Key Duties & Responsibilities:

Liaise with Sales & other related Depts to ensure production plan/PTS reflects customer requirements
Collaborate with the manufacturing, engineering, and Supplier capacity planners to ensure the availability of materials and resources necessary to meet production plan
Monitor production performance and make adjustments to the production schedule as necessary to ensure on-time delivery of vehicles
Allocate customer orders into vehicle 'slots' in the production schedule - ensure delivery dates are met, supply lead times respected, production constraints are not broken and level demand where possible. Analyse demand patterns and production constraints
Track aged WIP in the factory process against required PTS dates and communicate with production and factory planner where required
Planning of factory areas such as Tubs, Trim and Paint
Ensure the correct cars are PTS to support Sales targets and car shipping.
Develop and maintain production planning tools, including capacity planning models, production schedules.
Manage all related production control data to maintain smooth flow & promote continuous improvement
Ensure planning systems are accurately maintained.
Liaise with Launch Team for the scheduling of Product Development cars within Production schedule.
Ensure Working Capital / work in progress is optimised across all manufacturing facilities.
Support in the creation and manage key metric dashboards for use by the business to manage throughput targets and constraints tracking.
Lead improvement activities and drive to improve KPI's.
Reflect learnings to New Model scheduling to improve Launch activity.
Support / lead any other related tasks to maintain or improve production scheduling & execution.Qualification & Experience:

Experience in vehicle or production planning, ideally in the automotive industry (production).
Ability to communicate with tact and diplomacy, together with the ability to work accurately and efficiently, taking resourceful action during periods of considerable pressure.
Understanding of S/OP process
The ability to create & use business intelligence tools such as Power BI / SSRS / Domo / Birst including writing SQL queries would be preferable.
Degree or Higher diploma qualified or equivalent preferable.
Demonstrated ability to communicate across all levels of the business
Experience using an ERP system in a Planning role
Proficiency in data analysis tools such as Excel or Tableau
Bachelor's degree in Business or STEM subjectAt Gleeson Recruitment Group, we embrace inclusivity and welcome applicants of all backgrounds, experiences, and abilities. We are proud to be a disability confident employer.

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