Production Control Manager in Cwmbran

At Safran Seats, we are unique within aerospace, as we interface with both the world's biggest airlines and airframers alike, with the largest seats portfolio of all seat suppliers. One day you could be liaising with one of the world's largest airframers, and the next, some of the biggest airline brands around the world! In the UK, Safran Seats specialises solely in the First Class and Business Class seating markets for wide body aircraft, with industrial and engineering teams in Cwmbran and Newport, Wales and Brackley, England.

The Production Control Manager is responsible for managing a team of Production Controllers assigned to a production area. They are accountable for the delivery of the MRP plan for the related work centres with a key focus on enabling all Operations activities with the aim of reducing the cost and timing of the supply chain, whilst improving productivity and guaranteeing increased reliability overall.

Key Duties

• Determine the appropriate planning methodology for all work centres in the assigned production areas including the respective planning horizons.
• Establish key work centre schedules (including identification of bottlenecks) in line with the MRP requirements with consideration of any known risks for the agreed scheduling horizon.
• Drive the creation and delivery of recovery plans jointly with Operations and Supply Chain stakeholders for any identified blockers or constraints.
• Routinely identify enablement risks to the schedule, and coordinate and expedite the flow of materials in cooperation with the Procurement and/or Internal Scheduling teams, and lead recovery and corrective planning actions where deviation to MPS or MRP exists.
• Ensure full raw material availability to the operation in line with the schedule, covering both short and long-term horizons.
• Facilitate and support daily/weekly reviews, e.g. Quick Response Quality Control (QRQC), Production Reviews.
• Review short and mid-term capacity utilisation, working with Operations leaders to establish plans to ensure sufficient capacity is available to process the load through each work centre.
• Measure and analyse performance using the defined MRP2 metrics and provide the required weekly/monthly reports.
• Establish effective performance measures that can be used to alert management on delivery issues and potential late deliveries.
• Analyse the root cause of metrics not at target level (OTIF, OTD, etc.) and work with the stakeholders to develop the necessary action/recovery plans.
• Manage inventory effectively by ensuring that Quarantine parts are actioned promptly within the team and reviewing optimisation potential.
• Ensure the accuracy of both master data and transactional data within the ERP or other site systems and coordinate regular review of all relevant planning parameters.

Qualifications & Experience

• Working knowledge of Production Planning / Production Control / Production Scheduling processes.
• Demonstrable experience of MRP.
• Ability to lead and develop a team through coaching and authentic leadership.
• Ability to build good working relationships across departments and with supplier & customer representatives.
• Understanding of Quality processes in Aviation / Aerospace.
• APICS / CPIM or equivalent.
• Ability to communicate across all levels.
• IT literacy in MS Office.
• Change Management Skills.
• Strong analytical skills and understanding of financial concepts combined with a continuous improvement mindset.

Benefits

• Industry leading pension scheme with salary sacrifice employer contributions up to 10%.
• Private medical cover (to include Digital GP and rapid access Physio with no excess) with ability to upgrade level of benefit and cover family members.
• Access to salary sacrifice benefits scheme including cycle to work and Octopus EV Scheme.
• 4 x Life Assurance.
• Interactive benefits platform including wide range of discretionary benefits including technology, retail benefits, income protection.
• Enhanced family friendly policies and benefits (enhanced maternity and paternity leave) and employee assistance programme.
• Annual share save schemes.
• Opportunities for career advancement and personal growth.
• Benefit from support through Safran University and our internal Training and Development Schools.

This role is subject to pre-employment checks, including but not limited to criminal record checks. While having unspent convictions may not necessarily prevent you from being employed, you are required to disclose any unspent convictions during the recruitment process. Only candidates who successfully pass these checks will be considered for employment.

We are committed to building a workforce that is reflective of the diverse community we serve. We want to attract the best applications from people of all backgrounds and underrepresented groups because we strongly believe in adding value through diversity and inclusion. Our employees enable us to deliver services that are accessible and inclusive. As part of our commitment with Disability Confident Employers, we may offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post. We strive to provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and employment. Let us know if you need support to showcase your talents or require any reasonable adjustments with your application.

Safran is an international high‑technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world‑or regional leadership positions in its core markets. Safran Seats is one of the world's leading manufacturers of aircraft seats, for both crew and passengers. 1 million Safran Seats‑manufactured aircraft seats are currently in service with air fleets around the world.