Job description
The Company
Our client is a market leading manufacturing company. Due to growth, they are now looking to recruit a Planner.
The Role
The Planner is responsible for developing, maintaining and communicating production schedules to ensure efficient manufacturing operations and on-time delivery to customers.
The role coordinates demand forecasts, inventory levels and manufacturing capacity to create achievable production plans while minimizing downtime, shortages and excess inventory.
The Planner works closely with Operations, Procurement, Warehousing and Commercial teams to ensure alignment between customer demand and production capability.
Create and maintain daily and weekly production schedules based on demand forecasts, inventory levels and manufacturing capacity.
Ensure production plans support customer deliveries.
Monitor production progress and adjust schedules to manage changes in demand, delays, or operational issues.
Maintain a stable production plan while balancing customer requirements and operational efficiency.
Coordinate production across manufacturing lines to maximize utilisation and minimise changeovers.
Review sales forecasts and customer orders to ensure alignment with production planning.
Work with the commercial team to monitor changes in demand and update schedules accordingly.
Ensure raw materials and packaging materials are available in line with production requirements.
Collaborate with procurement and stock control teams to avoid shortages or excess inventory.
Monitor inventory levels for finished goods, raw materials and work-in-progress.
Support the development and maintenance of inventory policies that balance availability and working capital.
Identify risks of stock shortages, overstock or obsolete inventory.
Liaise with manufacturing teams to confirm production capacity and operational constraints.
Participate in planning and operational meetings to review schedules and resolve issues.
Work with operations to reduce downtime, changeover time, and inefficiencies.
Maintain planning master data such as: Bills of Materials (BOMs), lead times, production rates, planning parameters.
Ensure planning systems and ERP data are accurate and up to date.
Generate and analyse planning reports to support decision making.
Identify opportunities to improve planning processes, efficiency, and forecasting accuracy.
The Person
Must have previous experience as a Planner within manufacturing.
You will have experience using MRP systems and excellent IT skills.
Attention to detail.
Strong time management and prioritisation skills.
Problem solving skills.
Good communication skill.
Have good interpersonal skills.
The Benefits
You will be working for a well-established growing employer.
An excellent salary.
A company experiencing continued growth, expansion and investment.
The company are fully compliant with the latest health and safety requirements for current safe working practices.