Production Scheduler
8 Days Old
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- Attleborough Hours
- 4 on 4 off, 6am to 6pm 12 hour shifts Purpose Use the principles of OPEX to schedule all factory activity across a 1 to-4-week window Key Responsibilities\Measures of Success Leadership • Safety is a condition.
Schedule all activities in a way that permits safe manufacture for all site teams.
People • Communicate effectively with key internal stakeholders; Planning, Operations, Engineering, Technical, OPEX, R&D etc.
on risks, issues and key changes required to deliver optimised customer service at the lowest cost.
Key Deliverables Excellent Results • Schedule all site activity and ensure schedules are sufficient to deliver customer service level targets.
• Optimise product sequences, volumes, allergen sequences, maintenance windows, training events and new product trials to drive improved business performance across the balanced scorecard.
• Alongside Operation teams, plan site labour requirement to deliver production plans.
• Create and continuously improve ideal production sequences that optimise delivery at the lowest cost.
• Build strong relationships with the site Operations team.
Utilise these relationships to solve problems quickly & effectively.
• Build strong relationships with customer supply chain contacts.
Utilise these relationships to optimise product flow across the end-to end supply chain.
Standard Work & Problem Solving • Document planning standards, raise standards, and confirm standard work daily.
• Create and maintain master performance data sets for all SKUs and all processes.
• Identify key problems areas and set targets to improve planning effectiveness.
• Use data analysis to make problems visible, quantifiable and to guide decisions.
• Ensure planning systems are optimised to drive effective and efficient planning, scheduling and material call off • Identify repeat problems within Operations and work with the Operations team to root cause and countermeasure.
Use data analysis to make problems visible, quantifiable and to guide decisions.
Skills & Knowledge Experience in a FMCG Industry, ideally in a planning or scheduling role.
Understanding of OPEX and it's use in optimising production schedules.
Experience in production Planning & Scheduling with an in depth understanding of planning systems and their optimisation.
Strong communication skills and the ability to influence multiple levels of the site and customers. xbpsjku
Strong analytical & problem-solving skills.
Advanced Excel capability Working Knowledge of SAP & Innova or similar manufacturing systems
- Location:
- UK
- Job Type:
- FullTime
- Category:
- Manufacturing And Production
