Material Resource Planning Controller/Digital Scheduler

Rullion Limited; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PPE provided on site

Job summary

Rullion Limited seeks an experienced Production Planning & Control Specialist to own daily production planning, logistics control and performance across four integrated areas. You will use SAP/ERP and APS to translate requirements into feasible plans, monitor performance and drive timely issue resolution across plants and suppliers.

The role requires strong experience in planning, scheduling, expediting and manufacturing control within a complex environment.

Qualifications

• Proven production planning/control experience in a complex manufacturing setting.
• Advanced knowledge of SAP/ERP production order management.
• Strong experience with APS or equivalent planning systems.
• Experience coordinating multiple routings and processes.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving capabilities.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience leading cross-functional meetings and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily production planning and control across New Parts area.
• Coordinate multiple production routings, repair, assembly and testing requirements.
• Use SAP/ERP and APS outputs to develop, monitor and optimise production plans.
• Track actual output against schedules and address deviations.
• Lead cross-functional meetings to resolve delivery issues.
• Maintain accurate production and inventory data in digital systems.
• Monitor capacity and resource utilisation for optimal flow.
• Expedite subcontractor activity to meet internal requirements.
• Provide clear performance reports to managers.
• Analyse variances and drive improvements in processes and systems.

Skills

Production planning

SAP/ERP

APS planning

Multi-process management

Repair/assembly testing coordination

Analytical problem-solving

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Subcontractor management

Inventory optimization

Education

HNC/HND or equivalent in Engineering/Manufacturing

Tools

ERPs/SAP systems

Job description

Rullion are looking to recruit for the following position for one of our global leading Energy Clients within their SGT Business area. Material Resource Planning Controller/Digitial Scheduler ASAP Start 6 Months Rolling Contract Inside IR35 Rates :£22ph PAYE / Umbrella £29.74 Monday to Friday 37.5 hours per week Hybrid - 4 days office based Location : Lincoln, Rushton Works

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Production Planning & Control Specialist to take ownership of daily production planning, logistics control and performance across four highly integrated operational areas: New Parts. This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives in a complex manufacturing environment, where priorities can change quickly and effective decision-making directly influences customer delivery performance. You will use SAP/ERP and APS systems to translate production requirements into achievable plans, monitor actual performance against schedule, identify constraints and drive timely resolution of issues across multiple plants, work centres and external suppliers. With responsibility for production flows and consolidated inventory valued at £8m, you will play a critical role in maintaining data accuracy, optimising capacity and inventory, expediting subcontract activity and ensuring production remains on track.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage daily production planning and control across New Parts mainly.
• Coordinate multiple production routings, repair processes, assembly sequences and testing requirements.
• Use SAP/ERP and APS outputs to develop, monitor and optimise production plans.
• Track actual output against committed schedules and proactively address deviations.
• Drive cross-functional resolution of complex production issues involving people, equipment, materials, processes and capacity.
• Facilitate and lead timely action meetings to resolve issues affecting delivery, including escalation where required.
• Maintain accurate production, inventory and work-order data across relevant digital systems.
• Optimise individual cell inventory levels while protecting production continuity and minimising excess working capital.
• Monitor work-centre capacity and resource utilisation to support optimal production flow.
• Manage and expedite subcontractor activity, ensuring external capacity, quality and delivery commitments align with internal production requirements.
• Provide clear daily and weekly performance reporting to the Production Planning & Control Manager.
• Analyse production variances and recommend improvements to planning processes, system configuration and operational performance.
• Work closely with Cell Management, Logistics, Material Control, Engineering, Repair, Assembly, Testing, Purchasing, Shipping and Warehouse teams.
• Influence stakeholders at all levels to gain agreement on priorities and deliver against challenging production requirements.
• Identify opportunities to improve lean manufacturing, digital integration, planning accuracy and end-to-end value-stream performance.

What Success Looks Like

You will be successful in this role if you can consistently:

• Achieve >95% on-time performance across the relevant production areas.
• Maintain high accuracy of ERP/APS production and inventory data.
• Identify production risks early and coordinate effective corrective action.
• Improve utilisation of work-centre capacity and available resources.
• Maintain appropriate inventory levels while avoiding stock-outs and unnecessary working capital.
• Deliver strong subcontractor performance, with >95% delivery compliance as a key target.
• Provide clear, accurate and actionable production performance information.
• Build effective relationships across multiple functions, plants and operational teams.
• Turn complex data and competing priorities into clear production decisions.

About You

We are looking for someone with strong production planning, material scheduling, expediting and manufacturing control experience. You will be comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment where you need to balance multiple priorities, analyse complex problems and influence teams without necessarily having direct line-management responsibility.

Essential Experience & Skills

• Proven experience in production planning, production control, material scheduling or logistics control within a complex manufacturing environment.
• Advanced knowledge of SAP/ERP production order management.
• Strong experience using planning and scheduling systems, ideally including APS.
• Experience managing multiple production processes or operational areas simultaneously.
• Experience coordinating repair, assembly, testing or similarly complex manufacturing routings.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience leading or facilitating complex cross-functional meetings.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Experience managing subcontractors, suppliers or external manufacturing capacity.
• Understanding of inventory optimisation and working-capital management.
• Ability to work effectively under tight deadlines and respond quickly to changing priorities.

Desirable Experience

• Desirable Experience within aerospace, engineering, automotive or another highly regulated/complex manufacturing environment.
• Good communication skills
• Good At Multitasking
• Knowledge of current and legacy product ranges.
• Experience with lean manufacturing and continuous improvement.
• Experience improving digital manufacturing systems and data integration.
• HNC/HND or equivalent qualification in Engineering, Manufacturing, Business or a related discipline; degree desirable but experience is more essential than qualification.

Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to join a complex, highly integrated manufacturing operation where your decisions will have a direct impact on production performance, delivery, inventory and customer satisfaction. You will have the opportunity to work across multiple operational areas, influence teams across the wider business and become a key contributor to the ongoing development of our production planning and digital manufacturing capability. If you are an experienced production planning professional who enjoys solving complex problems, working with data and bringing people together to deliver results, we would like to hear from you.

PPE provided by client H&S on site and first day induction. Hazards associated with site such as trips slips and falls.

Rullion celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.