Production Planner

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Full time
Location: Norwich
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Job offered by: TN United Kingdom
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Responsible for the scheduling of all manufacturing priorities, including but not limited to, Build, Test, Calibration, and Shipment priority in cooperation with Production Team Leaders. Communicates the overall Production plan/capabilities to supporting functions including Finance and Customer Service to ensure seamless business forecasting and customer expectation management. Prepares monthly PSI plan (Production, Sales & Inventory) for review and approval by the Operations Manager prior to submitting into Forecast. Maintains the “Line of Balance” charts for Operations, to ensure visibility of the production plan for the Materials team and awareness of potential shortages. Creates, maintains, and schedules open WIP (Work In Progress) Jobs in the Fluke ERP system (Oracle) to ensure correct reflection of customer demand. Uses the Daily Management process to monitor team performance, drive production priority, focus, and prioritize production support activities. Advises the Operations and Production Manager on gaps in customer demand and where PDBL (Past Due Backlog) and OTD (On Time Delivery) misses will be present to escalate key production issues. Responsible for the implementation of FBS (Fortive Business System) within the Scheduling function, such as implementing/maintaining Standard Work, following the PSI process, and a general understanding of relevant FBS Tools. Your Team

Your core team will be centered between you and the existing Master Scheduler, however, you would all frequently interact with 3 Production Team Leaders, the Production Manager, Buyer/Planners, and the Technician Supervisor. The team has a significant level of product and process expertise and are passionate about creating the best quality electrical, temperature and pressure calibration products in the world! Experience

Prior experience with complex production scheduling and communication is essential, as you will be the center of factory-to-customer communication. Previous experience may be in a role such as Production Planner, Production Team Leader, Production Manager, Manufacturing Supervisor, etc. Personal Skills

Prioritization skills. PC Literacy including Microsoft Office, preferably (but not essential) also Jira/Confluence & Oracle. Advanced Microsoft Excel knowledge desirable (Complex Formulas, Macros, VBA).

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