Scheduling & Plant Support Officer

• To manage inventory of materials (in his/her area of responsibility), to balance customer orders, replenishing inventoried materials within agreed timescale, lead-times, inventory level targets and Vendor Constraints.
• To plan as appropriate the Intercompany Finished Goods Inventory Levels, working within planning teams to fulfil regional and global requirements efficiently and effectively balancing need.
• To provide full administrative support to the Manufacture Plant

• Inventory management: maintaining the appropriate finished product inventory level will allow fulfilment of customers’ orders in a timely fashion; too high level will increase working capital
• Administrative Support: maintaining effective communication to the Plant, ensuring all requests are fulfilled in the appropriate timescale.

• Customer order Confirmation
• Intercompany Purchase Orders
• On time shipment performance – related KPI
• Level of Inventory annual targets as agreed.
• Full Plant related support activities.

• All Huddersfield Personnel – regular communication with Plant Manager, Production Manager, HSE Engineer, Engineering Manager, QC Manager, Individual Shift Teams – providing administrative support where needed
• Other Lubrizol sites/entities – Supply Planners, Export Co-ordinators
• CER’s – communication in relation to customer orders, confirmations, delays
• Product Management/ TPM’s/Sales Representatives – relating to short supply and priority customers.
• European Supply Planner – regular discussions relating to forecasts and short supply
• Procurement

• Freight Forwarders – regular contact regarding clearance of imports
• Vendors

• Customers order treatment not automatically confirmed by SAP
• Communication with CER’s, Suppliers, Plant:
  • on a daily basis
  • informing about changes
  • quick issue resolution.
• Maintain and verify master data related to planning & scheduling tasks
  • propose changes to reflect reality and improve scheduling accuracy
• Cost control and performance: this may cover different tasks as followings (not exhaustive list):
  • Inventory Level targets
  • NWSM action planning

• Plant Support: this covers various different tasks, as follows (none exhaustive list):
  • Booking taxi’s, hotels & buffets
  • Invoice Acceptances
  • Meter Readings
  • Ordering of plant supplies – eg shrink wrap
  • Site documentation – record sheets for visitors book, anti-static footwear log, weighbridge certificate verification
  • Label & PI Sheet printing
  • S2 verification and issue
  
  

• 1 years’ experience in Inventory Management, Production Planning or Logistics.
• Understand Planning and Scheduling activities, MRP, ATP, etc
• SAP Knowledge related to planning and scheduling.
• Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Excellent organisation and time keeping skills.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently; honest and trustworthy.

• Build and maintain positive relationships.
• Readily adapt and demonstrate a can-do spirit, a sense of optimism, ownership, and genuine commitment
• Establishes realistic plans and work schedules.
• Act with integrity
• Communicate effectively.
• Collaborate (globally and locally)
• Seek new and better approaches to their work.
• Deliver results.
• Self-Development
• Strategic thinking
• Global perspective
• Develop talent.
• Engage and influence.
• Commercial acumen
• Innovation

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