Full job descriptionThe Rewards and Benefits on Offer:
*A full-time and permanent opportunity
*A role within a technologically driven and forward-thinking manufacturing facility.
*Immediate Starts available
*Progression and Development opportunities
*A competitive basic salary
*Company pension
*Free onsite parking
*Generous Holiday Entitlement
MTrec’s New Job Opportunity:
MTrec Technical are representing our well-established and forward-thinking manufacturing client in their search for a dedicated and passionate Demand Planner. This role will be responsible for ensuring the smooth flow of production through methodical and strategic planning, within a busy and fast-moving environment.
If you meet the person specification below, apply now for an immediate response.
The Job You Will Do:
*Responsible for the issuing of production plans on a day-to-day basis for the production lines.
*Review, analyse and adapt customer forecasts to the business’s production plan.
*Support the Demand Lead in the strategic review of the production requirements, identifying potential challenges.
*Review short-term customer forecasting.
*Attend and support in weekly customer meetings from a planning perspective.
*Attending daily production meetings, liaising with key stakeholders from across internal business areas
*Leading weekly production meetings, liaising with key stakeholders from across internal business areas.
*Review, communicate and report on production plan movements, across all relevant stakeholders.
*Review feasibility and communicate any movements within the firm period with both customers and internal departments.
*Working with the Demand Lead to support both customer and business requirements.
*Build good work relationships with customers and other cross-functional team members.
*Ensure accurate parameters are reflected in SAP and regularly reviewed to achieve optimum materials inventory holding within the network
*Ensure production plans are accurate and aligned with production parameters for the following 12 weeks. Inclusive of operating hours, quality parameters and engineering requirements.
*Proactively identify slow-moving and obsolete SKU risks, report and follow up by closely working with other functional teams.
*Review existing processes and work closely with the procurement team to improve accuracy and efficiencies, where possible.
*Ensure production requirements are within agreed min/max levels to best service both the customer and logistics.
*To take ownership of customer stock levels and forecasting, regularly updating the other members of the planning team and customer accounts.
*React to issues daily, created both internally and by customers.
*Provide demand planning support for colleagues when required.
About You:
*Previous experience within a production or demand planning role is essential.
*Good communicator
*Strong numeracy skills
*A team player
*Positive outlook & calm under pressure
*Ambitious and wanting to build a career in a growing business
*Analytical mindset