Operations Planner

Front Door Defense; St Asaph; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A position for an Operations Planner is available in St Asaph, United Kingdom. The successful applicant will create efficient manufacturing plans, monitoring progress and utilizing capacity data to meet production schedules. Candidates should have operations planning experience, a good level of general education, and be proficient in Microsoft Office tools. This role requires excellent interpersonal skills to effectively liaise across all levels of the organization.

Qualifications

• Must have a good level of general education.
• PC literate with full knowledge of Microsoft Office suite.
• Demonstrate a positive outlook and a 'can do' attitude.

Responsibilities

• Provide accurate and efficient manufacturing plans to meet output requirements.
• Utilise capacity data to plan jobs and create work schedules.
• Monitor progress to agreed plans and maintain internal 'Works Orders'.
• Evaluate condition of issued work in progress through audit and review.

Skills

Operations Planning or similar experience

Ability to work under pressure

Excellent interpersonal skills

Education

At least Grade 'C' or above at GCSE level or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Operations Planner

Location: St Asaph, Wales, United Kingdom

Job Outline

To provide accurate and efficient manufacturing plans, to achieve agreed output requirements, accounting for current status, opportunities and limitations of contributing resources. To regularly update to reflect ever changing requirements and conditions.

Main Duties

• Understand the general principles of capacity planning and make basic interpretations of the capacity graphs. Understand and action requirements and findings from capacity reviews.
• Utilise capacity data to plan within a finite timescale, prioritise jobs and create work schedules to achieve the master schedule requirements and which optimise manufacturing efficiency and costs. Monitor key manufacturing processes for capacity and demand, identify constraints and provide analysis.
• Lead capacity reviews; edit, create and amend all work centre data and understand the impacts of any changes. Highlight issues and understand basic principles behind available capacity calculations.
• Monitor progress to agreed plans through both meeting forums and direct liaison, and determine any suitable corrections to achieve the Master Production Schedule. Control and maintain internal 'Works Orders' (including re‑scheduling where required) to achieve the requirements of the MPS, with objective of achievable dates and performance to planned leadtime.
• Evaluate through audit and formal review, condition of issued work in progress – slow moving, accuracy of feedback reporting (operations and quantities), resolution of transactional queries.
• To derive and provide standard and bespoke status reports in suitable formats based on AX data, as required.

Personal Specification

Applicants should be able to demonstrate a good level of general education, (at least Grade 'C' or above at GCSE level or equivalent) and be PC literate with a full working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel and Outlook. In addition to a positive outlook and a 'can do' attitude, the following attributes are also required:

• Operations Planning or similar experience
• Ability to work under pressure
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate at all levels of the organisation