Production Planning Project Manager

position description

Job Role: Planning Project Manager

Job Type: Contract

Industry: Defence

Location: Buckinghamshire

Salary Expectations: Negotiable

Profile

Our client is a global business who supply sophisticated technological solutions worldwide to a range of international customers. With a proven record of delivering solutions to a highly demanding customer base, candidates have the opportunity to work for a world leading organisation.

Purpose

The purpose of this role is to design, develop and implement an effective Planning process with a focus on Production and Labour Planning. The output will include an automated Production/Labour Plan that can be easily maintained by Production and provides clear visibility to the business. The scope will include all Production areas, including Repairs, Test and Quality Control.

Duties

• Review the current process from receipt of customer order to delivery of product, understanding cross-functional roles and responsibilities and the use of MRP to produce a road-map
• Develop in depth knowledge of relevant areas of MRP and recommend process change as required to implement best practice Planning and looking at options for Production forward load to be entered into MRP for all resource types
• Review the current Production structure and recommend changes to improve efficiency, looking for consistency in process across sites
• Design, develop and implement an automated or easy to maintain Production/Labour Planning tool or report which provides clear visibility of the latest picture on a daily, weekly, monthly and rolling annual basis, including scheduling of all key functions and reporting on exceptions
• Support Supply Chain with relevant data and process to facilitate effective procurement
• Update or create Process and Procedure documents to reflect new or changed process and tools, to ensure the BMS is accurate
• Facilitate training of new or updated tools and process to ensure this is adhered to

Experience and Qualifications

• Experience of working with complex ERP/MRP systems and developing efficient process
• Experience and in depth knowledge of best practice Planning, particularly Production Planning including Routing, Scheduling and MRP for multi-layer BOM manufacturing process
• Experience in managing cross-functional projects, with demonstrated ability to deliver required output on time and within Budget
• Experience in delivering change projects, with demonstrated savings or improvements
• In depth knowledge of Manufacturing process and all Operational inputs, including Test, QC and QA, ideally within Electrical and/or Mechanical fields
• Understanding of project based Manufacturing

For more information regarding this role please call Mark Davis on 01453 829529 or to make an application send a CV to [email protected] .

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