Job Title: Scheduling Assistant
Our client is a luxurious homeware brand that manufactures bespoke high-end furniture as well as offering a carefully curated menagerie of interior décor and accessories to complete your project.
Job Summary:
Working in the planning team to schedule orders and fittings to required schedules which are communicated by the on-site project managers and in house sales team.
Supporting the Planning Manager in all duties relating to production planning and installation scheduling
Responsibilities:
- Pro-active, Single point of contact for assigned customer PM’s to call off site deliveries and installations.
- Booking fitting and transport resources for timeslots on site.
- Booking all labour for surveys, load-outs, fitting and Project Management on site.
- Communicating all agreed product demand within standard lead times with the Factory Planning team.
- Reporting completed/signed off plots to the Finance Team and the Installation Manager
- Promoting and maintaining health & safety in line with legislation and best practice.
- The reporting of weekly / monthly KPI’s.
- Updating all in house systems and reports with required schedules for manufacturing and project delivery.
- This is a highly organised administration role requiring clear communication skills.
Qualifications & Experience:
- MS Excel, Word, Outlook, Microsoft Office
- Good speaking voice with clear communication skills on the phone and by emails
- Strong organisational skills
- Full understanding of planning resources to include installation and delivery teams
- Full understanding of how site works and the requirements to supply product and services to a schedule
- Understanding of MRP/ERP within a manufacturing environment an advantage