Production Planner

Production Planner
9am - 5pm (35 hours per week!)
37,000 per annum
25 days holiday
Excellent benefits including Healthcare, Enhanced maternity/paternity and Life Assurance

A client of ours in the Harwich area are recruiting a Production Planner to join their team. This is a full-time permanent position working Monday - Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm and paying 32,000 - 37,000 per annum depending on experience.

Key Duties include but are not limited to:

• Develop and maintain daily and weekly production schedules.
• Coordinate with commercial, logistics, and operations teams on product demand and feedstocks.
• Lead weekly scheduling meetings and communicate plans to stakeholders.
• Monitor production processes.
• Align weekly schedules with monthly plans in collaboration with the Supply Chain Manager.
• Maintain accurate production records, inventory levels, and schedules.
• Support continuous improvement in supply chain processes.
• Serve as the system key user.
• Manage BOM, recipes, and production versions.
• Process orders for production.
• Maintain MRP material master data.

Skills and Experience required to be considered for this Production Planner position:

• Experience in a similar role within the manufacturing and production industry
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes.
• Ideally degree qualified in supply chain management, production engineering or related fields. Chemistry to A level standard would be an advantage.
• Proficient in supply chain software (SAP) and Microsoft Excel.

If you feel like you meet the above criteria & would like to be considered for this Production Planner position, please apply with your CV and contact Katie at Prime Appointments for a confidential chat. #officejobs