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Production Control Manager

Ref no. BHN536472
Location Cwmbran, Wales
Start date ASAP
Job type Permanent
Job status Closed

Job summary

The Production Planning and Control Manager is responsible for managing a team of
production controllers assigned to a production area.

Key skills required for this role

Production Control Manager

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Production Control Manager

Job description

The Production Planning and Control Manager is responsible for managing a team of
production controllers assigned to a production area. They are accountable for the delivery of
the master production schedule or associated MRP plan for the related work centres with a
key focus on enabling all Operations activities with the aim of reducing the cost and timing of
the supply chain, whilst improving productivity and guaranteeing increased reliability overall.
They are Business Process Owner for the following global supply chain processes:
* Material Requirements Planning & MRP Master Data
* Production Scheduling
Key Responsibilities & Duties;
* Establish key work centre schedules (incl identification of bottlenecks) in line with the MPS or
MRP requirements with consideration of any known risks for the agreed scheduling horizon
* Key input to the weekly MPS meeting: monitor production backlog, analyse the impacts,
reschedule if necessary
* Ensure full raw material availability to the operation in line with the schedule, covering both
short and long-term horizons
* Identify enablement risks to the schedule and coordinate and expedite the flow of materials in
cooperation with the Purchasing team or Internal Scheduling teams and lead recovery
planning actions where deviation to MPS or MRP exists
* Reviewing short and mid-term capacity utilisation, working with Operations leaders to
establish plans to ensure sufficient capacity is available to process the load through each work
centre
* Measure and analyse performance using the defined MRP2 metrics and provides the
required weekly/monthly reports
* Establish effective performance measures that can be used to alert management on delivery
issues and potential late deliveries
* Analyse the root cause of metrics not at target level (MPS, OTD, etc.) and work with the
stakeholders to develop the necessary action/recovery plans
* Manage inventory effectively by ensuring that Quarantine parts are actioned promptly and
reviewing optimisation potential
* Ensure the accuracy of the both master data and transactional data within the ERP or other site systems.

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