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Our established and successful manufacturing client in Caerphilly are recruiting for a Production Planner to join them on a Temp to Perm basis.
While you will join on a temporary basis initially, the successful candidate will then go onto be offered a permanent contract after a period of bedding in.
In this exciting role you will organise production according to demand and quality standards, ensuring the smooth and cost-efficient flow of production operations.
Hourly Rate: Between 14.50 - 16.65 per hour
Hours: Monday to Thursday 9am -5pm / Friday 9am - 4pm.
Key Duties:
- Coordinate production workflow via capacity planning & lead time systems.
- Maintain the build schedules for manufactured products.
- Determine manpower, equipment and raw materials needed to cover demand.
- Adhere to the weekly production plan, ensuring best production efficiency.
- BOM integration to support material planning activities.
- Organise production builds to satisfy customer demand & avoid productivity stoppage.
- Liaison with Labour planner regarding line running rates and any potential line problems.
- Ensure adequate availability of parts for build avoiding supply shortages.
- Monitor supplier performance in line with Purchasing Team Leader.
- Monitor finished goods stock levels maintaining inventory in line with agreed KPI's.
- Prepare and submit status and performance reports.
- Collaborate with quality control, warehouse and other staff.
Knowledge and Experience:
- Knowledge of tracking material and flow within production.
- Excellent knowledge of production planning and quality control principles.
- Working knowledge of MS Office and systems.
- Strong organisational, problem-solving and numeracy skills.
- Excellent communication abilities.
- Experience in production scheduling ideally within an assembly environment.
This is an exciting opportunity to quickly join a highly prestigious engineering company with a long, successful history. For the right person, a permanent contract will be offered quickly.
