Central Planner
Warminster

About the role
Here at Babcock International we're looking to recruit a Central Planner to plan administration tasks to produce production plans for sites and deliver against planning output, ensuring ERP planning tools are accurately updated.

You will also be responsible for building working relationships with Operational support teams and support in the generation of a 12 month hard plan for MRO 4 Programme work.
• Delivering Planning output to defined internal Service Level Agreements (SLA) and contractual KPIs levels
• Generating production plans for all demands on the business
• Ensuring the ERP planning tool is the master location and data for production planning
• Employing consistent process, terminology and use of ERP system across Planning
• Ensuring continuous improvement (CI) initiatives are adopted
• Ensuring amendments to plans are not implemented until checks of capability and capacity have been factored in
• Escalating early on signs of potential KPI failures
• To produce accurate reports assisting with the development of Financial Year (FY) planning
• Ensuring H&S standards are followed including use of PPE, safe working areas and near miss reporting

What do I need to do the role?
You will have an in depth knowledge of capacity planning including resource and capability restraints and a good understanding on Sales and Operational Planning (S&OP) principles.

You will also have excellent communication skills and demonstrate IT literacy.

What else do I need to know?

This role could be considered for flexible working.

About Babcock International

For more than a century, Babcock, the Aerospace and Defence Company, has been trusted to deliver bespoke, highly-skilled engineering services. We help customers in the UK and around the world to improve the capability, reliability and availability of their most critical assets within the four market sectors of Marine, Land, Aviation, and Nuclear, underpinned by a deep understanding of technology integration, unique infrastructure, and specialist training.

We are committed to providing a great employee experience in a supportive and engaging environment. The benefits you can expect to enjoy include a generous holiday entitlement, competitive money purchase pension scheme with life assurance and a share ownership scheme.
You will benefit from excellent career and learning and development opportunities to ensure that you grow and achieve your full potential.

Armed Forces Covenant

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Application Guidance

If you are currently employed by Babcock, please let your line manager know that you're applying for this vacancy. You should also let them know if you are attending an interview or assessment for a role.

Please note that you will not be able to access the vacancy details after the closing date so you may wish to keep a copy of this advert and any supporting documents for your records.

We are committed to building an inclusive culture and strives to attract talent who thrive in an inclusive and flexible working environment.

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know and we will respond in a way that best fits your specific needs.

Closing Date: 23/10/2019

Job Reference: 28258