Planning Administrator

Industry Planning have an exciting opportunity for Planning Administrator to join the team. As the Planning Administrator you will report to the Head of Planning and be responsible for supporting the Master Planners and Industry Planners achievement of the Master Production Schedule and supporting operations requirements by enabling material and production flow. You will help to identify and resolve issues that are preventing progress of product manufacture and supporting APRU's (Autonomous Product and Repair Units) to achieve challenging targets.

What the role has to offer:

• Career progression into a planning role and beyond!


• Work with exciting technology designed for global customers.


• Friendly and supportive team supporting a business in growth mode.


Day to day you will:

• Build strong customer aligned relationships with all team members and key stakeholders.


• Reporting and Data Analysis


• Engage in dashboards that provide clear and concise data to support a world class manufacturing model.


• Report works order progress through prescribed medium e.g. 13 week plan, Shop Floor Control, Strike Rate & Short Interval Management meetings.


• Be a point of focus to assist Master Planner and Industry Planners in a wide variety of tasks within the Thales Industry Operating Model structure.


• Apply a disciplined approach to supporting production order progression and completion.


• Develop solutions to process material issues in line with company policy and objectives.


• Be open to change and adapt to new ways and concepts supporting continuous improvement
  
  You will be an excellent communicator who approaches issues and tasks with a solution focused outlook. You will enjoy collaborating with your team and wider stakeholders to find resolutions and help form initiatives that will achieve production targets. You should be able to work to key deadlines and be flexible in your approach to prioritising work load or task assignment. You are full of positivity and enthusiasm and are looking to learn new ways of working whilst looking for the possibility of achieving a relevant qualification to supplement your development within the role.
  
  Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.


Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that's why we offer you the flexibility to do what's important to you; whether that's part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions., At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.