Production Planner

SAFRAN SEATS IS A WORLD LEADER IN AIRCRAFT SEATING.
For more than 80 years, Safran Seats has been a premium manufacturer of First and Business Class seating systems for passenger airlines.
With the largest seats portfolio of all seats suppliers, we pride ourselves on innovation, customization, quality and industrial design.
Safran Seats GB, based in Cwmbran, South Wales is a 100% owned subsidiary of Safran Seats and we currently have 800+ employees (across 3 sites in the UK- Cwmbran, Newport and Brackley).
Seats GB offers:

• Unique and High-end Quality products
• Market leader in Bespoke aircraft seating
• Passenger Experience Expertise
• In-house design studio and group Synergies
• Dedicated production line and Industrialisation facilities
• Bespoke capabilities
• Co-creation abilities

The purpose of the Production Planner is to support production by the timely provision of relevant paperwork and managing of shortages, providing full visibility to both production and logistics of manufacturing and kitting needs.

Key Responsibilities & Duties;
•Responsible for internal planning by work centre. Analyse demand and capacity to achieve optimum work centre load

•Responsible to monitor Production adherence against plan, work closely with Operations team to ensure alignment and execution of plan.

•Take ownership and drive continuous improvement of internal KPI's, understanding any deviations.

•Responsible to drive and develop recovery plans within the internal Operational Team where appropriate.

•Own and manage ERP planning parameters

•Responsible to confirm MPS/MRP demand in line with Business System.

•Accountable to coordinate the inputs to Production. To monitor production progress against scheduling and intervene as when required to bring deliveries back in line with schedule

•Work with Supply Chain on anticipated material availability concerns and ensure internal suppliers maintain continuity of supply.

Good understanding of MRP and knowledge of principles
Experience in Production Scheduling role, within a Manufacturing environment
Experience of using ERP software
Flexible
Strong planning and organisational skills
Attention to detail
Good IT skills including Microsoft Office (ability to manage and manipulate high volumes of data in a digestible format for presentations)
Excellent interpersonal -communication skills
Ability to work unsupervised

Do you want to join our team?
Our employees are at the heart of our success; we offer a range of competitive benefits, career progression and training opportunities helping to ensure we build the future.
Company Benefits
At Safran Seats GB, we continue to support our employees and their contribution by providing a range of benefits.
• 25 days holiday + UK Bank Holidays
• Working Hours (unless specified) are 37.5 hours per week; Mon-Thurs (8am-4:30pm), Friday (8am-1:30pm)
• ‘On Board Benefits' Programme, providing a number of schemes such as cycle to work, technology savings, retail discounts and access to private healthcare
• Fulfilling your potential with Career Progressions opportunities such as company sponsorship and further training courses
• Family friendly policies including maternity, paternity, adoptive parents, shared parental leave, parental leave and flexible working
• Equality & Diversity initiatives with internal groups for workplace engagement and involvement
• STEM engagement with schools, colleges and universities and Charitable activities for all
• Free parking onsite
• With a focus on employee health and wellbeing, we have a large, canteen/break area with indoor and outdoor seating, bicycle storage and shower/changing facilities.

Ability and flexibility to travel to other Safran sites as required.