Demand Planner - Honiton, United Kingdom - Meridian

Meridian

Verified Company

Honiton, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

The Opportunity:

This interesting role would suit somebody who's been a Demand Planner or Production Scheduler. You will read technical drawings, assess components required and liaise between the procurement and production planning teams.

As the Demand Planner / Production Scheduler you will be an integral part of the success of this REALLY interesting engineering manufacturer.

Responsibilities:

Ensure that Engineering Tasks and relevant drawings are checked to ensure they are production ready and achievable.
Implement design changes within production and account for stock up
- issues in line with Stakeholder approval.
Create Production part numbers & Production Bills of Material (BOM) whilst ensuring design intent is fulfilled.
Arrange and schedule Modification Production Orders to ensure configuration is controlled.
Identify items on the critical path and liaise with Purchasing to expedite where possible
Give clear instruction to Purchasing of what needs to be bought and schedule of delivery.
Analyse Engineering drawings and BOMs to enable make/buy decisions & estimate labour times on internal manufacture.
Provide cover for and support the Procurement and Production Planning departments as required

Skills Required:
HNC/ HND or equivalent qualification in an Engineering discipline
Mechanical background
Good knowledge of Microsoft office package
Able to read and understand all aspects of technical drawings
Demonstrable knowledge of the configuration/change control process Associated Benefits:
Pension
23 Days holiday + Bank holidays
Group Life Cover

Working Hours:

Full time - 40 hour week, Mon to Thurs and Fri