Senior Production Planner Cambridge, East of England, England
ZEISS Group
Full Time
Cambridge, East of England, England
26498 - 29116 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Job Title: Senior Material Planner
Reports to: Production Planning and Materials Logistics Manager
Department: Production Planning and Materials Logistics
**Please note that we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies**
Principal Purpose
- Provides excellence in material planning to ensure that the right-material is in the right-place at the right-time to fulfil planned production orders.
- Responsible for the planning of materials and maintenance of the SAP master data, and phase in/out procedures to ensure a continuous flow of materials to production.
- A strong focus on demand planning, production scheduling and material planning, with a strong interface to Supply Chain Management.
This is a Team Speaker role (non-disciplinary):
- Support the PPML Manager with the planning, coordinating and reviewing of daily tasks.
- If required, can run daily team standup meeting for managing daily tasks and escalations.
- Can provide support and guidance to peers.
- Can identify and take ownership to implement process improvements within team.
- Can deputise for PPML Manager when required.
Principal Elements
Material demand planning:
- Responsible for the material phase-in and phase-out process step for Engineering Change Orders (ECO) and new product introduction (NPI), including managing implementation dates in SAP.
- Responsible for reporting on material demands and/or excess material stock based on implementation dates.
- Responsible for providing transparency on planned and implemented changes in material demand, especially into Supply Chain Management.
- Collaborate with the Data Analyst and Production Planner to ensure alignment between forecasts (PowerBI dashboards and information from Sales), production scheduling, material demands in SAP and actual material availability.
SAP master data:
- Control the PPML process step for new part numbers created in SAP in accordance with the defined Part Number Process
- Responsible for maintaining routings in SAP for new and existing products, in conjunction with Assembly, Test, and Process Engineering departments
- Responsible for the material Takt assignments for new and existing product introduction
- Responsible for cost roll ups in SAP
- Responsible for material planning for SCS (Special Customer Solution) orders, to ensure that SCS material is allocated to the correct works order
Processes and continuous improvement:
- Adapt material planning processes if required in alignment with PPML Manager, Supply Chain Management, and in accordance with ZEISS CSOPs and SOPs
- Committed in supporting the company’s culture of continuous improvement
- Compliance to company procedures and controls (ISO 9001 & ISO 14001) as defined
- Perform other duties that may be required from time to time
Location
ZEISS House, Cambourne. Some UK travel and occasional international travel may be required.
Health and Safety
All employees have a duty to take care of their own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by specific actions at work.
Employees must co-operate with the company on all aspects of Health and Safety to meet the legal requirements as outlined in the company H&S policy.
Aviation Security
This role requires you to enter any of the production areas therefore you need to have carried out the relevant training.
ZEISS Group
www.zeiss.de
Oberkochen, Germany
Dr. Karl Lamprecht
$5 to $10 billion (USD)
10000+ Employees
Company - Private
Electronics Manufacturing
1846
