Planning Supervisor

Location: Ely (CB6)
Job Type: Permanent
Hours: 7:30am - 4:30pm Monday to Thursday with a 12:30pm finish on Friday
Salary: Competitive
Job Reference: 35816

Polytec are looking for a highly organised Planning Supervisor to join our Ely based client. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing floor level manufacturing and will be leading a team of up to 11 Operatives so will need excellent leadership skills as well as customer service, continuous improvement, product quality and LEAN manufacturing experience.

Responsibilities:

Apply lean practices to manufacturing processes in keeping with the overall value stream target
Help maintain the continuous improvement cycle within manufacturing groups
Conduct motivational meetings and to communicate targets and strategies effectively to manufacturing teams
Ensure appropriate operating principles, work instructions and SOP's are followed by the operators
Collaborate with Manufacturing and R&D engineering to identify and execute improvement opportunities in all manufacturing related activities
Ensure quality of product produced meets manufacturing drawing requirements by using metrology tools to validate tolerances and finishes standards
Training and mentoring of the team, ensuring knowledge gaps and training needs are identified and managed
Sustain a culture of 5S in manufacturing areas
Develop kanban driven replenishment systems and supermarkets within production areas where appropriate
Liaise with NPI team to smoothly transfer NPI from Engineering to Production

Requirements:

An appreciation of LEAN manufacturing techniques, quality improvement and associated people strategies required to drive and sustain change
An understanding of MRP / ERP data systems as applied to production to ensure optimal end to end Value Streams with minimal waste
A sound understanding of improvement techniques such as Value Stream and Process mapping and Visual Management systems
Experienced in troubleshooting and finding root causes and solutions for technical problems
Ability to lead a cross functional team.
Organised and be able to manage multiple projects concurrently
Strong communication skills with the ability to train, coach, mentor and present new ideas

Please contact us as soon as possible for more details or apply below!