Planning and Materials Manager

INTRO

Fantastic opportunity for Planning and Materials Manager to join an International FMCG Manufacturing company at their Midlands site.

The role involves:

• Effective management of the Production Planning and materials department, responsible for all departmental employees.
• Developing, improving and streamling the planning and materials processes
• Supporting the business in the day to day execution of production scheduling and materials management.
• Mitigate any delay to flow times that could alter schedules to meet unforeseen conditions.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

• Experience in Production Planning/Scheduling
• Experience within an FMCG manufacturing environment (preferred)
• Communication: Assertive with strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to drive for clarity and results when faced with ambiguity.
• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving; ability to anticipate potential risks and issues awareness
• Good IT Skills
• Problem Solving skills
• Passionate, Self-Motivated with good verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to quickly recognise problems and take actions to achieve positive results

THE ROLE

• Receiving customer schedules, planning requirements through the manufacturing process
• Preparing the production plan to accommodate our customers’ requirements, within production capabilities
• Monitoring performance and adjusting/re-organising where necessary to keep production on schedule
• Produce daily/forward plans and schedules to meet tight deadlines whilst also running a weekly site production forecast
• Analyse all work orders for completeness’s of material and resources based on customer orders
• Analysing an managing materials stock levels, minimising costs to the company
• Schedule, expedite and coordinate the delivery and movement of critical, material, including material transfers
• Monitoring performance, and adjusting/re-organising where necessary to keep production on schedule
• Communicating with the production team
• Co-ordinating all aspects of line planning including production, dispatch and out work