Production Planner

Tate UK; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Tate UK is seeking a Production Planner to provide an efficient planning and scheduling service supporting manufacturing operations, customer delivery and business goals. You will develop a rolling 12-week plan, translating demand into a feasible schedule and working with Procurement, Inventory and Customer Service.

You will use SAP as the core planning system, improve data accuracy and drive on-time delivery by coordinating with cross-functional teams and ensuring material availability and

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Production Planning & Scheduling.
• Strong SAP, Excel, MS Office, and reporting skills.
• Ability to interpret data quickly for accurate decisions.
• Comfortable working with cross-functional teams.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a rolling 12-week production plan translating demand to schedule.
• Create schedules considering capacity, material availability and inventory.
• Identify constraints and escalate risks to customer service.
• Use SAP to manage planning, materials management and order visibility.
• Lead weekly production planning meetings with Operations stakeholders.
• Communicate production priorities and changes clearly to stakeholders.
• Support recovery actions when the plan is at risk.
• Monitor schedule adherence and stock availability.

Skills

SAP

Excel

MS Office

Reporting

Data analysis

Cross-functional

Communication

Time management

Organizational

Tools

SAP

Excel

MS Office

Job description

At Tate we are passionate about everything we do. As a member of Kingspan Group, a global plc group of companies, Tate is recognised worldwide as an industry leader in the development and manufacture of data centre infrastructure solutions and commercial office raised access floors, for over 120 years. With revenues of over $420m and growing, Tate play a pivotal role in offering expertise in cutting edge design engineering in order to craft solutions, by working collaboratively with clients as a trusted partner.

Our business continues to grow and expand, operating multiple manufacturing and commercial sites across the US, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. We are excited about our fresh, dynamic, and inclusive team of experts working on new innovations and forward-thinking designs, as we remain a market leading player within our industry. We continue to invest heavily in the best available manufacturing tools and equipment needed to adhere to Kingspan’s world class standards and in keeping with our Planet Passionate sustainability strategy, our focus is on having minimal climate impact.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace and are an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds.

About the role

The Production Planner is responsible for providing an efficient, accurate, proactive production planning and scheduling service that supports manufacturing operations, customer delivery requirements and business objectives.

The role will develop, maintain and communicate a rolling 12-week production plan. This must translate into customer orders, forecast demand, available capacity, material availability and inventory, into an achievable manufacturing schedule.

Working closely with Production, Procurement, Inventory/Warehouse, Customer Service, the Production Planner will ensure that manufacturing priorities are clearly understood and that potential constraints or risks to customer service are identified and escalated at the earliest opportunity.

A key element of the role will be the effective use of SAP as the developing planning and operational system. A proficient SAP user would therefore be highly desirable, with the successful candidate expected to develop the role towards greater SAP utilisation, improved system discipline, data accuracy and more effective production planning.

What will you be doing?

Reporting to the M, P & L Manager, whilst working with the wider functions, the Production Planner will develop and maintain a rolling 12-week production schedule in line with customer demand & forecasted sales.

Key objectives in your role as Production Planner include:

• Use SAP to support production planning, scheduling, materials management and order visibility.
• Review customer demand, production requirements, inventory and material availability through SAP.
• Use SAP information to support decision-making around production priorities and potential constraints.
• Develop increasingly robust SAP-based planning processes and reporting.
• Work closely with Procurement to confirm that materials are available in accordance with production requirements and expected supplier deliveries.
• Identify shortages, late deliveries and other potential material constraints before they impact production.
• Identify differences between available capacity and required production output.
• Support the business in achieving strong On-Time-In-Full (OTIF) customer delivery performance.
• Work with Production and supporting functions to establish recovery actions where the plan is at risk.
• Proactively communicate risks to customer service and relevant stakeholders.
• Assist in identifying excess, obsolete or slow-moving inventory where this relates to changes in production requirements.
• Reporting & Performance management including – schedule adherence, plan-attainment, stock availability, order recovery, forecast vs actual.
• Chair and drive a structured weekly production planning meeting with key Operations stakeholders.
• Clearly communicate production priorities and changes to the agreed plan.
• Act as a central point of coordination for the agreed manufacturing plan.

Compliance:

• Adhere to the Company’s compliance obligations, policies, processes, and procedures.
• Report compliance concerns, issues, and failures.

Participate in training as required.

• Must have proven experience in Production Planning & Scheduling.
• Strong SAP, Excel, MS Office, and reporting skills.
• An ability to manage and interpret data quickly to ensure accuracy.
• Result orientated individual who is comfortable dealing with cross-functional teams.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work with internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills, with the ability to set objectives and prioritise workloads.