Production Controller

Derby

9 months ago

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Working hours - Monday to Thursday 7.30am to 4pm, Friday 7.30am to 12.30pm

Benefits: Holidays, Pension, Life Assurance, Free Parking, Overtime

Purpose of role and key accountabilities:
To manage all production planning & MRP control activities for Gardner Aerospace Derby site. To identify and implement best practice PPC principles in order to ensure significantly improved and sustainable production control performance.
• To produce a production plan that maximises our labour and equipment resource
• To produce a production plan that is cogniscient of our sales plan
• Liaise closely with the commercial manager regarding customer order intake
• Challenge internal lead times, cycle times and operational efficiencies
• Develop relationships with internal customers within the business in order to continually improve the quality of service provided by the department
• To resolve any issues that may arise regarding the supply and execution of the production plan
• To monitor the operations adherence to the work-to-lists
• Launch production batch cards to the shop floor on-time and in full
• To measure and produce capacity plans, work-to-lists, performance matrices
• To ensure the data integrity of Paragon is of the highest quality
• Working to ISO 50001/14001/ 45001/9001 standards
• As part of your role you will be asked to support the Energy team and consider energy reduction and savings within the scope of your role leading to continuous improvement.

Core skills/attributes needed:
• Must have the ability to be process orientated.
• Analytical bias, with root cause resolution
• Thorough, methodical with good problem solving skills.
• Provider of accurate and timely information.
• Must be an effective communicator, influencer and decision maker.
• Must be able to build long-term relationships with internal stakeholders.
• Must be able to negotiate effectively with internal customers.
• Must have commercial acumen and possess the willingness to learn new skills

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