Production Planner
Pertemps Crawley
Hours: 08:00 – 17:00 (Mon – Fri)
Location: Eastbourne
Pay: £30K - £34K yearly
You will be responsible for:
- Developing and maintaining effective factory production plans in line with customer demand and available capacity.
- Monitoring production activity and ensuring customer order deadlines and promised delivery dates are achieved.
- Managing production capacity and workload to balance demand and supply effectively.
- Coordinating with production teams and Team Leaders to ensure plans are delivered efficiently.
- Providing accurate production information to Customer Service, Logistics, Procurement and Shop Floor teams to support delivery, labour and materials planning.
- Responding to changes in customer demand and expediting requirements while maintaining stability across the production environment.
- Managing production exceptions, including machine breakdowns, material shortages, test failures and resource constraints, and developing appropriate recovery plans.
- Supporting effective inventory control across the factory and warehouses while maintaining high customer service levels and controlling supply chain costs.
- Monitoring and reporting production output, factory delivery performance and key planning measures.
- Investigating delivery failures and identifying root causes to support continuous improvement.
- Supporting new product introductions and ensuring effective production planning for new items.
- Maintaining and reviewing production capacity and planning parameters within the relevant planning systems.
- Supporting the continuous improvement of factory planning processes and resolving planning-related issues.
- Acting as an effective link between internal departments and external stakeholders, ensuring clear and timely communication.
- Working closely with the wider Materials and Supply Chain teams to optimise manufacturing performance and customer service.
The successful candidate will have:
- 5+ years' relevant experience within manufacturing, production planning, materials or supply chain.
- Experience within a manufacturing environment, ideally with an understanding of semiconductor manufacturing or the wider semiconductor industry.
- Strong knowledge of operations management, factory planning and supply chain processes.
- A good understanding of manufacturing processes and the ability to manage complex production requirements.
- Strong experience using SAP or another ERP system.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and confidence working with complex data and analytical information.
- Excellent attention to detail, with a methodical and accurate approach to data entry and planning.
- Strong organisational and administrative skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and changing requirements.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues, managers and external stakeholders across a global environment.
- The ability to work proactively, analyse problems and make informed decisions to keep production and customer commitments on track.
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