Production Planner

Crewe

11 months ago

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Job location: Crewe, Cheshire
Job title: Production Planner
Shift Pattern: Days (7.55am to 4.35pm and at 12.15pm finish on Fridays)
Hours per week: 37 hours
Pay Rate (per hour): £19.68 Paye or £25.00 Umbrella (£38,000 equivalent)
Duration: Ongoing contract
Start date: ASAP

Industries considered: Automotive, Rolling Stock, Aerospace, Manufacturing

Client Summary:
My client is a Rolling Stock leader in Manufacture, Service and Overhaul.

Position Summary:

The Production Planner creates, controls, and updates the Master Production Schedule, develops detailed production plans and material delivery schedules, create orders with all required base data in ERP, monitors production progress versus plan and provides data for overall short-, mid- and long-term site capacity planning.

The Production Planner ensures that MPS, detailed production plans and material planning are accurate, complete and available on time. also ensures that all order data in the ERP is accurate and up-to date, production progress is closely monitored, and issues are escalated and working hours and capacity data are correctly calculated as a basis for planning and improvement actions.
Has concern for clarity and accuracy, communication, negotiation and facilitation skills.

Required Skills:

3 Years or more planning experience
Understanding of engineering and manufacturing processes
Relevant experience with planning calculation tools
Excellent skills with Microsoft packages (Word, Excel and Outlook)
Excellent communication skills
SAP experience preferred

Contact Information
Email: (url removed)
Phone: (phone number removed)

PLEASE NOTE ALL APPLICANTS MUST BE ABLE TO PASS A DRUGS AND ALCOHOL TEST BEFORE BEING OFFERED A POSITION.
Please note due to the volume of applications, we can only commit to contact those candidates we deem suitable for the position. However, we may retain your details and contact you in the future should suitable positions arise.

Please note the above job specification could be subject to change as agreed with our client

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