagnostics company with award-winning expertise in immunoassay and molecular testing, clinical chemistry and transfusion medicine.

We are more than 6,000 strong and do business in over 130 countries, providing answers with fast, accurate and consistent testing where and when they are needed most - home to hospital, lab to clinic.

Our culture puts our team members first and prioritizes actions that support happiness, inspiration and engagement.

We strive to build meaningful connections with each other as we believe that employee happiness and business success are linked.

Join us in our mission to transform the power of diagnostics into a healthier future for all.

Production Planner
We're recruiting for a Production Planner to join our team based in Pencoed. In this role you will be reporting into the Value Stream Lead.

About Ortho, Pencoed:

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics has been manufacturing products in South Wales for over 40 years.

Our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, based in Pencoed, employs over 500 people who are involved in the manufacture and supply of clinical laboratory and immunohematology products to a global customer base.

Our Pencoed team manufacture a large menu of immunoassay products encompassing a range of disease categories.

In addition to the continued support our growing scientific community provide to our existing products, we are also harnessing our Research & Development capabilities for the creation of novel new content to expand our immunoassay menu.

We are proud to be a global hub for critical manufacturing lines, and we have recently expanded our capabilities with three new state-of-the-art manufacturing lines to produce a comprehensive suite of immunohematology products for blood typing and crossmatching of blood donor units.

On site we have a range of functions operating globally & locally. All our employees are working towards one common goal, to help save and improve lives through diagnostics.

You're new role:

In this role you will be reporting into the Value Stream Lead and will have a dotted line into the Master Production Planner.

You will be responsible for developing smooth, uninterrupted Work Centre Schedules, either from MRP or Kanban related processes in a SAP system environment, balancing demand and supply, whilst considering capacity constraints through the use of Rough-Cut Capacity Planning (RCCP).

What you'll be doing:

Determine optimum methods for replenishment of materials for manufacturing
Act as Work Centre focal for material control, ensuring a consistent approach, within relevant procedures
Ensure accurate and timely introduction of change
Maintenance and regular review of planning Static Data implementing appropriate batch size changes
Early identification of variations to plan, highlighting corrective actions to the Master Production Scheduler or the Planning Manager
Support traceability through existing procedures
Measure, monitor and report, providing visual measures, Material Supply performance including
MPS Adherence
Customer on time delivery
WIP level of, and on time performance
Safety Stocks, against targets set
Scrap / Surplus / Excess material
Component shortages
Relevant budgetary variances
Support Manufacturing in the implementation of manufacturing plans, day to day management of WIP and lineside stocks, and minimizing throughput times
Support the Master Production Scheduler, and manufacturing, in capacity planning
Effective planning and implementation of change

- support the principles of Lean Manufacturing and the adoption of a 5S culture

Ensure maintenance of accurate and timely records of discrepant material including prompt disposition
Derive and maintain agreed levels of safety stock and surplus being produced
Support introduction of New Product in line with Organizational target and managing impact on capacity and resource within value stream.

What you'll need to succeed:

CPIM or Equivalent preferred
Knowledge of operational processes within a highly regulated environment.
Experience of working as a Production Planner in a similar industry.
SAP Experience is essential
Proven ability to carry out structured problem solving
Knowledge of PEx and Lean principles to support proactive participation in improvements
Ability to, crossfunctionally, communicate effectively at all levels across site
Ability to train/ coach/ support within the team as necessary
Able to develop work centre schedules, that balance demand and supply to support Production Plan/ MPS, aligning unscheduled customer needs as necessary, considering all constraints, with a proven record of meeting targets
Able to analyse Work Centre inventory, understanding its association with site budgets
Knowledge of Supply Chain management,