Production Planner

Kiverco Ltd.; Dungannon; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Kiverco Ltd. is seeking a Production Planner to coordinate production planning to meet delivery deadlines and fulfil customer orders. You will collaborate with sales, engineering, purchasing and installation to forecast resource needs, including labour and materials.

Reporting to the Production Manager, you will issue daily plans, prepare capacity reports and monitor progress to ensure on-time delivery, while working with sub-contractors and driving ERP data accuracy.

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Production Planner in a manufacturing environment.
• A good level of secondary education with a minimum of 5 GCSEs (or equivalent) including Maths & English.
• Excellent communication skills enabling collaboration with internal departments and external customers.
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and/or Microsoft Project.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, improve and take full ownership of production planning and scheduling within the business, in line with demand, material availability and production constraints.
• Issue daily production plans in line with business requirements, in conjunction with the Team Leaders.
• Produce reports detailing manufacturing and capacity requirements (short, medium & long-term planning).
• Host daily production meetings to communicate planning matters across fabrication, assembly, ECOs, loading, aftersales, engineering, maintenance, quality & health & safety.
• Present detailed information relating to forecasted plans and highlight trends or problem areas.
• Work with Purchasing Manager to review and maintain material supply in line with production requirements.
• Host weekly meetings with purchasing department to highlight live & upcoming plans, including shortages and changes to plans.
• Ensure all customer requirements are planned through planning tools to achieve on-time delivery and report on overdue orders; ensure documentation is communicated to installation team.
• Create, expedite, defer or cancel production schedules based on demand.
• Create capacity load profile reports and present to Directors to review capacity fulfillment.
• Assist the Installation Manager in planning project installs.
• Liaise with sub-contractors and agree schedules.
• Schedule in-house & external trainings for production staff.
• Host weekly production meetings with Team Leaders, Supply Chain, Engineering, Installation & Aftersales.
• Review/agree production targets with Team Leaders and load information into ERP.
• ERP Data loading/reviewing (setting job order and project dates, labour hours, etc).
• ERP allocation of material and booking of labour to complete jobs.
• Post project review reports from production & planning.
• Approval of weekly overtime for production staff & communication to payroll.
• Print & review job packs including Kit lists and highlight discrepancies.
• Control of ECOs in production to ensure timely update & closure, and communication to site.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Education

GCSEs including Maths & English

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Project

Job description

Reporting to the Production Manager, you will play a key role in planning production to ensure that delivery dates are achieved on time and in full. You will work closely with internal departments including sales, technical sales, engineering, purchasing and installation. You will be responsible for planning production, analysing information and providing reports to help the production team identify resource requirements, including labour and materials.

DUTIES/ RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain, improve and take full ownership of production planning and scheduling within the business, in line with demand, material availability and production constraints.
• Issue daily production plans in line with business requirements, in conjunction with the Team Leaders.
• Produce reports detailing manufacturing and capacity requirements (short, medium & long-term planning).
• Host daily production meetings to communicate any planning related matters, covering fabrication, assembly, ECO’s, loading, aftersales, engineering, maintenance, quality & health & safety.
• Present detailed information relating to forecasted plans, highlighting any trends or problem areas.
• Work with the Purchasing Manager, review and maintain material supply in line with production requirements.
• Host weekly meetings with purchasing department to highlight live & upcoming plans, including shortages, changes to plans etc.
• Ensure all customer requirements are efficiently and effectively planned through the appropriate planning tools, to achieve on-time delivery and to report on the status of any overdue orders. Ensure documentation is recorded and communicated to the installation team.
• To create, expedite, defer or cancel production schedules based on demand.
• Create capacity load profile reports and present to Directors to review & agree how to fulfil any dips in capacity.
• Assist the Installation Manager in planning project installs.
• Liaise with sub-contractors & agree schedules.
• Schedule required in-house & external trainings for production staff.
• Host weekly production meetings with Team Leaders, Supply Chain, Engineering, Installation & Aftersales.
• Review/agree production targets with Team Leaders and load information into ERP.
• ERP Data loading/reviewing (i.e. setting job order and project dates, labour hours etc).
• ERP allocation of material & booking of labour to complete jobs.
• Post project review reports from production & planning.
• Approval of weekly overtime for production staff & communicate to payroll.
• Print & review job packs (saw, weld, assembly, loading) including Kit lists and highlight discrepancies.
• Control of ECO's in production to ensure update & closure in a timely fashion, ensuring details are sent to site.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Essential

• Previous experience as a Production Planner within a manufacturing environment.
• A good level of secondary education with a minimum of 5 GCSE’s (or equivalent) to include Maths & English.
• Excellent communication skills which allow you to collaborate effectively with internal departments and external customers.
• An excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and/or Microsoft Project.

Desirable

• A proven background with MRP/ERP systems.