Production Planner

Location - Aylesford, Kent

Salary - 34,000 - 36,000

Hours - Days only mon-fri (Full-time, permanent)

We are working on behalf a leading global supplier and manufacturer in FMCG with customers globally.

In this role, you would be responsible for the planning of all orders into the production and planning schedules to ensure the customers deadlines are met to the best of our abilities. You will oversee all Stock control tasks related to Production Planning.

You will be expected to communicate effectively with departments such as Customer Support, Quality and Production to help ensure schedule adherence and help with completion of objectives.

Day-day of the Production Planner role:

Planning all customer order in most efficient way to maximise production capacity
Oversee all other Administration tasks related to production planning, raising batch document, booking on etc.
Raw material allocation following company procedures
Working closely with Production to ensure efficient stock rotation
Liaise with relevant departments to ensure raw materials arrive and can be sampled in necessary timescales
Daily planning of the production/packing programs using N1 report in a timely manner from order date
Overseeing allocation or document queries and authorizing batch changes for Production/Warehouse
Minimising plan changes wherever possible by working closely with Production Team Leaders to match workload with resource
Overseeing urgent orders to ensure the customers' needs are met to the best of our ability
Responsible for all Stock rotation and movement for Prep room / Warehouse to improve

Benefits for the Production Planner:

Personal growth including training and development opportunities
Health Cash Plan
Subsidised gym membership
Flexible access to your pay with Aslan
Discretionary bonus

If you are interested in this role, please apply and Reed Engineering looks forward to speaking in more detail.