Vallum Associates
Interim Production Planning & Controls Lead
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Interim Production Planning Lead
Location: Gloucester
Contract: Initial 6-8 weeks (likely to extend)
IR35: Outside IR35
Day rate: Negotiable depending on experience
We are supporting a manufacturing business looking to establish a stronger production planning capability.
The initial focus will be on creating a practical planning process using Excel and existing operational data, before helping the business move towards a more structured planning system.
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Key Experience:
- Strong production planning experience within manufacturing
- Advanced Excel and data modelling capability
- Production scheduling and capacity planning
- Understanding of materials, labour, machine capacity and bottlenecks
- Ability to build planning processes from a relatively immature starting point
- Experience improving planning visibility, controls and reporting
- Exposure to MRP, ERP or production planning systems would be beneficial
- Previous interim or transformation experience would be advantageous
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This would suit someone who is comfortable getting into the detail, building something practical quickly and helping establish a more robust planning capability.
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