Production Fulfilment Planner

SEA Ltd; Barnstaple; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions firm based in Barnstaple is seeking a Production Fulfilment Planner. This role involves developing production schedules, ensuring on-time delivery, and collaborating with multiple teams. The ideal candidate should have experience in material and production planning and strong communication skills. The position offers up to £36k, a hybrid work model, and a range of additional benefits.

Benefits

Hybrid working arrangements

25 days’ annual leave plus buy and sell options

Private medical health insurance

Group Pension Plan up to 7% employer contribution

Employee Discounts portal

Qualifications

• Experienced in material and production planning, comfortable using various tools and processes.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Must be a team player who can work autonomously and methodically.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain production schedules that maximize capacity utilization.
• Monitor MRP action lists to ensure accuracy to plan.
• Responsible for setting lead times for products in liaison with Production.

Skills

Material and production planning

Use of ERP in a manufacturing environment

Understanding of product lifecycles

Interpersonal and communication skills

Team player who can work autonomously

Attention to detail

Education

Engineering background NVQ3, ONC or equivalent

Job description

About The Role

Engineered to Protect, that’s our promise, we protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world. Liaising with IBP Operations Planning, Production, Supply Chain and stakeholders to generate an agreed near-term production plan which maximises capacity utilisation and labour effectiveness, supporting time phased work order generation.

Production Fulfilment Planner will be based at our Barnstaple site. This role does require being onsite 5 days a week.

The salary for this role is up to £36k, depending on experience.

What you’ll be doing

• Work with peers to develop and maintain production schedules which deliver On-time, On-cost, On-Quality and maximise capacity utilization, maintaining the Master Production Schedule a circa <=6 month horizon
• Monitor MRP action lists to ensure accuracy to plan
• Responsible for setting lead times for the product portfolio in liaison with Production
• Maintain inventory parameters within AccSC (eg ROP, Batch Size, Safety Stock, etc) as appropriate to balance inventory with OTOCOQ
• Work with Production to identify bottlenecks early and adjust schedules accordingly to overcome constraints, optimising work centres and routings
• Prepare route sheets and works orders, including multi-operation sub-contract processing on some items; with route sheets detailing manufacturing operations and highlighting any special requirements.
• Maintain visual management of performance against schedule and KPIs
• Liaise with stakeholders on engineering change requests, review and communicate the impact on schedules and maintain effectivity dates in AccSC, Providing progress/status updates to Delivery PMs as required

About our company

At SEA, we develop and deliver advanced solutions to make our world safer, cleaner and more efficient.

We provide state-of-the-art applications for naval ship and fleet protection, and undersea surveillance systems. In-service across the globe, our systems deliver a rapid response to threats and system effectiveness and interoperation. Our systems support an ever-growing number of navies across the world, and we continue to bolster our already specialist, on-the-ground knowledge of key overseas markets.

What we offer

At our core, we encourage innovation, flexibility and out-of-the-box thinking to solve problems, so we’re always looking for talented, flexible, and creative people to bring their best to SEA. In return we offer generous rewards, a fantastic work/life balance, and excellent career and training opportunities for everyone who joins. Have a look at the benefits we offer:

Work life balance

• Hybrid/flexible working arrangements
• 25 days’ annual leave, plus buy and sell
• Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual
• Half day Fridays
• Reservists in the Armed Forces receive special paid leave

Family & wellbeing

• Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program
• All Staff Bonus
• Group Pension Plan of up to 7% employer contribution
• Cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing Centre
• Sports & Social activities
• Employee Discounts portal - online and in-store discounts, travel savings
• Canada Life GP and financial advice
• Life assurance policy
• Publication and recruitment bonus rewards
• Development opportunities, including LinkedIn learning

Facilities & resources

• Electric vehicle charging points at all sites
• Private seated lunch areas
• Onsite bistro (Barnstaple office) and free hot and cold beverages
• Onsite showers and toiletries provision
• Free onsite parking

The skills you need

• Experienced in material and production planning, comfortable using various tools and processes
• Experience of ERP in a manufacturing environment
• Understanding / experience of product lifecycles
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• A team player who can work autonomously, methodical and accurate with attention to detail and still hit deadlines
• Engineering background NVQ3, ONC or equivalent is desirable

Join us and be part of something smaller - with 500 people in the UK and Canada - doing something bigger: protecting what matters.

If you’d like to know more, please give Kelly Thomas from our Talent Acquisition Team a call on 03330 414300. Or reach out to us on [e-mail]