Production Planner

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Balancing demand and supply within Operational Delivery Units by co-ordinating and de-conflicting demand and capability.
• Translate the Master Production Schedule/Supplemental Schedule requirements into detailed plans with daily granularity ensuring effective and efficient delivery.
• Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and to be a great team player.
• Creation and maintenance of Rough Cut Capacity Planning models.
• To detail plan methods of manufacture in response to tasking requirements with full regard to time, cost and quality.
• Ensure local MRP system is updated and accurate.
• Proactively tackles blocks and barriers to progress.
• Ensuring that customer requirements are planned and released to Manufacturing and Operational activities within the timescales required.
• Provide manufacturing cost estimates and challenge operation times.
• Demonstrate and use 'Lean Planning' techniques and 'Production Control' processes such as visual management, Kanban and Push/Pull in the operational/ manufacturing areas.
• Responds positively to the needs of internal and external customers.
• Attend Visual Management board meetings ensuring all actions are being addressed.
• Liaises with Delivery Units for clarification and coordination of balanced and de-conflicted demands and plans.
• Support the creation and maintenance of Basis of Estimate with Production costs and schedules.
• Ensure all planned requirements are aligned within the Master Production Schedule/Supplementary Schedule and loaded into the local MRP system (where used).
• Liaises with other functions within the technology centres for clarification and coordination of balanced and de-conflicted production demands and plans.
• Updating and reporting on Key Performance indicators as required.
• Promote and sponsor operational excellence and drive all actions aimed at continuous process improvement.
• Works effectively with others and building required relationships and interfaces to support delivery of the Programme.
• Provide a diverse and inclusive working environment that allows individuals to flourish and realise their potential.
• Work with others to form high performing teams.
• Adopt a 'See It, Own It, Solve It' mind-set, by identifying obstacles to success and taking ownership to find solutions to those problems.