Our client is one of the largest medical technology companies focused on orthopaedics, sports medicine, ENT, and advanced wound management. The company operates in more than 100 countries and reported annual sales of $6.2 billion in 2025.

Job Purpose

To support manufacturing in meeting customer service requirements through the management of factory-based material movement process and generation of effective weekly Schedules and release of process orders. To review, maintain and feedback against schedules to Manufacturing, Material Planners and Supply Planners.

To ensure lowest cost, highest schedule attainment/efficiency within both short term and long-term planning. Identify and implement pull v push methodology in line with MFG lean/continuous improvement principles. (e.g., SPOC/Kanban). Support introduction and development of Planning KPI’s.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Role holder shall abide at all times to company policies & procedures, and the governing standards & regulations, including (but not limited to):

• Any Local Hull site or S+N Shared Quality System / Health, Safety & Environment Policy, Procedure or Work Instruction contained in the individual’s training plans.
• Applicable standards as defined in the Quality Manual (including but not limited to)
• ISO 9001/ISO 14001/ISO 13485
• Applicable regulations as defined in the Quality Manual (including but not limited to)
• EU Medical Device Directive / Regulation
• Regulations issued by the 5 MDSAP Jurisdictions
• UK Human Medicines & Medical Device Regulations
• cGMP, cGDP (including 2013/C 343/01), cGLP as applicable for each role.
• Generate and maintain production schedules on a daily and weekly basis for Hull manufactured products to maximise customer service levels at minimum operating costs.
• Manage the conversion of firm planned orders for manufacturing to support delivery of production OTIF targets.

Maintenance of daily management of planning tables in SAP and timely release of shop orders to provide availability for picking by warehouse

• Liaise with Manufacturing, Materials planners and Supply Planning Managers as required to ensure achievement of manufacturing plans including responding to material shortages. Key interface with these Depts including QA.
• To monitor and ensure effective flow into the manufacturing line side, movement of materials and removal of returns and waste streams.
• Liaise with manufacturing and Material Planners over schedule changes and prioritisation.
• Liaise with Material Planners on material introduction and run outs.
• Provide accurate feedback to Supply Planning Managers on completion of plans against weekly schedules.
• Participate in projects to improve short- and long-term planning and scheduling processes and ways of working.
• Support new product launches, working closely with Supply Planning Managers, Materials Planning, Technical, MDM and QA
• Refine systems, methods and processes to allow VS to better anticipate Supply challenges and minimise cost/disruption.
• Support Proactive forward planning to develop the long term SIOP process and visibility of capacity, inventory and material challenges. Liaison with GSC to develop kpis and reviews of the RR data, e.g., backorder management, demand modelling, “what if scenarios”. Support the resolution of Supply and Demand imbalances.
• Collaboration with Value streams to support capacity reviews and Factory Order Fulfilment data for fixed cycle and longer term.
• Support/Develop cost/service kpi’s as required by the business. Support tier meetings with appropriate data/feedback.
• Support reviews and recommendations of changes to master data that impact OEE/Efficiency/Recoveries etc. Monitor changeovers and batch sixes in line with ABC Planning principles.

Expected Experience

Competent in the use of Excel and SAP.

Awareness of supply chain end to end systems and processes and impact of Planning on other areas and the bigger picture (financial and operational targets). (ERP/MRP/SAP/Rapid Response etc).

Awareness of ABC Planning tecniques