Production Planner

July 7, 2022 | Runcorn, England

Husco are a privately owned, ambitious innovation company who are highly focused vehicle experts that support customers from concept to production. We are a high-quality global engineering and manufacturing company who believe in making machines smarter! We have 6 global manufacturing sites and a worldwide engineering team.

Husco is committed to building an environment for employees to be able:

• To have the flexibility of their own work and put a personal ‘stamp’ on their output
• Continuously expand and development their professional skills and knowledge
• Create a product for our customers that serves a greater purpose to communities around the world

 

Role Overview 

• A Production Planner interfaces with all manufacturing departments and the Master Scheduler to release production orders accordingly.
• The schedules will meet changing customer requirements yet provide sufficient reaction time to manufacturing and the supply base, while constantly driving toward increased inventory turns.
• Coordinate customer expedites, communicate with the Customer Service and Operations team on key planning issues, and prepare various manufacturing reports.
• A Production Planner interacts with Operations, Customer Service, Engineering, Inventory Control and Purchasing.

Optimize Production Scheduling

• Effective sequencing of jobs, processes, and assignments to individual work centres or lines and provide interface between Operations, Customer Service and Master Scheduler
• Coordinate with Operations to develop and execute production plan.
• Develop effective scheduling process to achieve production objectives.
• Proactively identify, analyse and address production issues in a timely fashion.
• Daily analysis, planning, and review of work centre capacity based on requirements loaded by Customer Service and Master Scheduler.
• Verify labour reporting accuracy. Works with Operations to orchestrate effective resolution of root cause of any issues found.
• Maintain and review dispatch lists targeting sales order due dates.
• Communicate with various departments on any potential production issues or needs.
• Work with Master Scheduler and Operations to plan, coordinate and communicate production schedules.
• Develop and maintain daily / weekly production status reports.
• Monitor workflow and schedules to ensure on-time delivery.
• Ensure that production plans are provided in sufficient time to ensure material, labour and equipment availability is prepared in advance.
• Coordinate with production, purchasing and sales teams to develop and maintain scheduling parameters.
• Generate production reports to Managers for critical decision making purposes.

 

Maintain a Lean Manufacturing Culture

 

 Minimum Qualifications 

• A successful Production Planner is a strong coordinator, an effective communicator, a good problem-solver and is self-motivated.
• Able to work well with colleagues and produce results within a fast-paced and high pressure atmosphere.
•  Combines strong attention to detail with an orientation towards results/execution.
• Strong team player and contributor
• Degree in relevant discipline or equivalent education or experience.

• Relevant experience in production planning and control required.
• In-depth knowledge of MPS/MRP and a strong background in business system and logistics required.
• Experience in Materials related capacity is a plus.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills required.
• Experience with Microsoft Office products.
• Effective trouble shooting, problem solving and organizational skills.
• Able to handle frequent interruptions, meet tight deadlines, and handle conflict in an effective manner.
• Ability to interact with people at all levels of responsibility.

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