Production Planner

Salary: £30,000 per year

Production Planner – Busy Manufacturing Business

Hours: 8:30-5 Mon-Thurs, 8:30-3:45 Fri

Salary up to 25K + excellent benefits (see below)

Permanent Position in West, Greater Manchester

The Company

My client is a continuous process manufacturing organisation based near Wigan, Greater Manchester and are currently seeking to add an experienced Proudction Planner to their team. The company are a multimillion-pound business, part of alrger American organisation and they manufacture specialist products supplying to a worldwide customer base.

Key Responsibilities:

• Reviewing and processing requests based on machine & material availability.
• Scheduling production orders to ensure that each process is efficiently loaded.
• Ensuring material requirements are matched with Procurement, identifying any risks due to material shortages
• Liaise with internal and external parties to ensure delivery targets are met and transport partners to ensure on time delivery to the customer.
• Interface with other department staff to schedule maintenance, development and process improvement activities.
• Maintain and manage production schedules

You should:

• hold a good level of Maths and English proficiency (i.e. GCSE or equivalent)
• have excellent written and oral communication skills, along with strong pla ning, organisational and IT skills (MS Office, in particular Excel)
• have some experience as a production planner or scheduler, ideally from within a fast paced distribution or (even better) a manufacturing environment
• knowledge of transportation and customs requirements would be a distinct advantage in this role, as would experience with ERP/MRP and CRM systems

In Return – the company can offer:

• A salary of up to £30,000
• An excellent pension scheme – 3% employee, 6% employer (for a total of 9%)
• 34 days holiday (26 plus statutory bank holidays)
• Plus: Life Assurance 3x Salary, Childcare Vouchers, Personal Development Reviews, Physio, etc, etc
• Excellent training, development & opportunities for career progression and further education.

This role is a great opportunity to join a successful, reputable manufacturing company. This is an urgent requirement and so interviews will be arranged quickly in the coming weeks.