Master Production Scheduler

GKN Plc; East Cowes; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace company located in East Cowes is seeking a Master Production Scheduler to manage the weekly Master Production Schedule and balance demand with supply. The role requires strong data management skills, experience in supply chain environments, and proficiency in Excel. Ideal candidates will have a good standard of education including GCSE maths and bring valuable insights to the management team to improve scheduling processes. This is an opportunity to work in an innovative environment committed to sustainability.

Benefits

Great workplace culture

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Continuous improvement training

Qualifications

• Good standard of secondary education to include GCSE in Maths.
• Experience in supply chain or manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Material Requirement Planning (MRP).

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain schedules to align with programme requirements.
• Manage input for Material Requirement Planning ERP system.
• Communicate potential MPS issues to management.

Skills

Data management

Excel skills

Inventory analysis

Education

GCSE in Maths

Tools

ERP systems (LN Baan)

Job description

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities. GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity set the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3,35bn in 2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Job Summary

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS - MONDAY 26TH JANUARY, 2026

Based in our Manufacturing Centres of Excellence here in East Cowes, and reporting into the SCM Planning Manager, the Master Production Scheduler will be responsible for the management of the weekly Master Production Schedule (MPS) in order to balance demand & supply, and maintain 52 weeks visibility. They will orchestrate the cross‑functional MPS activities following the GKN Aerospace standard, including running site MPS meetings. They will also provide clear communication of enablement issues affecting MPS success, and be responsible for the generation and communication of MPS related KPI’s.

Job Responsibilities

Typical Responsibilities Will Include

• Create and maintain schedules to deliver in line with Programme requirements while maintaining inventory targets.
• Schedule production for specified products and production lines understanding all the physical and manning constraints.
• Ensure that MPS is feasible and fully committed by the Operations Group Leaders; includes all phase‑in/out as well as new programmes development/prototyping; is based on agreed working calendar and includes all planned downtime (holiday, routine maintenance, line closures, etc.); is in line with materials and commercial enablement; production past dues are re‑scheduled weekly.
• Manage input for Material Requirement Planning ERP system.
• Proactively communicate/escalate to the management team potential MPS issues/constraints to trigger preventive actions in order to mitigate supply failure risk.
• Support Supply Chain Manager in forecasting inventory levels in order to optimise/challenge current status and search for improvement opportunities.
• Provide communication/feedback to Programmes in case of any supply issues and also in order to improve forecast accuracy including recovery plans where required.
• Liaise with Programmes/Commercial to manage repairs demand into production schedule.
• Ensure relevant KPI’s are monitored and communicated in a sustainable way (e.g.: Master Schedule Adherence, Customer Past Dues).
• Support continuous improvement projects/activities.
• Reschedule all production orders using mass or discrete scheduling process with data from production line.
• Represent requirement of planning function in change management process relating to new parts, development parts or revisions to existing materials.

Job Qualifications

Suitable candidates will be able to demonstrate the following:

Essential

• Good standard of secondary education to include GCSE (or equivalent) grade C/level 4 or above in Maths.
• Experience of working within a supply chain or manufacturing environment, including data management.
• Demonstrated experience and understanding of Material Requirement Planning (MRP), master data and processing environment.
• Experience of inventory and capacity calculations, restrictions and analysis.
• Demonstrated competent Excel skills.

Desirable

• Material Requirement Planning knowledge within an ERP based business (we use LN Baan).
• Proven experience of dealing with multiple departments across a business at differing levels.
• Supply chain experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience within the Aerospace industry.
• Understanding of health and safety, quality, traceability and lean principles within a production environment.
• Demonstrated advanced Excel skills.

We are looking for people who want to make a difference, talented members with the skills and passions to become the best of the future in what they do. The Master Production Scheduler will be an excellent communicator as you’ll work cross‑functionally within the business. The successful person will have good attention to detail and excellent organisation skills. You’ll be open and honest, one of our cultural principles and fully motivated to succeed as an individual and collaborate with the team.

We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further.

A Great Place to Work needs a Great Way of Working. Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.

We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.