Production Planning Manager

JOB- Production Planning Manager
LOCATION- Middlesex
TERM- Permanent
SALARY- £60,000 – £65,000 dependent on experience

We are looking for a Production Planning Manager on a permanent based in the Middlesex area and will be responsible for the development of business processes in production and planning to facilitate better customer service, improve efficiency, reduce inventory and cost.

The Production Planning Manager will ideally have the following attributes:

• 3+ years experience of Production planning in fast paced environment
• Technical education or education in production planning and control
• Demonstrated proficiency of ERP/MRP systems
• Advanced excel knowledge
• Energetic, enthusiastic and commitment
• Ability to influence others
• Working understanding of \”Lean\” production methodologies

The Production Planning Manager role will involve:

• Develops, maintain and communicate the production plan to achieve and exceed on time delivery targets.
• To manage the planning team. Oversee the coordination between Sales, Production and Planning teams to ensure an effective overall plan is maintained. Ensuring that raw materials are received in line with schedule, production is planned to run in an efficient way and goods are despatched on time and in full.
• Identifies any upcoming capacity issues and work closely with the relevant members of the team to offer solutions to these issues
• Promote an ethos of success and teamwork within the factory to ensure cooperation and successful collaboration between sales, planning and operations teams
• Drives customer focus throughout the business, communicates customer requests and expedites works orders when required.
• Measure and monitor OTIF. Drive improvement, targeting >95%
• Ensure that all team members are aware of team and personal targets and goals and are provided with regular feedback
• Reviewing mid to long term forecast stability
• Supports continuous improvements on the line, developing and building onexisting processes to improve production flow, on-time starts and inventory accuracy.

If you are interested in this position, please apply with an up to date CV as soon as possible, along with your availability and your salary expectation.