Master Production Planner

Pertemps; England; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global manufacturing company seeks a Production Control & Planning Manager to oversee production and material planning processes. The ideal candidate will manage a team, ensuring production plans align with customer demands and business revenue goals. Key qualifications include extensive planning experience in high volume environments and strong ERP/MRP skills. The role offers a competitive salary, benefits including a car allowance and health insurance, with the opportunity to make impactful contributions to the company's growth.

Benefits

Car allowance

Generous pension contribution

Life insurance

Health and dental insurance

Profit-related bonus

Excellent training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in raw material planning for high volume manufacturing.
• Ability to manage complex production and material planning systems.
• Excellent ERP/MRP and IT skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage production planning and material forecast.
• Lead a team of Production Planners.
• Integrate production plans with raw material supply.
• Ensure compliance with customer demands and revenue goals.
• Oversee daily shipments to meet plant targets.

Skills

Raw material planning

ERP/MRP systems

Data management

Cross-functional project leadership

Change management

Job description

Production Control & Planning Manager / Master Production Planner

Salary: c£70000 + benefits
Location: Herefordshire

Reporting to the Operations Director, the remit is to focus on the production capacity & material demand plans of the manufacturing site. The Production Control Manager will be empowered to create and maintain all capacity & demand plans and evaluate the necessary resources to meet on time delivery objectives.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for long range production & material planning process from customer order through to shipment.
• Management of a team of Production Planners.
• Ensure the production plan is integrated with raw material supply.
• Ensure the schedule will meet customer demand and will achieve the business revenue plans.
• Management of daily shipments to achieve revenue in accordance with plant targets.
• Create production plans quarterly/monthly using work to lists for operations, ensuring the plan is regimentally reviewed to reflect the product mix and yield losses, customer requirements.
• Implement and review an effective SIOP process to ensure that the demand and supply elements are balanced, cost effective and achievable.
• Management of WIP, inventory and raw material, optimising inventory to support production flow and OTIFD.

Experience

• Extensive demonstrable experience of raw material planning for high volume manufacturing.
• Extensive knowledge of managing complex high product variation production & material planning systems and working with global suppliers.
• Excellent ERP/MRP and IT skills and the ability to manage large amounts of complex data.
• Ability to manage change, meet deadlines and lead cross-functional projects.
• Able to drive systematic and process driven activities focusing on attention to detail and right first time.

The opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Production Control/Planning Manager or MP&L Manager to be part of a global organisation and to influence and change the long term master plan for raw material while working with internal and external stakeholders around the world. In return our client is offering a fantastic salary and benefits package including car allowance, generous pension contribution, life insurance, health and dental insurance, profit related bonus, onsite car parking, excellent training and development opportunities. Above all this is an opportunity to make a real contribution to the success and growth of the global organisation who are continuing to receive sales orders and growth.

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