Production Scheduler

Surface Transforms Plc; West Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Production Scheduler to enhance their planning department. In this dynamic role, you'll be responsible for managing production schedules, liaising with multiple teams to optimize efficiency, and integrating processes into SAP. Your expertise will contribute to improving customer service and ensuring timely delivery of products. Join a forward-thinking company that values innovation and collaboration, offering a supportive environment where your contributions will make a significant impact. If you're passionate about production planning and thrive in a fast-paced setting, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

25 Days Annual Leave + Bank holidays

Extra day Annual Leave for your birthday

Autonomous working environment

Confidential employee assistance helpline

Internal job transfer opportunities

Death in service scheme

Qualifications

• 5+ years in production planning/scheduling in a high complexity environment.
• Experience with SAP and MRP systems is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage procurement and stock levels of raw materials.
• Coordinate production schedules and improve customer service.

Skills

Production Planning

Scheduling

SAP

Analytical Skills

Problem-solving

Communication

Tools

MRP System

Excel

Job description

Who Are We

Surface Transforms are experts in the development and production of carbon-ceramic materials and the UK’s only manufacturer of carbon-ceramic brakes for automotive use.

Here at Surface Transforms, our mission is to ‘Innovate and develop a sustainable, world leading, high performance braking system to push performance boundaries to new levels. Investing in our people and processes to empower and enable profitable success.’

Our Values:

• Leadership - Decisive, united together, acknowledging our success
• Collaboration - Empowering and challenging our entire team
• Communication - Thorough, inclusive, agile considered decisions
• Ambition - Resilience through brave and bold thinking
• Excellence - Striving to continuously improve our high standards
• Trust - Autonomy to develop and deliver, knowing you are fully supported

We are looking for a Production Scheduler who will work within the planning department and be responsible for supporting the organisation’s production schedule, customer delivery and schedule performance according to fluctuating demand, trials, quality, service standards and integrating these into SAP. You will liaise with key stakeholders from multiple functions, including Operations, Engineering, Sales and Procurement to ensure that production is completed as efficiently as possible. You will backfill for the planning department in periods of holiday and absence and support furnace planning.

Key responsibilities as our Production Scheduler:

• Short, medium, and long-term planning
• Improving customer service (OTIF - On Time In Full)
• Material progression control
• Communicate execution of the plan

What you will be doing as our Production Scheduler:

• Effectively manage procurement and stock levels of raw materials
• Liaise daily with the Production Managers, Engineering and Supply Chain team on materials and machinery availability, treating these teams as your customer.
• Short-Term - To produce, communicate and measure daily production planning and scheduling plans. Advanced excel skills required in order to off-line plan as an interim measure while the planning function within SAP is being developed.
• Medium Term - Working on the longer-range planning process to include known requirements for customers, production, R&D etc. Integral part of SAP development and full MRP/ERP system integration.
• Long Term - Acting as an integral part of the S&OP (Sales and Operating Planning) team agreeing a plan for the outer years.
• Coordinate weekly national and international shipments, ensuring compliance with customs regulations.
• To analyse and review lead times to reflect actual manufacturing processes with opportunities to reduce cycle times.
• To ensure data accuracy is maintained through regular housekeeping of data. Measuring planning performance accuracy. Accurate OEE% assumptions/data is key.
• To produce department KPI’s where applicable.
• To support and undertake associated projects with the relevant stakeholders - stock, planning and production, master data actions etc.
• To work closely with the procurement team carrying out forecasting and inventory analysis for future purchasing decisions.
• To contribute to CI initiatives to enhance throughput, product and service levels to our customer.
• To determine and implement appropriate planning processes within the business.
• Improve significantly the customer’s experience with product delivery requirements
• Actively support and work on the integration of the planning systems into SAP. An integral part of the team to further develop into a true MRP/ERP system.
• Actively on the shopfloor to engage with the wider operations team and to validate the production status. WIP validation for instance.

The Skills, Knowledge and Experience you will need as our Production Scheduler:

• Knowledge and experience in production and manufacturing processes and techniques ideally gained in the Automotive industry.
• At least 5 years or more previous production planning / scheduling experience gained within a low/medium volume, high complexity manufacturing environment, along with proven success in improving processes.
• Experience using SAP
• Knowledge and use of MRP system

You’ll have these personal attributes:

• Attention to detail
• Analytical
• Critical thinking
• Problem-solving
• Communication

What we’ll give you in return:

• Attractive salary
• 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank holidays
• Extra day Annual Leave for your birthday
• An autonomous working environment
• A confidential employee assistance helpline covering physical and emotional support
• Jobs are promoted internally providing job transfer opportunities
• Death in service scheme

Salary: £40,000

Hours: Monday - Thursday 8am - 5pm, Friday 8am - 2.30pm