Operations Planner - 6 month Fixed Term Contract

Responsible and accountable for part delivery from design release to OTIF component delivery, the role of the Operations Planner manages a portfolio of works orders, ensuring BOM dependencies and tooling requirements are fulfilled.

Main Duties

• Scheduling, generating and managing accurate works orders (from pre-templated routing created by the methods engineers) through the factory in line with daily capacity to aid make versus buy decisions and maintain accurate delivery dates.
• Knowledge and insight on anticipated component and assembly lead times, working closely with key stakeholders to provide information back to planning teams.
• Accountable for parts being moved efficiently through the production and any NCR’s are resolved in a timely manner.
• Liaise and coordinate regularly with other departments and team members to ensure priorities are transparent and provide feedback on upcoming demands, ‘what-if’ scenario modelling to manage capacity issues.
• Responsible for ensuring all sub-components required to execute top level BOM works orders are available for the manufacturing lines to execute work.
• Own promise dates and delivery dates commitment to the Programme and clearly communicate with various levels of internal customers and stakeholders when corrections or push backs are raised.
• Work closely with the Production Schedulers to ensure that work lists are generated for the departments based on accurate priorities and delivery dates.
• Work with the Procurement team to expedite delivery of required works orders (in line with the schedule).
• Work with Programme Managers and high-level quantities document to ensure work orders are raised to meet the required part quantities for the relevant target events.
• Aid with the raising of repair works orders during the triage of Class 5 parts.

Key Accountabilities

• Fulfil all organisational expectations, including but not limited to the following:
• Understand and work in line with Williams Values & Behaviours, encouraging others to do the same.
• Ensure understanding of and compliance with health and safety obligations.
• Maintain personal high standards of behaviour and conduct, being a positive ambassador for the department.
• Ensure you adhere to brand rules and maintain high standards of department presentation.
• Work to quality standards and identify and contribute ways to continuously improve department and personal performance.
• Ensure understanding of cost cap rules and requirements.

Core Competencies

• Attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple complex assembly portfolios
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to coordinate with multiple different stakeholders
• Willing and flexible with a can-do attitude

This job description is not exhaustive, and the job holder will be required to carry out from time-to-time tasks in addition to the above that will be both reasonable and within their capabilities.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in production control and scheduling.
• Background in engineering is desired.
• Understanding of modern Composite and metallic production techniques is desired.
• Ideally experienced in Motorsport either professionally or as a hobby.
• Degree level qualification in Production management is preferable.
• Knowledge of CI principles.

Williams Racing is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. We are happy to discuss reasonable job adjustments.