Production Planning Manager

Careerwise Recruitment

Westmeath

A Production Planning Manager is required by CareerWise Recruitment for our Athlone based client. They will have responsibility for managing a team of production planning personnel, including organizing and prioritizing Athlone Production Planning goals and objectives in line with business strategy. Please contact Tom Devaney for more information. THE ROLE: * Responsible for ensuring the manufacturing build plans support high levels of customer service while maintaining minimum levels of inventory. * Provides leadership, direction and management of a core team, to support execution of the Planning & Inventory Control strategy related to Production Planning, and Raw Material Inventory Control. * Lead and develop the Supply Planning team by providing clear direction, setting agreed performance expectations and results, creating a positive team environment ensuring engagement and ongoing coaching and development of team members. * Drive the monthly Commit Review process as part of Monthly Process and lead the monthly plan process. * Understand capacity in each Business Unit and anticipate capacity constraints/overages. * Responsible for managing finished goods, raw materials and WIP inventory levels. * Co-ordinate material shortages process to ensure no impact to production plan. * Implements and maintains material and production control systems, policies, processes and procedures ensuring a controlled flow of approved materials timed to meet production requirements. * Leads, monitors, assesses and communicates risks on Planning & Inventory Control key projects, providing regular updates to Senior Management. * Work closely with other departments in implementing process improvements to achieve plant goals of production output, efficiencies, unit cost and quality. * Develops and implements policies and procedures for the operation of P&IC activities, ensuring all relevant regulatory requirements are met. * Is the first point of contact for daily supply issues/escalations. REQUIREMENTS: * Degree in Business, Materials Planning, Supply Chain, or related field. * Professional certification (APICS. * Experience of 2 to 3 years supervisory/people management experience in a high volume busy environment or in a Project Lead structure is an advantage. * Excellent knowledge of MRP systems, Oracle and Advanced Planning Systems. * Six Sigma/Lean Exposure and knowledge. * Experience in a deadline-driven, rapidly changing environment. * Excellent Excel, PowerPoint , Email and other Office applications skills. CareerWise Recruitment accepts that you do not wish your CV to be forwarded to any client company without your prior consent and gives an absolute assurance that this wish will be respected at all times. Please call Tom Devaney today for further information on 091-758771 or email: tdevaney@careerwise.ie. CareerWise Recruitment. In Search of Excellence. We provide recruitment services in the areas of Engineering, Supply Chain, Sciences, IT and Accounting & Finance. We operate out of multiple locations in Ireland and have offices in Cork, Shannon, Galway and Dublin. Supporting Business Demands & Growth since 1999. This job originally appeared on RecruitIreland.com.

2230 days ago