Forecast & Demand Manager / Planning Manager

Forecast & Demand Manager / Planning Manager
Alfreton
£40-50K

This is a great opportunity for an enthusiastic, self-driven individual looking for a progressive role with a successful and highly-reputable manufacturer. The purpose of the role is to effectively plan and schedule the production facility to meet the demand profile and specific requirements from external customers, meeting lead time requirements, whilst maximising the utilisation of operational resource.

The Planning Manager will be working closely with all departments to ensure realistic interpretation of forecasts, scheduled orders, plans and requirements. Responsible for all aspects of delivery performance and associated KPIs with specific focus on OTIF, lead time reduction and reduced WIP.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

– Forecast and Demand Planning: identifying customer demand and create long range forecast and demand profiles.

– Capacity Planning: Identifying resource bottlenecks and agreeing tactical solutions with the cell leaders.

– Production Scheduling: produce production schedules at regular intervals, which should be aligned with the business’s LEAN direction and visual communication approach.

– To be responsible for ERP Routing data and master data, and be an expert user with an in depth knowledge of the system.

– The successful candidate will be a key member of the management team and must be able to demonstrate strong people management skills. Able to motivate, and develop team members to meet department goals.

Ideally the successful candidate will have previous experience in a Senior Planning role within a LEAN environment, as well as experience of developing planning information systems that improves material visibility throughout manufacturing processes including the control and monitoring to achieve overall effectiveness and adherence to customer requirements. You will have a strong understanding of capacity planning and scheduling, the use of MRP / ERP / SAP systems. Along with being an excellent communicator with a ‘can do’ attitude you will also have experience in resolving conflicting demands in a diplomatic and considerate manner, be an active player in the implementation of continuous improvement activities with the ability to influence and encourage an established workforce.

KEY WORDS: Planning Manager, Forecast & Demand Manager, Planning Systems, Volume Skews, Sales Forecast, Capacity Planning, Scheduling, MRP, SAP, ERP, LEAN