Long-Range Resource Planner – Master Scheduling & OTD

Kingdom Services Group Ltd; Fareham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Kingdom Services Group Ltd in Fareham is looking for a Long Range Resource Planner to balance supply and demand, interrogate ERP/MRP data and maintain the Master Production Schedule. You will collaborate with Production, Purchasing, Customer Services and Finance to ensure resources and materials meet future customer demand.

The role focuses on identifying risks, improving planning data integrity and ensuring on-time delivery while supporting NPI projects and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• 3+ years' experience in Production Planning or Resource Planning
• Strong knowledge of MRP
• Experience with production capacity planning or APS
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills
• Ability to interrogate ERP/MRP information rather than taking system recommendations at face value
• Good understanding of supply and demand within a manufacturing environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
• Confidence identifying and escalating risks
• Excellent communication across multiple departments
• Calm under changing priorities

Responsibilities

• Manage long-range production and resource planning requirements
• Balance supply and demand across materials, capacity and manufacturing resources
• Review and resolve MRP action messages
• Review MRP job creation recommendations and create works orders
• Identify potential supply, capacity and resource constraints early
• Manage forward production load to support customer delivery requirements
• Support the Master Production Schedule development and maintenance
• Drive On Time to Release performance through planning activities
• Challenge planning data integrity to improve replenishment planning
• Collaborate with Production, Purchasing and Finance to align with demand
• Coordinate information between Production and Customer Services to maintain customer order alignment
• Collaborate with Purchasing to resolve material availability issues
• Review excess and obsolete inventory and identify actions to minimise stock impact
• Work with Finance to investigate and close WIP variances
• Coordinate and communicate daily MRB outputs to Planning team
• Support NPI projects
• Provide finite scheduling support using VAPS MoM when required
• Support customer, BSI and regulatory audits
• Identify and implement 5S and continuous improvement opportunities

Skills

MRP knowledge

Production planning

Excel

ERP/MRP analysis

Analytical thinking

Communication

Risk management

Job description

Kingdom Services Group Ltd in Fareham is looking for a Long Range Resource Planner to balance supply and demand, interrogate ERP/MRP data and maintain the Master Production Schedule. You will collaborate with Production, Purchasing, Customer Services and Finance to ensure resources and materials meet future customer demand.

The role focuses on identifying risks, improving planning data integrity and ensuring on-time delivery while supporting NPI projects and continuous improvement initiatives.