Plant Planner / Scheduler in Sandbach

The role of Plant Planner / Scheduler is to develop and maintain a finished goods supply plan for multiple affiliates in the UK & EU Region through working collaboratively with customer service, demand planning, and the manufacturing team.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Production Planning

• Manages the Daily Production Plan / short term plan to the plant and is the primary contact for any issues relating to it.
• Manages the short-term & long-term element of the production schedule in terms of creating process orders, smoothing and sequencing them to make best use of available capacity and minimise down time.
• Effective communication of Production plan to the production facility and monitor its performance against these plans.
• Ensures that capacity and material feasibility are checked for the Daily Production Schedule and highlights in a timely manner any capacity or Material constraints that will prevent us meeting business needs.
• Communicates any customer/shipment orders that cannot be accommodated in the schedule.
• Attend routine Site Meetings.

• Calculate the raw material requirements to meet production demands from forecast/SNP.
• Review supply requirements from the monthly SNP output in line with current capacity and throughput assumptions and highlight any areas of risk.
• Manage the Purchase Plan as it relates to supply of product to be given to procurement for creation of Purchase requisitions.
• Track manufacturing schedule adherence with appropriate escalation as required.
• Input data sheet with Planned verses Actuals.
• Reschedule production if there is a problem with raw material.
• Aiming for 3 month rolling planning schedule and long term 15 months plan as per SNP demand.
• Request for SKU amendments on master data queries.

• Identify and manage items at risk of becoming aged or excess and implement plans to ensure there is always zero write off / expiry of product.
• Conduct current and future inventory analysis.

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:

• Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in chemistry or equivalent.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in Planning role.
• Experience of working with ERP tool such as SAP.

UPL offers a dynamic and pleasant work environment, with lots of variation in your day-to-day activities. Besides a good salary you will observe excellent secondary benefits. You have the freedom to re-define the framework of your job description as you prove your value to the organization as you go.

Diversity & Inclusion at UPL: UPL is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.