SAP Production Planning Manager

SAP Production Planning Manager

Competitive negotiable depending on experience

Hours: Monday-Friday Days

Location: Wiltshire (Starting initially with Chippenham and once up to speed, will also be responsible for the Doncaster site; the frequency of travel depends entirely on the job holder's preference).

Benefits

• Use of pool car
• Competitive basic salary
• Pension
• Private Medical Insurance
• Death in service
• 25 days holiday, plus statutory holidays
• Generous Sick Pay scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work
• An online retail discount scheme
• On site Occupational health care
• Continuous professional development
• Free parking
• Enhanced Paternity Pay

Our client, a well respected and forward-thinking large manufacturer is recruiting for an experienced Planning & Scheduling Manager to join their team.

The Role

We are currently looking for a Planning & Scheduling Managerto ensure the efficient and effective supply ofthe products produced in the territory through coordination of the Planning function for territory covering the:

• Sales & Operations Execution Meeting.
• Coordinate work of detailed schedulers and material planners from aggregated monthly plan generate by supply.
• Support fulfilment function with availability and OTIF.
• Work with siteleaders on improving production adherence, discuss on daily basis any deviation from production plan. Resolve short term issues impacting products availability.
• Manage raw material planning, material call offs.
• Lead improvement projects in area of short and long-term factory performance.

Responsibilities

• Support of weekly S&OE meeting for the assigned production plants.
• Support in IBP process (capacity constraints, utilization, short term issues, force majeure).
• Coordination of material planners (BOM materials and subcontracting) and detailed schedulers for various supply scenarios execution.
• Production plan adjustment based on weekly review of monthly progress and order book (FC consumption) with detailed schedulers in all production facilities within territory.
• Support of slow movers stock management process (obsolete, blocked stock, MTO without allocation) for assign production plants.
• Assure proper control of SAP master data. Maintain material process creation according MDG guidelines.
• Execute plans of introduction of new products and phase-out of old products to assure the optimal availability and minimum obsolescence within the assign production plants.
• Urgently react to changes in demand or supply to minimize obsolescence and inventory while maximizing customer service.
• Propose and drive improvements in raw materials & components purchase (consignments, vendor stock etc) as well as subcontracting.
• Lead and implement projects for continuous improvement of factory planning performance.

The Successful Individual

• 3 years experience in production and material planning in big scale production.
• Good analytical skills and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritize, manage and complete projects under a deadline.
• Tactical and Operational Planning knowledge and experience.
• Systems knowledge and experience of SAP or SAP R/3 (MM and PP), APO SNP.
• Knowledge and experience of Reporting & Analytics: SAP BW / BO, MS Office.
• Effective and pro-active communication to a wide audience, both up and down.
• People management (small teams, project teams).
• Skilled influencer.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Manufacturing production planning and stock management experience in a high-volume environment.
• Experience with capacity planning.

Please call Suzanne on 07892 689 496 for more information or submit your CV

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