Planner - Adecco : Job Details

Adecco are recruiting for a Planner to join our manufacturing company in North Ayrshire on a permanent basis. This role is working Monday - Friday with a half day finish on a Friday.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing company, who are a leading company in there manufacturing field. Our client is known for their commitment to excellence and their focus on innovation. With a dynamic and inclusive work culture, they value collaboration, continuous learning, and employee satisfaction. Join their team and be part of a company that is dedicated to finding top talent and creating a positive work environment

Your role will be to prepare short to long term production plans to ensure customer demand, service levels, manufacturing efficiency's and inventory objectives are met.

You will have many responsibilities, some will include:

* Create and maintain business production plans based upon customer sales demand and product development requirements using the company's ERP system

* Create, schedule and update works orders accordingly to support production plan

* Ensure materials are available to support production plans and highlight any issues which may impact on the timely completion of the plan

* Review and agree/accept new sales orders/project requirements based upon material, plant and resource availability

* Liaise and communicate with Supplier Management, Customer services, Stores/Logistics, Manufacturing and all other relevant stakeholders to ensure all business requirements are captured in the production plan

* Monitor and highlight variation to the manufacturing plans and initiate and progress corrective actions

* Manage finished goods inventory in line with stocking policies, identifying any sales that are at risk of being delivered late

* Highlight any risk to the production plan/customer orders/project requirements associated with material, resource or plant shortfall

* Input and maintain planning information within the company's ERP System

* Highlight demand and capacity imbalances which are not resolvable within the standard capacity offered and ensure that the Planning Manager and Production Manager are aware

* Continually seek out opportunities for improvement within operations to deliver improved business results and elimination of financial waste within the business

Our client is looking for you to have the following:

* Degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline

* Excellent communication, problem solving and decisions making

* IT Skills - Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint etc

* Experience with MRP

* 3 years+ experience in a production or material planning environment

* Excellent communication, organisational and motivational skills

* Drive and enthusiasm

* Commercial & financial awareness

* Experience with epicor software knowledge in desirable

To discuss this fantastic opportunity further, please get in touch today!!!!!

Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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