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Planning Coordinator

Company : Safran Seats

Job field : Supply chain

Location : Cwmbran , Wales , United Kingdom

Contract type : Permanent

Contract duration : Full-time

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Job Description

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 support production by the timely provision of relevant paperwork and managing of

shortages, providing full visibility to both production and logistics of manufacturing and kitting

needs.

Key Responsibilities will include:

•Responsible for internal planning by work centre. Analyse demand and capacity to achieve

optimum work centre load

•Responsible to monitor Production adherence against plan, work closely with Operations

team to ensure alignment and execution of plan.

•Take ownership and drive continuous improvement of internal KPI's, understanding any

deviations.

•Responsible to drive and develop recovery plans within the internal Operational Team

where appropriate.

•Own and manage ERP planning parameters

•Responsible to confirm MPS/MRP demand in line with Business System.

•Accountable to coordinate the inputs to Production. To monitor production progress against

scheduling and intervene as when required to bring deliveries back in line with schedule

•Work with Supply Chain on anticipated material availability concerns and ensure internal

suppliers maintain continuity of supply.

•Investigate MPS/MRP anomalies, ascertain root cause and implement corrective actions

•Monitors and maintain inventory WIP levels on shop floor to ensure alignment with

demand.

•Responsible in the participation of annual Company stock take activities by validating

material variances.

•Actively participates in One Safran/CI/Lean projects

•Be involved in planning introduction of new products (NPI), by participating in crossfunctional meetings.

•Attend weekly CCB meetings to determine the impact to Production. To action stock

dispositions within the Business system taking into consideration, cost implications of

rework and resources, whilst ensure MRP demand is accurate.

Grade: P2

•Facilitate daily planning/operational meetings to ensure all issues are communicated and

shift changeover take place efficiently

Complementary Description

Our in-house design studio co-creates the most innovative experiences in the sky with our airline customers and partners. Our dedicated engineering, production and in-service support facilities are integral to delivering a high-end quality product that we keep flying throughout the life of programme. We are fully supported by a wide team of support functions, from HR to Finance, to Business Development and Planning and Logistics, our team is built to give Safran Seats an end-to-end capability in house in the UK.

We focus on:

Our people

These are our four People Fundamentals that underpin everything we do at Safran:

• We believe in and fostering the conditions for diversity and inclusion to thrive

• 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 between you and your colleagues

So you'll be supported every step of the way!

Sustainability

Our people are at the heart of our success, as we work together to achieve our mission: contributing to a safer and more sustainable aviation. We are tackling the biggest challenges in aerospace, with a commitment to work to decarbonise the industry by 2050.

Global Mobility

As part of the Safran Group, across our businesses we are market leaders in aerospace, defence and space; there is always potential for future mobility in the UK and abroad

Job Requirements

Good understanding of MRP and knowledge

of principles

Experience in Production Scheduling role,

within a Manufacturing environment

Experience of using ERP software

Flexible

Strong planning and organisational skills

Attention to detail

Good IT skills including Microsoft Office

(ability to manage and manipulate high

volumes of data in a digestible format for

presentations)

Excellent interpersonal -communication skills

Ability to work unsupervised

Ability and flexibility to travel to other Safran

Sites

Specificity of the job

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Locate your future workplace

Llantarnam Industrial Park, LlantarnamNP44 3HQ

Cwmbran

Wales United Kingdom

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Safran is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.