MRP Planner

Thales; Crawley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Thales is seeking an MRP Planner to join their Industrial planning team in Crawley. The successful candidate will coordinate production and manage orders, ensuring planning standards are met effectively. This role offers flexibility and a range of responsibilities, including representing manufacturing on various projects and understanding load and capacity.

Benefits

Pension Scheme

28 days annual leave (Plus Bank Holidays)

Life Cover

Employee Assistance Program

Employee discounts on major brands

Development-focused targets

Qualifications

• Experience in a manufacturing environment is required.
• A high level of understanding of MRP principles needed.
• Professional qualifications desirable or relevant job experience.

Responsibilities

• Organizing production and coordinating orders and manufacturing.
• Managing and coordinating the program manufacturing activities.
• Overseeing supply and demand using MRP tools.

Skills

Communication

Attention to detail

Initiative

Education

General education

Professional qualifications

Tools

MRP/PDM system

Oracle Workbench

Job description

Location: Crawley, United Kingdom

In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible. Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

MRP Planner

Location - Crawley

Do you have an interest in Purchasing and Planning ? Would you like a role where you influence and network with different departments? Are you passionate about UK manufacturing and have a desire to be proactive within this field? Got your interest, then look no further…

We are looking for a MRP Planner in our Industrial planning team where you will be in charge of organizing production and coordinating orders and manufacturing. You will be responsible for setting planning standards and overseeing plan performance.

Our opportunity:

• To act as the Manufacturing Representative and is asked provide support to others in the Production Control department, in supporting the Internal & External customer needs.
• To manage and coordinate the programme manufacturing activities (Repairs or New Build) and ensure that milestones are achieved on schedule and within budget to the customer’s satisfaction.
• To understand load and capacity

What the role has to offer

• Representing Manufacturing for either a nominated programmes or group of programmes for New build products
• Act as a focal point for issues related to manufacturing on these nominated projects.
• Report as required on financial performance against agreed work packages.
• Represent Manufacturing as required in engineering forums and Programme reviews.
• Sign off required change requests and change notes. Contributing towards point of embodiment (POE) and cost decisions.
• Disseminate required information to other manufacturing Disciplines to enable them to perform their roles.
• Enter Demands onto the MRP system ensuring that load and capacity issues are understood and managed through Oracle Workbench.
• Action and monitor the recommendations of the MRP tool. Release purchased and manufactured items to the appropriate area of the business.
• Maintain the MRP output, monitoring supply and demand across the domain, using Oracle Workbench.
• Oversee or Produce final deliverable build record for each New Build delivery.
• Play a leading role to Co-ordinate in conjunction with the manufacturing and planning manager in meeting deliveries in line with agreed quality, cost and delivery dates.
• Identify, evaluate and implement opportunities for improvement
• Ensure the regular progress of items either manufactured or purchased to ensure delivery schedules are achieved.
• Contribute to the generation of cost estimates for new build products.
• Assist Planning manager in defining training needs of the department.
• Contribute towards load and capacity planning, ensuring issues are highlighted in advance.

About You

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate at all levels both verbally and written.
• PC literate with a good understanding of office tools
• Attention to detail and ability to ensure all work is carried out accurately and conscientiously.
• Open minded and receptive to change.
• Shows Initiative.
• Ability to work independently and manage a team time effectively.
• Experience in working in a manufacturing environment
• A high level of understanding of MRP/PDM system principles.
• A high level of understanding in Purchasing and Planning techniques in a manufacturing environment
• A good standard of general education is required.
• Professional qualifications are desired or appropriate on the job experience.

What We Can Offer

We’re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market-leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you’ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.

Flexibility

Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

Benefits at Thales

Alongside a competitive base salary, we offer a benefits package, which includes;

• Working days Mon-Thu
• Pension Scheme
• 28 days annual leave (Plus Bank Holidays)
• Life Cover
• Progression and Development Opportunities
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app
• Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
• Development focused targets and relocation support can be provided if required along with a variety of learning, development and career enhancement opportunities.

Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.

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At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

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