Production Planner

Production Planner  

Wednesbury

Permanent

£25,000 - £28,000

Are you experienced in a planning role within a manufacturing business?

Are you highly motivated and able to react to situations quickly?

Our client, a long-standing manufacturer based in Wednesbury are looking for a Production Planner to join their team on a permanent basis. The Production Planner will control and manage material stocks in line with customer demands and schedules, to achieve the supply to customers on time, every time.

What’s on offer?

• £25,000 - £28,000 (dependent on experience)
• Monday to Friday: 7am – 3:30pm
• 22 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Pension scheme
• Death in Service (2x salary)
• Free off-road parking

Key Responsibilities of the Production Planner:

• Produce detailed daily production schedules and effect high standards of communication across the business.
• Construct and implement plans through dialogue with the production department and adjust plans to achieve output via work requests and stock control. Inform other relevant departments of priorities to achieve plans and customer requirements.
• Execute production planning & control activities with a visible and accurate schedule, using best practice systems in production planning and stock control.
• Execute high standards of capacity planning across all production cells and control any impacts that may have an effect on the achievement of the set plans.
• Ensure the right finished goods are in place and sales orders are shipped in time for high levels of customer service and on-time in full delivery.
• Ensure planning schedules support Optimisation of production efficiency, material usage, changeovers, and customer delivery service.
• Gain a thorough understanding of the manufacturing processes to achieve the end goal of supply.
• Ensure planning schedules reflect the importance of achieving efficient and effective manufacturing performance monitoring such as OEE.
• Continuously evaluate planning and stock control systems for improvements.
• Provide support for stock counts and ensure high levels of accuracy.
• Ensure full compliance with UK HSE Regulations and the company’s quality standards.
• Ensure KPI targets for production planning and customer service levels are established, maintained, and consistently achieved.
• Continually strive for 100% accurate information to maintain production schedules in line with customer requirements and set manufacturing plans using information that is analytical and assists the company in achieving goals by measuring performance.
• Strive for the optimum performance of the manufacturing department supported with efficient production planning to maximise and increase capacity and sales.
• Note this job role does not include responsibility for the direct allocation of manpower/names of production workers to duties outlined in the production plan. This will be the responsibility of the Senior Production Team Leaders.

The Successful Production Planner:  

• Experience with excellent standards of production planning application, stock control, communication, personal discipline, Health & Safety, quality of work, time management, problem-solving, technical ability, and customer service.
• Demonstrate a positive attitude and resolve any problems quickly.
• Computer literate (Networks, Excel, Word processing, etc).
• Self-Motivated.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Understanding of material movement.
• Understanding of the manufacturing processes to achieve the end goal of supply.
• Manufacturing performance monitoring such as OEE.
• Ability to react to sudden change and demands.