Planner

Company Overview

At TT Electronics, you will meet dedicated people who believe that advanced electronics is the key to a brighter, smarter future. Whether it’s advanced flight controls, smart surgical tools, intelligent vehicle charging or seamless automation everywhere, advancements like this come from the minds of passionate, creative people – working to a common goal, watching out for each other, and caring about making a difference in the lives of people all over the world.

Our passion? Simplifying the development of complex electronics… it’s the reason we exist as an organisation. Our way of life? Fostering a culture that values individuals as well as community and teamwork.

Join us – and work with a team that believes success is measured by more than the bottom line, where you’ll find opportunities to achieve your goals, contribute to the lives of others, and build a brighter, smarter future, together.

Our Barnstaple facility is located in North Devon. Founded in 1948, the site now employs approximately 160 employees and features the Aero Stanrew brand of electromagnetic components, printed-circuit board assemblies, cabinet wiring and electronic test equipment for safety critical applications in aerospace and defence, industrial and transportation industries.

Here, employee engagement is centre stage; we’re focussed on our employees and making TT a great place to work. We continue to invest and improve the site’s facilities, regularly get involved in fundraising for local charities, have an active social club and a group wide focus on ‘Build Expertise’ in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects, developing our current employees and encouraging others to join our industry.

Benefits

In addition to adopting a great working atmosphere, we are also pleased to offer a comprehensive range of employee benefits including:

• Discounted Gym membership
• Life assurance

Fresh fruit and hot drinks

Cycle to work scheme

Company share-save scheme (eligible after a qualifying period)

Contributory pension scheme

Medical Cover

Performance related Incentive Bonus Scheme

Free Parking

TT Barnstaple Are Currently Trialling a 4-day Working Week And During That Time You Can Either Opt In Or Out Of The Pilot. Hours Of Work Available Are

OPT IN - Monday to Thursday 7.15am to 5.30pm.

OPT OUT - Monday to Thursday 8am to 5pm/Friday 8am to 1pm

Role Overview And Responsibilities

Introduction

Material Planner, responsible for planning manufacturing work schedules into the production areas, reporting to the Operations Director

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain production job schedule in MRP in line with customer needs
• Establish strong relationships and provide world class levels of service to internal customers.
• Drive improved performance based on measurable KPIs.
• Identify opportunities to improve communications and processes both internally and externally
• Input and validation of demand and supply profile for Sales, Inventory, and Operations planning.
  
  

Core Requirements

Qualifications, Skills and Attributes

• Plan, coordinate and control interdepartmental activity within CAM, quality assurance, manufacturing, procurement, engineering, production and logistics to ensure acknowledged customer delivery dates are achieved 100% OTIF
• Maintain MRP to ensure alignment between material position and production capability/schedule (Sales order dates, job start dates, kit release etc)
• Review production orders for proper time keeping, material issue, and BOM accuracy.
• Ensure correct setting of MRP planning parameters
• Establish efficient planning production systems to reduce costs and improve efficiency;

Supporting business Bid & Contract review processes by assessing optimal manufacturing batch sizes, and manufacturing times

Accountable for meeting Job delivery and Inventory targets

Ensure accuracy of data within MRP system e.g. hours, operations, BOM, routing etc by highlighting any corrections required to engineering

Desireable Skills And Experience

• Persistence to drive task completion and results on time.
• Effective cross-functional engagement
• Confident in use of Lean tools and techniques
• Dynamic, detail-oriented, and results-focused
• Project Management
• Analytical problem solver
• High EQ
• Effective prioritisation and time management
• Experienced in Aerospace or similar industry.
• Extensive experience in working in low volume, high product mix, build-to-print environments and design to spec environments
• Excellent communication skills and demonstrable experience of effective negotiation and influencing skills for win-win outcomes.
• Ability to thrive under pressure and deliver against deadlines.
• Proactive change management experience
• A strong working knowledge of MS Office applications, particularly Excel is essential to this role.
• Ability to read and translate Engineering drawings and documentation
• Task / Achievement focused
• Attention to detail and demonstrated ability to meet deadlines .
  
  

Solving Technology Challenges for a Sustainable World

We want the very best people in our TT family across the globe – so we welcome applications from everyone, to celebrate a diverse mix of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and you can rest assured that TT Electronics takes positive steps to ensure we are an inclusive business, that will welcome and support you, from your initial application to wherever your career takes you! Please get in touch if you’d like to discuss any reasonable adjustments to your application, in order that we can accommodate and support you in the process. If you want to work for a company where who you are is valued and respected, we’d love to hear from you.

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