- Production Planning support in multiple departments.- Monitoring and driving down Slow-Moving WIP on a weekly basis.- Developing and maintaining the Site CBP process. Analysing data and reporting on findings.- Reviewing and adjusting MRP System data. Revising Master Data and promptly addressing any identified issues.- Refining and enhancing Production Planning processes. Continuously benchmarking against industry best practices.- Developing the Master Production Schedule within the IFS ERP System, managing Short-term to Long-term capacity planning.

- Running scoping and discussion sessions with customers to define processes and build solutions.- Data setup and configuration for new IFS System implementation.- Further in depth training in IFS ERP system, including Material and Resource Planning, Demand Planner, Data Requirements, Business Value Engineering, Discrete Manufacturing, Costings, Document Management, Cloud Essentials and IFS Scope Tool.

- Covering and supporting Production Planning during recruitment drive.- Developing Production and Material Planning processes. Benchmarking against best practice andreviewing ways to make continuous improvements.- Analysing MRP System data to ensure accuracy. Updating BOMs, and Inventory and Planning dataand resolving any issues as required.- Creating regular statistical reports and analysis and updating others in the organisation.- Creating, developing, and maintaining KPIs including Data and Forecast Accuracy, Production Planadherence and Material Plan adherence.- Developing the Master Production Schedule within the IFS ERP System, managing Short-term toLong-term capacity planning.

- Stock monitoring and ordering dependent on forecasted demands. Ensuring that inventory stays within agreed KPIs.- Working with factory teams to ensure reporting is optimised as per inventory requirements.- Responsible for creating and managing the product forecasts with various suppliers.- Implementing improvement processes and systems to optimise inventory, and reduce costs.- Creating daily, weekly, and monthly reports for various inventory holdings. These are shared with the Commercial Director to guide decision making and inventory management.- Working with customers, suppliers, and other stakeholders to ensure accurate forecast management and inventory control. Holding regular meetings with those involved.- Working with AWS and K8 (ERP) system, writing and editing reports, and cleansing system data.- Working with Finance to ensure the system is correct and regularly updated.- Data analysis and reports to support decision-making as and when required.- Discussing cost and sales of materials with suppliers and customers.- Supporting other areas with Excel/ERP expertise.

In 2020 I joined Mettis Aerospace to gain further and broader planning experience and learn more about planning in a different industry. Mettis is a highly regulated company complying to ITAR standards.- Identifying key parts in my area and managing the Master Production Schedule. Monitoring and taking into account Load vs Capacity of work centres and MRP planning parameters.- Actioning contract reviews and sales order amendments, updating the Master Production Schedule as required.- Generating and managing weekly and monthly plans based on the Master Production Schedule. This involves taking into consideration resources, sales and contractual priorities while managing arrears and buffer stocks. This can include New and Recurring Product Introductions.- Forecasting requirements for raw material, WIP and finished goods within my area.- Ensuring accuracy of master planning data within the EFACS (ERP) system, including reviewing routings, capacity data, system lead-times, work centres, and batch quantities. Also - closing outany older orders, chasing slow moving WIP, and managing batches that are with subcontractors.- Monitoring and reporting on plan adherence KPIs on a daily basis and recommending correctiveactions. Replanning as required when issues are encountered to minimise customer impact.- Liaising with other areas of the business and external subcontractors to ensure visibility ofrequirements and production plan deadlines are hit.- Expedition of raw material delivery and availability dependant on business requirements.- Supporting and implementing continuous improvement in processes and planning via projects.- Advanced Excel skills including writing macros, pivot tables, and VLOOKUPs.

Moving to the Production Planning department seemed like a natural fit due to my previous scheduling experience. This involved:- Generating, planning, scheduling, and maintaining achievable production plans across multiple manufacturing departments in line with material and capacity constraints.- Having knowledge of structures and routes that batches take to process. Including source materials and equipment requirements.- Understanding the consequences of maintaining data integrity to ensure that IFS (ERP) planning suggestions are accurate.- Understanding the MRP (Material Requirements Planning in Manufacturing) process and the parameters that determine the supply and demand recommendations and exceptions generated.- Investigating and amending Shop Orders when Production departments advise that either order quantities or completion dates will differ from expected.- Investigating supply and demand consequences both up and down the supply chain and corrective action to be taken based on order quantity, or any expected date changes. These changes are communicated to stakeholders.- Holding daily and weekly meetings with departments to analyse Expected vs Demonstrated capacity and ensure workload is progressed, targets are being met, discussing any issues and any solutions implemented and identifying which Shop Orders are to be released for the next period on a weekly basis.- Using data from the IFS (ERP) system and in conjunction with Production Support help identify appropriate Production Planning and manufacturing KPI’s, such as Conformance to Plan, On Time In Full, and Schedule Attainment.- Communicating regularly with employees at all levels, from Directors to Technicians to ensure progression of workload, challenging opinions and ideas based on knowledge & experience.-Working with the IFS ERP system, and Microsoft Office on a daily basis.

I worked as a Production Supervisor in the Primary Manufacturing department, this involved:Scheduling the manufacture and in-process testing of shop orders on a weekly basis - adapting to regular change and adjusting as needed.- Scheduling of work so that workload is balanced between technicians.- Managing shop orders on a daily basis, pushing batches through to completion.- Ensuring that shop orders are manufactured to specification. Raising NCRs and investigating any issues that arise.- Checking and completing production worksheets and spreadsheets, to ensure that data has been inputted and calculations have been performed correctly. This is necessary to ensure that completed documents meet the company requirements.- Responsible for ensuring equipment maintenance & calibration in accordance to the relevant SOPs.- To ensure stock control transactions are carried out and data is accurate and correctly recorded.- In meetings I have had to present data and information to team members which have then been open to informal discussion.- I manage a team of four employees, conducting regular one to ones and training reviews.- As I am a trusted and reliable member of staff, for a number of years I have been a member of the On Call team. In this role I am responsible for the safety and security of the building and equipment, on a regular 24 hour basis.- I have taken part in interviews and selecting potential candidates for the department.- I am an official trainer to new and existing employees on various manufacturing processes.- During my time in the lab, I have had to learn a lot of different processes quickly and had to work with various software packages, from Microsoft Office, with Microsoft Word and Excel, to IFS and more specialised software.

I joined Production as a Laboratory Assistant and progressed to a Laboratory Technician. My role involved purifying raw materials using a range of techniques. Once these raw materials met the required specification, they were supplied to other departments, which were then used to develop products. I gained numerous skills such as:Ensuring data is consistently accurate and concise both on handwritten worksheets and electronically, to ensure traceability and adhere to GLP/GMP.Following standard operating procedures, which ensures GLP/GMP standards are followed.Being a member of the 5S team. This involved monitoring the cleanliness of the laboratory on a daily basis, the results being conveyed to other team members and the management team. Where needed, improvements were discussed and implemented.Involvement in several projects to investigate methods of improving processes and manufacturing techniques. Successful projects are then implemented.Suggesting improvements related to both traceability and processes throughout the manufacturing procedure to reduce time, cost and wasted resources while improving quality.Shadowing laboratory technicians in their training and assisting with any problems or questions.Representing the company at a jobs fair for college students.

As a Laboratory Assistant, I have had to perform a variety of scientific tasks on several pieces of specialised technical equipment. I have had to identify anomalies in anti-sera and manipulate the anti-sera to achieve desired results. I have also had to input consistently accurate data into several computers.