Hunter Knight Recruitment Ltd
SAP Production Planning Manager
Job Location
Job Description
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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Location: Chippenham, GB
Posted Date: 10/6/2024
Contact Information
Contact | Human Resources Hunter Knight Recruitment Ltd |
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