All About the Role
Based at our Bradford Site, we have an opening for a Production Planner. The purpose of this role is to support the Production Manager in maintaining an effective and efficient production schedule, managing processed orders from receipt to despatch in accordance with agreed dates. You’ll monitor the machines to achieve maximum utilisation, schedule material and tooling in order to optimise availability and performance.
Specific tasks will include
To ensure that all relevant operations are conducted in manner which fully complies with Barrett Steel H& S, Quality, Environmental and Group policies and all relevant legislative requirements.
To prepare production schedules that enable customer requirements to be met, whilst maximising machine utilisation.
To effectively manage production capacity and create forecasts that enable the business to determine accurate lead times.
To provide all key processing equipment and units with “work to” or “running” lists.
To act as point of liaison between Operations and Sales teams, ensuring that all customer orders are effectively and efficiently executed, delivering customer satisfaction.
To provide management with production data and reports in a timely manner, contributing to business decision-making.
To manage the issuing of picking and/ or processing notes to operations teams.
Point of contact for Sales Teams to liaise on lead times and production issues.
To closely monitor, record and communicate all relevant Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s).
Responsibility for raising their own issues regarding Environmental, H&S and BI within the business and working with the site/business leads to address those concerns.
Minimising the material waste when planning and re-optimising the lines with better stock when necessary and ordering and scheduling of stock for all sales orders from outside resources.
We offer you
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Annual Cycle to work scheme
Life assurance
Barrett Steel pension
Company discount scheme for savings on retail and leisure
Access to health and wellbeing services
Car parking on site
Career opportunities across the group
All About You
You will have the passion, drive, and confidence to work within the business in a collaborative, creative way.
Essential Skills for the role:
Be a highly organised team player.
Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Be computer literate, with good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word packages
Production planning/ scheduling expertise
Have an excellent working knowledge of H&S.
Have a detailed knowledge of product and process quality requirements.
We provide a fantastic opportunity to work within a forward-thinking organisation that is respected as the UK’s leading independent steel stockholder.
Our people are the driving force behind Barrett Steel and we seek individuals who are passionate, hard-working, ambitious and demonstrate a ‘can-do’ attitude to help us build and develop the business.
Barrett Steel encourages innovative thinking and has an open door for people to lead and influence change.
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