planner Glasgow, Scotland
Job description
Operations Planner
Glasgow
Do you have planning experience within a manufacturing environment? Do you have excellent stakeholder engagement skills? Are you a collaborative team member with an eye for solutions? Then apply now!
The Operations Planning team have an exciting opportunity for an Operations Planner to join the team! As the Operation Planner you will be responsible for the creation of a robust production plan to support operations requirements. You will manage and maintain both the material and the production plan, identifying risk and developing proposals and solutions. Lead regular material/production programme review meetings.
What the role has to offer:
Career progression opportunities for those who want to grow within the role and beyond.
Work with exciting technology designed for global customers.
Friendly and supportive team currently in growth mode.
Day to day you will:
Load Customer demands on to the Master Production Schedule.
Efficiently manage Planner workbench activities.
Build relationships with all team members and stakeholders.
Manage Inventory in line with company goals.
Develop solutions to material issues and support manufacturing processes.
Lead daily Short Interval Management meetings to maintain focus on MPS delivery.
Report on material availability and works order updates e.g. Line of Balance, Shop Floor Control.
Release works orders into the kitting process and sales orders into the shipping process.
Support NPI requirements and support management and control of material through engineering change.
About You
You will be customer focused and motivated to ensure on time delivery whilst adhering to company processes and policy.
An excellent communicator both verbally and written and someone who approaches issues and tasks with a positive and solution driven mind-set.
You will enjoy collaborating with your team and wider stakeholders to find resolutions that will help achieve challenging production targets. You should be able to communicate your proposed resolutions to all audiences.
Planning experience within a manufacturing environment is key for this role and a qualification in support of this is desirable, though not essential.
Oracle experience would be advantageous. Understanding of complex bills of material & routings would be beneficial.
A high level of computer literacy is required including a good working knowledge of Excel being essential.
What We Can Offer
We’re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market-leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you’ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.
Note: This will be a 4 day week - 37 hours - Mon-Thurs
Flexibility
Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.
Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales
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In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.
At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.
Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.
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