Wolverhampton
Pay Rate Per Hour £26 - £29
Contract - Outside IR35

E-ppl are currently seeking am EDU Build Planner to support our customer based in Wolverhampton. This is an exciting opportunity to to contribute to the development and delivery of business processes for the EDU build planning operations, resource and capacity planning for all programmes. You'll also help in identifying and delivering continuous improvement projects on all EDU builds.

The Build Planner role is a varied on a day-to-day basis and best suits an individual capable of managing several tasks simultaneously. In this role, you'll establish and maintain key cross-functional relationships within the business due to the varied functions in which we collaborate.

Key Responsibilities:

* This position requires work onsite, with 1 day working from home per week once trained.

* Responsible for creating and maintaining the schedule of EDU builds across various programmes.

* Responsible for creating and maintaining the build readiness tracker to reflect the status of the upcoming kits.

* Support in the creation, review and continuous improvement of key performance indicators to ensure alignment with departmental goals and strategic objectives

* Represent the department in regular cross-functional and strategic meetings, providing updates, insights and feedback as required

* Record rework activities for parts that require additional internal processes to be able to allocate kits.

* Collaborate with various stakeholders such as Build Operations, Programme, Stores, PPL, Supply Chain ensuring that service and process objectives are delivered efficiently.

* Investigating part shortages for the short term planned allocations.

* Creating and managing kit matrix for each build and updating on Wrike.

* Systems investigations into overall parts queries and shortages (GPIRS) and highlight risks to build operations through escalation procedure.

* Support reasonable requests from the area management or lead levels.

Requirements

* Competent IT skills to support data analysis and produce reports, intermediate/advanced skills in Microsoft Excel (VBA and Power Query if possible), Tableau or Power BI, Wrike or Microsoft Project.

* Understanding of parts tracking via GPIRS / SAP (awareness) or similar system to control Bill of Materials.

* Proficient communication and organisation skills to work with multiple simultaneous tasks and driving license for occasional travel between Whitley & Lyons Park.

* Desirable Skills:

* Experience in a planning and parts environment.

* Experience in stakeholder management.

* Proficient in problem solving.

* Data driven profile, with experience with excel reports, crossing data from multiple sources using formulas, pivot tables and charts.

* Intermediate to Advanced Skills on excel (VBA, Power Query, Custom Functions and other)

* Business Intelligence Knowledge, capable to produce dashboards from scratch and work in the maintenance (Power BI, Tableau or any other similar tool)

* Project Planning software skills, like Microsoft Project, Oracle P6, Wrike or similar tool.

Benefits

* Free onsite parking

* £26- £29 per hour

* Outside IR35

We are a Forces friendly employer, and welcome applications from the Armed Forces community.

E-ppl Limited is an equal opportunities organisation. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all