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Job: Senior Production Planner

Job Type: Full-time, permanent

Location: Kirkbymoorside

Hours: Mon to Fri - 37 hrs per week

Salary: £Excellent

Must have own transport due to location of site

Key Responsibilities:

* Day-to-day responsibility for the Planning team and their development

* Work with management team to support strategic and operations planning

* Creates and maintains a clear lines of communication with Team Leaders, Production Managers, Project Manager, Sales and Buying teams daily

* Direct ALL Master Scheduling activity, incorporating Forecasts into Master Production Schedules

* Generate and update daily, weekly and monthly production status reports

* Manage all related MRP maintenance, including resolving problems with Engineering and Receiving and Inspection as necessary

* Proper and timely implementation of change orders

* Maintain optimal inventory levels through the active use of MRP and the maintenance of all required parameters including assembly lead times, days’ supply, EOQ, for all assemblies

* Active support of R&D and new product activities

* Analyse data to update staff schedules (Capacity) to reach the agreed quota in the manufacturing process

* Monitor inventory levels and actively trial kit, whilst reviewing Minimum stock order levels and order increments

* Facilitate the timely delivery of products to customers, maintain OTIF expectation

* MRP maintenance of timings and routings

* The creation and maintenance of KPI’s

Essential Experience:

* 5 years of experience of manufacturing resource planning / materials requirements planning

* Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and technical communications

* Microsoft Excel to advanced standard

* Must have own transport due to location of site

Benefits:

25 days holidays and 8 bank holidays

5% pension

Private healthcare

2 x base salary life insurance