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Production Controllers

Portsmouth
Posted 3 months ago
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Overview

Expleo is a trusted partner for end-to-end, integrated engineering, quality services, and management consulting for digital transformation. We help businesses harness unrelenting technological change to successfully deliver innovations that will help them gain a competitive advantage and improve the everyday lives of people around the globe.

As part of our continued support to a major customer in the space industry, we are looking for Product Controllers to support high-end space production at our client’s facility. This role will need self-motivation and extreme care and passion with a will-get-the-job-done driving support and solutions.

Successful candidates will be responsible for the control of our customer business unit/customer orders. This is achieved by efficient management and expedition of procured and manufactured items, as well as solely controlling the flow of work required to meet the delivery of a product to cost and schedule. Using SAP and P6, ensure that Production Control is focused on the correct priorities and strategies and are working to clearly identified routines and deadlines to meet business and project requirements. Play a major role in Production support work stream improvements with the identification and facilitation of interdepartmental cost-saving initiatives, concentrating on the full supply chain process including business systems and tools.

Responsibilities

  • Load Customer Order demand into production and manage Work Order in SAP.
  • Ensure kits/works orders are released to AIT on time and expedite them to meet the planned delivery dates.
  • Input into and maintain Production Schedules.
  • Maintain the ‘live’ status of products in the AIT production flows with assistance of area team leaders and area managers.
  • Support the manufacturing area manager with work center forecasts from the company stock control/forecasting tool.
  • Give visibility to the Production & Manufacturing Managers at the weekly operations reviews.
  • Regularly create and review the status of works orders in their ‘product’ remit.
  • Manage material supply issues to avoid potential delivery slippages.
  • Timely release of purchase requisitions.
  • Ensure full traceability for all products issued to manufacturing.
  • Monitor drawing release activity and adherence to production schedules.
  • Report any delay, investigate impact/recovery, and ensure projects are charged for respective changes to schedule/effort.
  • Input and maintain production data required by the company stock control tool.
  • Effectively report the status of products to core project and manufacturing teams.
  • Analyze and report potential impacts derived from the ‘Shortage Risk Reports’. Propose solutions in the event of shortages.
  • Identify schedule recovery opportunities from changing production workflow.
  • Investigate customer orders on receipt and notify project management of any non-conformance, i.e., requirement outside of nominal SAP lead-time/direct charges budget, etc.
  • Manage the transfer of materials to satisfy project/company demand, paying particular attention to ITAR/IPR & EEE items.
  • Fully support shipments from AIT in accordance with LDS.0096.
  • Advise on kit issues/anomalies with the shop floor and ensure kits have been picked as identified on the ‘kit shortage report’.
  • Continuous self-development of the production scheduling tool and AIT processes, whilst networking with personnel throughout the AIT and Stevenage organizations.

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Qualifications

  • Educated to A level or equivalent standard.

Essential skills

  • Detailed knowledge of SAP
  • Knowledge of P6
  • Understanding of Kanban
  • Understanding of Business Systems
  • Security clearance to SC level
  • Planning, organization, and prioritization
  • Workload management
  • Clear & concise communication at all levels
  • Customer relationship management
  • Problem solving
  • Team Player
  • Critical Path analysis and schedule control

Experience

  • Previous experience using an MRP/ERP system
  • Previous experience using SAP
  • Previous experience in Planning & schedule management
  • Demonstrated ability to deliver results against schedule milestones to a high level of quality
  • Experience working in Aerospace
  • Experience Working in the Space Sector
  • Previous experience demonstrated in a high-pressure, results-driven environment in any one of the following industries: Aerospace / Defense / Communications / Manufacturing / Production/IT
  • Previous experience/background in (Supply Chain Inventory, Bill Of Materials, Warehouse management)
  • Previous experience in Scheduling/Planning
  • Suitable and relevant experience can substitute for qualifications

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Benefits

  • Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges
  • We empower all passionate technology-loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
  • Expleo Academy – enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
  • Competitive company benefits
  • Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo
  • As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we have committed to:
    • Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
    • Communicating and promoting vacancies
    • Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
    • Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
    • Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long-term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

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Location

Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom

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