Are you interested in working at the business end of Aerospace, where airline brand meets innovative passenger experience? Then your next opportunity could be with Safran Seats, an industry award winning, premium designer and manufacturer of First and Business Class seating and technology. Our passenger experience prides itself on innovation, customization, quality and industrial design.
At Safran Seats, we are unique within aerospace, as we interface with both the world's biggest airlines and airframers alike, with the largest seats portfolio of all seats suppliers. One day you could be liaising with one of the world's largest airframers, and the next, some of the biggest airline brands around the world!
In the UK, Safran Seats specialises solely in the First Class and Business Class seating markets for wide body aircraft, with industrial and engineering teams in Cwmbran and Newport, Wales and Brackley, England.
The purpose of this role is to be responsible for the creation of the Master Production Schedule for all relevant items using the Sales & Operations Plan (S&OP) as the main input.
They provide realistic production schedules that drive MRP demand throughout the supply chain.
Key Responsibilities will include:
- Creating, maintaining and updating the Master Production Schedule and manage top level demand to ensure MRP requirements are cascaded accordingly through the
company ERP system for all identified bottleneck resources.
- Ensure the accuracy of the Master Production Schedule, gaining authorisation for lead-time violations.
- Provide resource (Manpower, production lines, shifts) requirement plans to the Operations management team and align on load levelling targets.
- Facilitate weekly review with cross-functional stakeholders to check performance to plan and agree reschedule requirements
- Recommend feasible solutions to recover backlog or late supply chain enablement
- Conduct “what if” scenarios based on Programs or Leadership Team requests
- Contribute to the Business Unit Sales & Operations Planning Process
- Maintain KPIs (e.g. MPS Adherence, Production Plan Performance, On Time Starts / On Time Finishes / Lead Time variability), carry out root cause analysis, and drive
completion of corrective actions across the organisation.
- Ensure the Master Production Schedule fulfils the customer order book and is aligned to inventory and transport targets.
- Provide guidance on priorities to Production Control team.
- Understand the Safran Industrial Core Model (SCOUT) and drive action plans to ensure processes operate at the targeted maturity level for Master Production Scheduling.
- Lead and encourage process and systems improvement through Continuous Improvement methodologies, e.g. One Safran, Participative Innovation (PI) initiatives.
- Contribute to lean and improvement projects:
Qualifications:
Candidate skills:
MRP2 principles
MRP working knowledge
Capacity planning experience
Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationship
MRP System understanding (key user level), ideally BAAN or M3 experience
No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to hear from you!
Our employees are at the heart of our success, as we work together for our sustainable future. There are four People Fundamentals that underpin life at Safran:
• We believe in and promote diversity and inclusion as key values across our business
• We develop our colleagues skills and build opportunities so you can shape our future
• We create a trustworthy work place to support you, as you dare to act and innovate
• We encourage collaboration and mutual support for you and your colleagues
As a valued member of our team, these are just a few of the benefits you'll receive:
• 25 days holiday UK Bank Holidays
• Benefits Programme, with a number of schemes such as cycle to work, technology savings, retail discounts and access to private healthcare
• 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
Please apply and submit your CV today! Once your CV has been reviewed, we will contact you with the next stages.
We want Safran Seats to be a workplace where everyone feels valued, can be themselves and know they can reach their full potential. We embrace and celebrate our differences through various initiatives and support colleagues through a number of staff networks.
We're committed to building a strong, diverse workforce and making Safran Seats an inclusive place to work.
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