Responsibilities
- Understand the Demand Plan and how it is used to create a finished goods production plan, which in turn is used to generate a supply plan for other manufactured components and intermediate materials.
- Create and maintain accurate and achievable production plans in the ERP system, taking account of capacity and material availability constraints.
- Have a detailed understanding of bills of materials and routings and the importance of master data accuracy.
- Understand the MRP (Material Requirements Planning) process and how this creates supply and demand proposals and associated exceptions.
- Meet regularly with Production Departments to monitor actual vs planned production performance and maintain an agreed, achievable production schedule.
- Identify, investigate and escalate where necessary, any risks to the delivery of the production plan, especially where customer service, product availability or inventory policy is at risk of being compromised.
- Constantly monitor inventory to ensure it remains within policy and shelf life requirements.
- Generate weekly reports on e.g., product availability, conformance to plan and schedule attainment.
- GCSE English & Maths.
- Production Planning experience within any ERP package i.e. IFS, Sage, SAP etc.
- Excellent IT skills, including Excel (pivot tables, V look ups etc.), Word & Power Point.
- Excellent communication skills, well organized & proactive, hardworking &committed, enthusiastic, ability to manage time effectively.
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