Job Description
Senior Tubing Production Planner
Watson Marlow - Bickland Water Road
Why Watson-Marlow:
At Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions you face different challenges every single day. You are empowered to dream bigger and work smarter. You have time to live your life outside of your job.
Our business is built by a diverse team of engineers, sales teams, marketers, administrators, designers, assemblers, chemists, web developers, accountants, analysts, programmers and many more. Globally we are united by our shared values that drive our culture. We want to be an employer where you make our difference.
This role will focus on:
Our Tubing Department prides itself on the collaborative approach each colleague exercises. It's a department where teamwork is KEY.
Joining our Tubing Department as our new Senior Tubing Production Planner you will be managing all aspects of production planning for our extrusion lines: Silicone, Thermoplastic (TPE) which will include new product development, Element assemblies and Aseptic SU. Working in close collaboration with the Tubing Production Coordinator you will provide accurate production plans while ensuring the ability to achieve on time delivery of all Watson-Marlow's tubing products to our customers.
Key to this role will be taking the time to learn and develop a full knowledge of our tubing planning, process and production activities to enable you to provide strategic and long-term analysis of the orders on hand in comparison to production capacities to proactively report on the ability of the production areas to achieve on time delivery - becoming a subject matter expert! A vision to look to the future will be important for this role providing the Tubing Plant Manager with the future visibility of production issues and constraints and to utilise various metrics.
What you can expect to be getting up to:
• Develop detailed knowledge of all ERP/MRP systems including AX to become a super user in them and be trained in all aspects of their functionality and uses.
• Interface regularly with Sales, Dispatch and Logistics, Customer Services and business analysts on all customer and production related issues/problems.
• Provide an accurate capacity planning model to enable accurate forecasting of current OOH and future projected volumes based on production capacities.
• Use the AX system inc Master Planning to accurately produce a production plan for all Tubing and elements.
• To monitor upcoming orders on AX and ensure that stock and components are available to fulfil customer orders.
• Working within a culture of continuous improvement for both production processes and Health & Safety.
To be successful in this role, youwill need:
Your experience in Production Planning and extrusion manufacturing will be essential for this role, as this is a planning role it goes without saying that your organisation skills will be top notch with the ability to communicate across many departments of internal stakeholders. Working with computers you will have experience using MRP/ERP systems and advanced Excel skills.
Candidates wishing to apply must be eligible to work in the UK
Closing date: 15 August 2022
As a growing and ambitious organisation with a presence in over60 global locations and across multiple markets, we can offer you the workingenvironment and support needed to be successful. We are committed toachieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. Wewelcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age,gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.
What's in it for me?
Weoffer a range of attractive staff benefits including accessible employeeforums, comprehensive pension packages, flexible working arrangements, privatemedical healthcare for all employees and inclusive employment practices.
About Watson-Marlow
Every day, we help companies across the globe to bemore efficient and sustainable.
Watson-Marlow FluidTechnology Solutions (WMFTS) is the world leader in niche peristaltic pumps andassociated fluid path technologies. Comprising ten established brands, eachwith their area of expertise, but together offering our customers unrivalledsolutions for their pumping and fluid transfer applications. Together with our colleagues across Spirax-Sarco Engineeringplc, we are proud to be a FTSE 100 company.