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