Production Planner - St. Mellons, United Kingdom - Sigma Recruitment Ltd

Sigma Recruitment Ltd

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St. Mellons, United Kingdom

3 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Opportunity for a production planner to join a well-established market leader that has been trading for over 100 years, and grow into a master planner position.

In return, the production planner will receive a salary of £35,000 - £38,000, depending on experience, plus a pension of up to 7.5%, 25 days of holiday, and bank holidays.

Working from a high-tech factory in Cardiff for a business known globally for innovation and product quality, supplying products to various industries.

As the production planner, your responsibilities will include the following:

Creating and maintaining an efficient production schedule, minimising cycle times, and effectively controlling inventory.
Analysing production history and current customer demand, using data to create the most accurate plan.
Reporting on the performance of the master production schedule (MPS)
Ensuring the highest level of OTIF is available to provide the best product lead times and establish inventory profiles to meet sales demand.
Maintaining a robust sales and operational planning process that accounts for capacity versus demand and drives a synchronised flow through the value streams.
Evaluating the business operational strategy and opportunities to drive competitive advantage through safe and efficient use of resources and implementation of new technologies.
Acting as a focal point for collation, manipulation and analysis of the business forecast and strategic plans converting value into volume for modelling the supply chain delivery to demand.
Motivating and developing the production planner
Extensive production planning experience
A good understanding of manufacturing/planning data and reporting/presenting data to senior management.
Strong ERP/MRP skills.

The work hours are 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Thursday, 8 am pm, and 8 am pm on Fridays.