Production Controller

Portsmouth
3 weeks ago
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JOB SUMMARY
Responsible for Managing the Project Manufacturing Plans within SAP & Primavera P6 for AIT Project's maintaining accurate SAP Master Data: including lead-times attrition Make/buy & Bill of Materials.
Work breakdown structure, forecast & Capacity management for direct materials.
Management of the planning data required by the Business Systems (P6 - SAP - IPS/DDMS)
Ensure that Production Control is focused on the correct priorities & strategies and are working to clearly identify routines and deadlines to meet business & project requirements.
Play a major role in Production support work stream improvements with the identification and facilitation of interdepartmental cost saving initiatives, concentrating on the full supply chain process including business systems & tools.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Maintain Project visibility, communication and reporting while attending weekly Project meetings as required
Accountability for the Projects "forward & Backward" Pass across projects wrt component order (lead-time) and BOM maturity vs. the Project Schedule
Track Un-planned work against Production Control Work Packages supported by AIT Project Management

Generate Project Production Go Meeting & shortage reports, add input and attend the weekly meetings as a process stakeholder
Ensure Company and departmental standards and procedures are followed
Production Control support to projects, hands on (as required in line with production control Activities Defined Below):

Overall understanding of P6 management, in order to generate and maintain a structured Production Plan that drives the overall material Requirements Plan for AIT Projects
Ability to produce both summary and detailed plans (as required) demonstrating progress for management reporting

Ensure topicality of the customer order within SAP is maintained in line with current P6 schedule across AIT Projects
Ensure that Company manufactured parts are released to the relevant Manufacturing facility in time to meet the planned delivery dates
Input and maintain planning data required by the Business System.
Authorize MRP requisitions up to a value of £50k
Monitor and align the Material Requirement Plan to the overall Production Plan (Kit release dates)
Make allocation decisions when competing needs for material (Project A v Project B)

JOB/TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE
Demonstrated working Knowledge of MRP
Demonstrated Knowledge Scheduling
Required Qualification level Planning/Scheduling Qualification
Experience Requirement 3 Yrs Previous experience using an MRP/ERP system
3 yrs Previous experience using SAP
2 Yrs Previous experience in Planning & schedule management
Demonstrated ability to deliver results against schedule milestones to a high level of quality
Working environment/industry Previous experience demonstrated in a high pressure results driven environment in any one of the following industries:
Aerospace / Defense / Communications / Manufacturing / Production/IT

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS
Critical Path analysis and schedule control
Planning, organisation and prioritisation
Workload management
Clear & concise communication at all levels
Customer relationship management
Problem solving
Team Player
Detailed knowledge of SAP

DESIRABLE REQUIREMENTS
Knowledge of P6
Previous background in telecommunications space industry
Previous experience / background in (Supply Chain Inventory, Bill Of Materials, Warehouse management)
Understanding of Kanban
Understanding of Business Systems
Previous experience in Scheduling/Planning
Security clearance to SC level

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