Job Role: Planner

Salary: Competitive

Job Type: 10 month temporary contract

Location: North Devon

Acorn by Synergie has an exciting vacancy for a Planner on a 10 month temporary contract to join the team for an established manufacturing firm based in North Devon.

The post holder will be responsible for maintaining delivery performance to both external & internal customers, ensuring that piece parts are launched to the shop floor in good time to meet all specified programs

Key responsibilities:

• Order book management and the provision of forecast dates
• Inventory Management and control
• MRP planning parameter maintenance
• Shipping of product to Customer (internal & external)
• Achieving OTD
• Product expediting through machine shop and assembly cells
• Co-ordinate supply chain both internally and externally
• Creating shipping lists
• Direct customer liaison (internal & external)
• Attend meetings and assist in setting plans and priorities for teams
• Acting upon information discussed and implemented during meetings
• Create reports to establish priority of workload and assemblies
• Develop & maintain close working relationship with purchasing to ensure continuity of external parts supply
• Assisting in stores responsibilities, including:-
• Issuing of parts against the appropriate material requests
• Receiving and checking components against incoming documentation
• Lean materials management and understand lean principles

Experience required:

• Clear understanding of MRP systems and planning parameters
• Clear understanding of inventory control and supply chain management
• MFG-Pro knowledge advantageous but training will be given
• Knowledge of traceability processes
• Experience in Kanban systems
• Good communication and influencing skills required
• IT Literate - Microsoft office experience (Word/Excel, including ability to analyse data in MS Excel)
• Aerospace experience an advantage

Apply online today!

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