Production Planner

Job Type: Full Time

Location: Norwich

Salary: Competitive

The Role

The Production Planner coordinates the flow of work and materials within and between departments within Mirus Aircraft Seats. It will be their responsibility to ensure production schedules are produced that align with CRP and MRP requirements and are achieved within Mirus production and manufacturing, ensuring we meet customer demand deadlines that best utilise Mirus resource. They will be a leading member in ensuring optimal communication between relevant departments to provide visibility for the status of production schedules.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring daily production requirements and KPI’s are achieved and meet customer expectations.
• Create production schedules that are optimised according to CRP and MRP requirements and are continually maintained and reviewed with stakeholder functions.
• Review Capacity availability and restraints on a continuous basis with production and determine where resource is required.
• Data analysis of shop floor activity to advise material/inventory forecasting and purchasing supply levels for finished goods demand in conjunction with sales orders and forecasts.
• Analyse and prepare documents needed for the support of production.
• Maintain planning parameters in the ERP system to optimise production/manufacturing processes and inventory levels.
• Ensure the correct materials are allocated respective of their lot/batch codes.
• Monitor the release of new item/BOM data released from Engineering to ensure their timely entry, update and BOM configuration into the ERP system.

Skills and Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in a Production Planning role within a manufacturing environment
• Experience of ERP systems, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central would be advantageous
• Able to learn and have the ability to analyse existing, design and shape new systems/processes.
• Results driven, able to prioritise and ability to meet strict deadlines.

Benefits

• Pension - up to 8% contribution (4% Employee/ 4% Employer)
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• An additional day off on or around your birthday
• Christmas shut down
• Refer a friend scheme
• Long Service Award
• Agile working - flexibility around start and finish times in line with our policy
• Early finish on a Friday
• Training and development - Support, coaching and guidance from a team of industry leading renowned specialists
• Generous Family Friendly Benefits
• Company Sick Pay Scheme
• SimplyHealth - helps cover every day healthcare costs such as eye tests and dental check ups, as well as providing mental health support and access to GP services
• Social events throughout the year
• Free on-site parking

To Apply

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