Production Planner
£42,000 plus benefits
Purpose of the Production Planner:
To coordinate the end-to-end production workflow across operations, ensuring timely, cost-effective, and high-quality delivery of materials. Responsibilities include scheduling, resource and inventory management, supplier coordination, and cross-departmental collaboration.
Main duties for the Production Planner:
- Develop and maintain production schedules for operations.
- Plan and place orders for outsourced work and finishing materials.
- Print and verify job bags and provide capacity forecasts.
- Coordinate delivery of products from suppliers and advise teams on job status, overs/unders, and delivery timelines.
- Monitor and manage inventory of finished materials, coordinate with procurement for timely replenishment.
- Schedule equipment usage efficiently and adjust plans for rush orders or changes.
- Identify and implement process improvements using lean manufacturing principles.
- Maintain records of schedules, orders, and inventory; generate reports and analyse production quality data.
- Understand site operations to provide support and resolve issues while maintaining positive internal relationship
Skills required for the Production Planner:
- Proven experience in production planning and scheduling, preferably in the manufacturing industry with a strong understanding of the operations and dispatch.
- Ability to forecast and order finishing materials.
- Proficient IT skills (Outlook, Word, Excel etc) with the ability to use production planning scheduling tools tailored to production.
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
- Detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy in production planning.
- Knowledge of lean manufacturing principles is desirable to enhance efficiency and reduce waste.
- Strong communication skills both written and verbal with the ability to read and clearly write instructions and to also present information in one-on-one or small team situations.
- The ability to think creatively and technically.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Good organisational skills the ability to prioritise and adapt workload to changing priorities.
- Proactive attitude who works well on own initiative as well as part of a team.
- Maintain exceptional hygiene standards, continuously leading by example.
Hours of work for the Production Planner:
Monday to Friday days 37.5 hours a week
Benefits for the Production Planner:
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Pension
Life Assurance
Medicash
Retails discount
Onsite free parking
Reward scheme
Referral program etc etc
This is a permanent position based in Huntingdon
For more details on the Production Planner, please contact Lisa Parsons