Production Planner

Production Planner
Cambridge
Full time permanent - onsite
Located in rural Cambridgeshire, Europe’s largest independent Aerospace Company are seeking to appoint a new Production Planner to bolster their team at their airport in Cambridge.
As a Production Planner, together with a small team, you will create and implement a best practice capacity planning vision, strategy, policies, processes and procedures in line with ERP/MRP systems to aid and improve operational performance.
Responsibilities:
Working Monday to Friday you will manage the day to day activities on the ERP / MRP system (IFS) supporting the production planning process and operations. Responsible for initial loading of projects after design release, setting up the Master Part information, making amendments and supporting spares. To release projects to planning, purchasing and the shop floor in a timely manner. To roll-up all project costs at the end of the project, ensuring all parts are issued to the project.
Tasks:

• Working closely with the Production scheduler you will be responsible for the capacity planning, developing these services in the organisation, ensuring efficiency and utilisation of available plant hours is incorporated in planned maintenance cycles
  
• Responsible for material demand planning and stock control, loading projects and product support demand on the MRP system to customer requirements.
  
• Responsible for ensuring that capacity planning is fully integrated within the ERP/MRP systems, ensuring delivery against operational requirements and which optimise manufacturing efficiency and costs
  
• Managing the control of Data within IFS, identifying trends, actioning MRP Messages to ensure the system is up to date and accurate and handling any stock related queries from all personnel.
  
• Refine systems, methods and process to continually improve plans allowing the organisation to better anticipate customer needs, maximising planning input into bids.
  
• Timely closure of projects ensuring all parts are issued to the project, allowing rolled up costs to be visible to project managers and finance.
  
• Manage deviations from the plan that have financial impact
  
• Master Part set up, transferring parts from the Design software (PLM Windchill) to IFS, ensuring all key fields are accurate
  
• Ensure all shop orders are linked to the appropriate parent order to allow true costs to be shown to the project and for future work
  
• Ensure all amendments are processed through the MRP system in a timely manner ensuring parts are at latest issue and that parts are issued to the job
  
• A leading role all MRP training to all personnel to ensure they are able to use system appropriately
  
• Stationary ordering the Operations Department
  Capability
  Behavioural Competencies:
  
• Confident individual with the ability to create and foster close working relationships
  
• To be self-motivated with the ability to produce accurate work and meet tight deadlines
  
• Technical Competencies:
  
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written to be able to present reports and presentations
  
• Excellent analytical skills
  
• Problem solving skills, identifying errors and providing solutions to resolve
  
• Technical skills – Ability to navigate MRP software, IFS desirable
  Experience:
  
• Extensive experience within a factory planning role, preferably within a composites manufacturing or aerospace/ defence environment
  
• Very experienced in the use of ERP / MRP systems
  
• Competent I.T. skills i.e. Word, Excel and MRP. Previous experience with IFS desirable.
  
• Good written and verbal skills.
  
• Ability to interact with a range of stakeholders.
  
• Understand planning methods and skills.
  
• Understanding of assembly systems.
  
• Basic Understanding of Inventory management
  
• Understanding of project based systems
  Qualifications
  
• Degree (engineering or business) level preferred, although professional Six Sigma, lean or equivalent qualifications accepted.
  
• Have good working knowledge of MS Office based applications (Data management qualifications an advantage)
  Benefits
  Competitive salary, 27 days holiday increasing with service up to 30 days (option to buy /sell)
  Pension contributions up to 9%
  Healthcare cash plan for you and your children
  Extensive flexible benefit program.
  Right to live and work in the UK is essential for this position
  Requirements for the role: Training Certificates, Updated CV (preferably in Word format). You must hold the Right to Work/Settled Status in the UK – proof is required as part of our shortlisting process.
  If you believe that this is the role for you and you have the necessary skills and attributes for the Production Planner, please apply today or contact Argo Aviation directly to discuss the opportunity with one of our experienced Consultants. If you are aware of any Production Planners who may be interested in this opportunity, please share and ask them to reach out.
  Please note that due to the high level of applicants we will only be contacting shortlisted candidates regarding this role.
  Argo Aviation International is acting as an Employment Agency for this Permanent vacancy.
  Argo Aviation International is committed to equal opportunities for all and will not discriminate based on an individual's sex, race, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnership, religion or belief, sexual orientation or age. We are an inclusive employer and should you require any reasonable adjustments in order to complete any aspect of the recruitment process, please contact us