Redruth Closing Date: 2023-06-14 Ref: PILJM890809
* Exciting New Position *
Come and join The Senior Leadership Team at our Award Winning Site in Beautiful Cornwall
We are looking for an experienced Planning Manager to lead a team that creates optimised planning/scheduling of process materials, and organise production requirements efficiently in line with our customers needs.
People (Build Our Talent)
Encourages the contribution of others and takes their views into account
Builds and maintains good relationships with suppliers, customers and colleagues by adopting the most appropriate approach to deal with people and situations.
Persuades, convinces and influences others. Identifies the best tactics to suit specific situations in order to win support, gain co-operation or overcome and modify barriers
Operations
To provide interface between Operations and Commercial teams
To maintain accurate Promotion Calendars and forecasts
To provide forecast interpretation: production schedules, factory loading, MRP, inventory projections
To balance factory capacity and demand
To manage material ordering schedules and inventory control
To support and deliver New Product Development projects
To challenge operational performance
To facilitate delivery of Projects and Engineering shutdowns
To manage and develop teams through PDMs and coaching
To optimise production planning and scheduling
To establish a lean and agile Supply Chain through CI projects
To promote development of systems through use of SAP and Arolink
To promote collaborative planning with suppliers
To satisfy abnormal demand / supply associated with Bank Holidays and planned shutdowns at site and at suppliers
Skills & Knowledge
Experienced user of SAP & Arolink
Attendance and completion of Building Winning Teams programmes as required
Previous Planning & Scheduling experience (Essential)
Previous Capacity Planning experience (Essential)
Previous MRP, Purchasing or Stock Control experience (Desirable)
Project Management experience
Organisational ability
Supplier- and customer-facing experience
Strong influence and communication skills
We offer a quick response to all applications and feedback from interviews