Planning Assistant

At DFS we are looking for a Planning Assistant to join our growing Manufacturing team on a Permanent basis, working .

As a Planning Assistant your activities will include the following;

• Overall responsibility for supporting the planning function in generating, scheduling and coordinating the production plan to ensure that it meets both the short and long range organisational goals
• Ensure all the production jobs are communicated and issued to the manufacturing operation in a timely and suitable manner for the manufacturing operation
• Support in clearly communicating the production plan and assumptions with the material planning team to ensure aligned understanding
• Ensure all on hold / exceptional / re-writes / cancelled orders are processed in a timely manner, to maintain the accuracy of the production schedule
• Point of contact for the CDC’s / stores as to estimated delivery dates and any orders which are priorities

• Ensuring any service orders are processed in an accurate and timely manner

• Support the team to ensure that all the outgoing deliveries are booked in to achievable slots with the Supply Chain team
• Support in actively analysing, monitoring and reporting the key manufacturing processes to identify any constraints
• Clearly and quickly communicate in a standardised format, any delays in previously communicated expectations and the new revised expectations to the relevant stakeholders (CDC’s / Stores etc..)
• Maintaining a continuous improvement approach to our processes, systems and tools
• Ensure any of the teams relevant standard operating procedures are up to date

• Support in the collation of operational information, reports and metrics, ensuring they are up to date and available, as and when required
• Performing ad-hoc analysis and support as and when required to support the manufacturing organisation

• Ensure that the Company’s Health & Safety Policies are rigorously applied.
• Compliance with the Company’s policies and directives

Capabilities Required:

• Exceptional organisational skills
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Great communication skills
• Ability to be able to collate and present information and data
• Ability to manage and prioritise workloads

Experience / Qualifications:

• 2 years experience in a similar role (Desirable not essential)
• Experience and understanding of production planning and scheduling
• Experience of working with a fast paced manufacturing environment

We work in an environment which is fast paced and demanding and not every day will be the same. In return it is fun and gives great financial rewards. You will need to be committed and willing to learn as we will provide all the training you will require to be a success.

DFS is the UK’s leading omni-channel upholstery retailer. Since 1969 we have been manufacturing, selling and distributing high quality sofas to homes in the UK, expanding to the Republic of Ireland, Spain and The Netherlands. We are passionate about putting our customers at the heart of everything and it’s our passionate people that make this possible every day.

Manufacturing is at the heart of our business and we pride ourselves on the skills and techniques it takes to handcraft beautiful furniture for our customers. We’re committed to continually investing in developing these skills. If you want to learn and grow within a company that invests in you - this is the place for you!

Location: Central, Alfreton, DE55 4QQ

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours:Full Time. 39 hours per week, permanent days - Monday - Thursday 8am to 5pm, Friday 8am - 2pm

We operate our factories on two shifts. The early shift works Monday to Friday 6am to 2pm and the late shift works Monday to Thursday 2pm to 12.20am.

Salary: £20000.00 per annum

• Competitive earnings
• Life Assurance
• Colleague discount across the Group
• High street discount scheme
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Free onsite parking

We are an equal opportunities employer, committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We want to build teams that are from all different backgrounds and cultures, so our colleagues can bring to the table, new ideas and opinions to always drive our success.

“If you can’t be yourself at work, you’ll be nowhere near your most effective and nowhere near as happy. Our differences are what makes us and embracing what everyone brings to the table makes us a stronger team - everyone’s welcome” Scott Fishburn, Chief Operations Officer.

Interested? Click ‘Apply online’ now to take the first step in your DFS journey.