Defense Production Control Planner

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Operational Planning

Create, own and maintain an up to date detailed level Schedule for Products from baseline engineering timings to pack & ship.
Pulling of information from various departments to aid in the creation of detailed schedules.
Creation of machine level schedules to aid production with priority lists and targets.
Liaise with the Bill Of Materials (BOM) Specialists to confirm machine timings and routings.
Collaborate with Supply Chain and Production to ensure the SIOP cycle is timely, efficient and effective.
Assess impact to materials availability and production schedule from customer sales opportunities that may be affecting demand for product over and above the plan
Creation of recovery schedules in the event of missed deadlines to ensure material is still available for customers on the requirement date.
Fully knowledgeable on productions and the facility where the opportunities exist to create recovery plans where necessary
Release of shop orders to the production floor in a timely fashion in line with production schedules.
Liaise with CSG / Project Managers regarding status of orders throughout its life cycle.
Assist the SIOP Manager with ensuring ‘on time delivery’ of orders.
Develop a close working relationships and information flow between various departments throughout the company.
Takes actions daily to check, verify and confirm the key milestones can be still be achieved, including but not limited to; delivery of material, facility workload, test and packing restrictions.

Capacity Planning

Aid in the development of Capacity planning methodologies with the SIOP Manager. Once established take on the daily maintenance of capacity plans.
Maintain capacity planning within the ERP/MRP systems

ERP/MRP

Assist in the resolution of MRP and planning discrepancies.
Updates to the local ERP/MRP system with production schedule dates and expected lead times.

General

Participate in continuous improvement activities.
Creation of picking lists in line with production plans to ensure product moves effectively though out the process
Participate in special projects for continuous improvement
Job holder will often need to make judgements based on partial information / best judgement with information available.

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

Minimum 2 experience of working within a manufacturing environment is essential.
Strong mathematical and analytical skills
Process background preferred.
Strong persuasion and high levels of confidence.
High level of resilience – experience of working at the frontend of business responding to daily issues and changes in short time frames.

CIRCOR is an EEO Employer of Females / Minorities / Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities

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