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Meraki Talent Limited
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Scotland, West Yorkshire
Planning Manager
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Job Type: Full-time |
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Salary: £30,000 per annum |
Overview
Planning Manager Location: East Lothian Salary: £30,000-£35,000 DOE Job type: Permanent Meraki Talent is currently recruiting for a highly organised problem solver to join our client on a permanent basis as a planning manager. Considerable experience in a leading planning role within a manufacturing or engineering background is required. Key responsibilities of the Planning Manager: Lead capacity planning activities ensuring delivery against operational requirements and which optimise manufacturing efficiency and costs. Refine systems and methods to continually improve plans so that the organisation can better anticipate customer needs. Assess existing capacity and develop operational plans and forecasts based on future demand. Manage deviations from the plan that have financial impact. Monitor key manufacturing processes for capacity and demand, identify capacity constraints and provide analysis. Analyse specifications and capacity, undertaking appropriate calculations to estimate job requirements in terms of labour, tools, materials and resources. Ensure that the right processes are in place to deliver effective capacity planning and performance monitoring across the organisation. Review data and trends and diagnose problems. Identify and drive improvement initiatives that optimise capacity and ensure best return on investment without adding risk or disruption. Utilise knowledge and research methods to benchmark capacity planning activities and to drive best practice results. Attend meetings and update others of issues and concerns, particularly when there is a risk of not meeting customer demands or where there are over capacity concerns. Make sure that effective data, statistical analysis and performance metrics are available and communicated to the relevant parties. Ensure operational efficiency of departments are under direct control. Background of the Planning Manager: Proven management skills with the ability to optimise team performance and development. Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to form and maintain strong relationships internally and externally with key stakeholders. Highly developed analytical and problem-solving skills. Excellent attention to detail and meticulous approach. Commercial and financial awareness, with a full understanding of the impact of failure with regards to business costs, production targets and fulfilment of customer orders. Highly developed numeracy, statistical and reporting skills with the ability to analyse, interpret and manage information, data and trends. Proven people management and Project management skills. Results orientated and organised with the ability to plan and deliver against deadlines and the ability to motivate others to deliver. HND, BTec Professional Level 5 Award or equivalent NVQ Level 5 qualifications. Significant experience in a capacity planning role within a manufacturing/engineering environment. Excellent understanding of manufacturing and production processes and capacity planning. Demonstrable experience in statistics, forecasting and management information methods and techniques Significant experience of building capacity/forecasting models and plans and undertaking complex analysis to create information. Strong IT systems knowledge and skills including advanced Excel skills and the ability to learn new software packages. To be considered for this vacancy you must meet the full criteria above. Due to the high numbers of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.