Production Scheduler

Production SchedulerLocation: Leven - Fife RegionLength: ASAP until 30/06/2023Rate: £20-22 p/hHours: 9am - 6pm Create and manage a sequenced daily plan, ensuring a robust and logical short term schedule (1-4 weeks) are in place for a selection of production lines, that meet all relevant targets:

• Customer service (OTIF & CFR)
• Line efficiencies (OEE, GLY, LEF)
• Production Adherence (CTS, ATP)
• Maximising direct despatch (% - cost avoidance)

Key Accountabilities

• Work collaboratively with despatch and customer service teams to align make and move to optimise daily schedule to meet direct despatch and service targets in the frozen period
• Re-align production schedule, based online performance, short term material availability and quality
• Closely monitor Adherence to Plan and system parameters online speeds and capacities in comparison to actuals and flag any need for revision to reflect the best alignment systems and actuals
• Manage escalations coming from supply planners into the schedule and manage frozen period alerts to coordinate with supply planning and CS&L teams
• Work with production teams and resource planners to minimise temporary labour requirements and fully utilise core labour to execute the schedule

Work collaboratively with the Supply Planner to;

• Respond to insights from medium term plans to help them to shape forward shift patterns, capacity requirements and resource implications
• Respond to plan volatility, by constructing a balanced and stabilised production sequence
• Support prioritisation and escalation process
• Give proactive info to supply planners to react for possible under or over attainment to plan. Ask for pull forward or push back into 1-4 week period to when there is over attainment or under attainment to plan
• Support development of line strategies with Team Leader and Operations managers and link to analytical policy setting in conjunction with the Manufacturing Excellence programme to deliver the ISC ambition to reach 70% OEE across ISC Supply

• Work collaboratively with Supply Planners, TCE Project Managers and Operations teams to schedule first production runs and time for inspection for all TCE projects

Skills:

• Has the drive and commitment to overcome obstacles and get results.
• Maintains awareness in aspects of the business which impinge on supply.
• Strives for win/win outcomes.
• Has the facilitation and problem-solving skills to help others reach a positive conclusion.
• Has an eye for new opportunities and is willing to do things differently.
• Supports team through encouragement and listening, as well as in practical ways.
• Applies coaching to support the development of colleagues.
• Understands cost to / value of decisions.
• Has experienced a range of situation and knows how to get things done in the organisation: dealing with incidents; major change; necessary contacts; what has gone wrong in the past.
• Forward thinking, proactive mindset.
• Ability to use a range of Supply Chain systems e.g. SAP, ECC6
• Production / planning / scheduling knowledge is essential

Education:

• Relevant 2-5 years' experience in a a manufacturing environment, with some level of systems experience (ideally SAP).
• Relevant supply chain, logistics or engineering degree not required but beneficial.

Interested? Please apply today!