Production Planner

Salary: £30,000 – £33,600 per year

Production Planner

Location: Tewkesbury

Salary: £30,000 – £33,600 per annum 

Hours: 8am – 4.30pm Monday to Thursday and 8am – 1pm on Friday’s

Key Responsibilities: 

• Utilise S&OP system to plan the daily manufacturing orders required to achieve OTD targets (this includes resource and capacity management).
• Continuously improve S&OP system to incorporate into the company’s ERP system.
• Managing the supply chain to ensure that all requirements meet the Company’s needs. 
• Coordinate production workflow for one or multiple products.
• Plan and prioritise operations to ensure maximum performance and minimum delay.
• Participating in and contributing towards continuous improvement to achieve the company’s strategic objectives.
• Lead daily orderbook reviews to confirm optimal performance of the factory.
• Interact with shop floor management on a daily basis to resolve issues regarding manufacturing efficiencies or to provide additional information.
• Develop and achieve departmental/company goals and controls. 
• Make suggestions for improvement in areas of cost reduction, processes, quality and productivity.

Key Skills: 

• Preferably educated to degree level (or equivalent). 
• Experience of planning using ERP system
• Previous experience within a planning role within a manufacturing environment
• Ability to communicate with people throughout the business, both internally and externally.
• Self motivating and able to work on own initiative 
• Organised and structured with a good attention to detail
• Able to read engineering drawings