

The career outlook for production managers in the manufacturing industry is positive, with a projected growth rate of 2.2% from 2019 to 2029, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Degree or equivalent in appropriate supply chain, engineering, or business degree.Experience with advanced Supply Planning platform (e.g SAP ECC6 MRP/Materials management and SAP APO would be an advantage).Additionally, some wider cross functional experience and beverage materials categories preferable.+3 years in a planning or production environment in CPG (Production planning/scheduling, production systems/management, Materials Planning).Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook.

High degree of quantitative and analytical skills, with attention to detail.Good communication skills – verbal, written and presentation.Influencing and stakeholder engagement skills.DRP, MPS, inventory, conversion, logistics and customer service. Detailed understanding of end to end supply chain operational processes within Diageo e.g.Experience within supply chain optimisation platforms (ERP / master data, time-phased replenishment planning systems).Understanding and experience in plant operations.Experience in material or production scheduling.Knowledge of MPS/MRP and scheduling methodology.Implement/contribute to process improvements across the wider CoE.Ensure that all master data pertaining to production scheduling (e.g., BOMs, recipes, batch sizes etc.) is maintained in the appropriate information systems (e.g.Ensure effective ways of working with Data, CoE and local production/technical teams to ensure schedules are created within agreed capacity for the operation.Ensure local production scheduling systems and processes in place are aligned to global supply planning codification strategy and standards.Perform root cause and trend analysis on issues relating to production line conformance to schedule.ĭrive standardisation and automation of systems and processes:.Work collaboratively with the Supply Planner to respond to insights from medium term plans to help them to shape forward shift patterns, capacity requirements and resource implications.Work collaboratively with SCD, Site leadership, Material Planner and Logistics teams to deliver market requirements.Ensure an ongoing tracking of relevant scheduling KPIs and reason coding.Support process improvement through interpretation of performance analytics.Align scheduling rates per product group on a 3-monthly cycle based on demonstrated performance to deliver stable plans and drive long term rough cur capacity planning and material requirements.Align weekly production schedule with local operations team balancing operational efficiency with service and inventory targets.Advise planning teams of any significant variances to agreed schedule that impact inventory or customer service.Re-align production schedule, based on line performance, short term material availability, quality and service.Create and run a daily sequenced production schedule for a number of production lines under within the agreed frozen period for the operation.Manage the local Production Scheduling process

Production line performance measurement.Tracking performance and course correction.To do this the role requires excellent knowledge of local production operations and constraints and excellent communication and negotiation skills while possessing skills in root cause and trend analysis. This role must be capable of balancing the need for excellent customer service with the requirement to maximise available capacity and meet site OEE targets. Working closely with central production planners, site operations and local material schedulers and site operations the role schedules the production lines for the agreed frozen period to ensure fulfilment of customer demand while scheduling production to optimise available production capacity. It is locally based reporting to the Scheduling Manager. The Production Scheduler in the Plan COE is responsible for scheduling the production lines in to the local operations.
